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Safety study shows: Riding a bus provides better protection against COVID-19!
UNI Kassel presents studies on road safety and COVID-19: Buses are safer than cars. Current research contributions honored.
Safety study shows: Riding a bus provides better protection against COVID-19!
On September 23, 2025, the Kassel scientist Dr. Anna Lux with that Best Paper Award honored at this year's local transport days. Her work entitled “Crash course in safety: bus and car comparison – accident statistics and COVID-19 infection risks under the microscope” illuminates central issues of road safety from a multifactorial perspective.
Loud uni-kassel.de The results of the study are particularly relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which the risk of infection played a crucial role in road safety. The study shows that the bus is safer than the car in terms of accident risks and infection risks. Traffic accident statistics and COVID-19 infection models were systematically compared.
Awarding of prizes and assessment criteria
The Best Paper Award is presented by various institutions, including the NVV, the KVG and the University of Kassel. It is aimed at young scientists under the age of 35 and honors outstanding contributions to the traffic and safety situation. The overall evaluation consists of the assessment of the abstract (20%), the manuscript (40%) and the presentation (40%). The assessment is carried out by a jury made up of members of science and practice, while the presentations are evaluated by all participants in the local transport days.
The work of Dr. Lux is an important contribution to the discussion about the safety of transport. Especially since the security aspects cannot be limited to one dimension. This is also supported by the analysis of traffic accidents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Traffic accidents and COVID-19
dmz-news.eu reports a study examining the effects of acute COVID-19 infections on driving safety. A significant link between COVID-19 infections and traffic accidents was found between 2020 and 2022. The risk of accidents is around 25% higher in infected people, which is compared to the risks associated with alcohol or epileptic seizures.
The study highlights that COVID-19 vaccination does not reduce the increased risk of accidents during acute infection. This suggests neurological consequences that can affect driving even without long-term symptoms. Therefore, healthcare professionals are advised to advise patients on their fitness to drive following an infection. In serious cases, reporting to the relevant authorities could also be considered.
In summary, the combination of the results of Dr. Lux and the evidence on COVID-19, that a comprehensive understanding of the impact of both road safety and health factors during the pandemic is urgently needed. Public awareness of these connections must be increased in order to ensure road safety - especially in times of pandemic.