Organ Transplants Down As Stay-At-Home Rules Reduce Fatal Traffic Collisions
Motor vehicle deaths are typically the biggest source of donor organs nationwide. But as the coronavirus forced most Californians indoors, traffic crashes and other lethal mishaps declined.
![Freeways in Oakland, as in much of California, saw much lighter traffic — and fewer fatal traffic collisions — in the early weeks of the pandemic](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/05/20/gettyimages-1218115544_wide-b2e3017610d3541762bb6bac6979ac864ac66a7b.jpg?s=600)
Motor vehicle deaths are typically the biggest source of donor organs nationwide. But as the coronavirus forced most Californians indoors, traffic crashes and other lethal mishaps declined.
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