Effect of COVID-19 restrictions and fuel prices on traffic volume and offenses in Iran: A spatiotemporal analysis

Milad Delavary; Amir Hossein Kalantari; Hossein Farsangi; Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam; Ali Hadianfar; Ward Vanlaar; Martin Lavallière

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332443

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Effect of COVID-19 restrictions and fuel prices on traffic volume and offenses in Iran: A spatiotemporal analysis

Milad Delavary,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Laboratoire BioNR and Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada, Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Amir Hossein Kalantari,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Safety and Security Science Section, Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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Hossein Farsangi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ab-moghadam@um.ac.ir

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-3738

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Ali Hadianfar,

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliation Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, Iran
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Ward Vanlaar,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Martin Lavallière

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Laboratoire BioNR and Centre intersectoriel en santé durable (CISD), Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0247-0308

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Effect of COVID-19 restrictions and fuel prices on traffic volume and offenses in Iran: A spatiotemporal analysis

Milad Delavary,
Amir Hossein Kalantari,
Hossein Farsangi,
Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam,
Ali Hadianfar,
Ward Vanlaar,
Martin Lavallière

Published: October 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332443

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