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Harvard's Vishal Patel ties album releases to traffic deaths
The analysis relied on publicly available traffic fatality data and music streaming statistics to assess correlations between listening behavior and road safety.
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Pranavi Sharma - Sat, 14, Mar 2026
- 01:24 EDT
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Vishal Patel / Harvard
Vishal Patel, an Indian-origin researcher affiliated with Harvard Medical School, led a study linking major music album release days to increases in traffic fatalities in the United States.
The research, published last month as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, analyzed driving data alongside music streaming trends between 2017 and 2022.
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