Figure 3
From: Elevated wildlife-vehicle collision rates during the COVID-19 pandemic
State-by-state effects of the pandemic across the United States. Percent changes (Δ) in (A) traffic volumes (millions of vehicle-miles traveled), (B) wildlife-vehicle collisions (number of animal-related insurance claims), and (C) collision rates (number of collisions per vehicle-mile traveled) between July 2018–June 2019 and July 2019–June 2020 for all fifty states and Washington, D.C. States colored blue experienced decreases and states colored red experienced increases, with darker colors signifying greater relative changes. Maps were generated in R 3.6.145 with package ‘usmap’49.
