Even as the nation saw an unprecedented drop in driving at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin recorded a significant increase in fatal car crashes and crash fatalities during the initial months of the crisis. Here to talk about a recent research report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum entitled “Alcohol, Speeding Deaths Fuel Increase in Crash Fatalities,” is the organization’s communications director and policy researcher Mark Sommerhauser.

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