New traffic data shows that daily trips are returning to and even exceeding pre-pandemic levels, although commuting habits have changed as a result of the pandemic. Fewer people are commuting to work each day, but with more kids returning to in-person school, the number of trips during the middle of the day has increased. Our […]
Overall vehicle theft rose sharply in CY 2020. In addition to the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic that has contributed to the rise in auto theft, a convergence of other economic trends have driven up demand for three precious metals across the globe: a) gasoline engines outselling diesel in Europe b) growth in light […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control received notification of the first case of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in the U.S. on January 22, 2020.1 As of late January 2021, over 99M cases globally had been confirmed, with over 25M of those in the U.S.2 With cases, hospitalizations, and deaths still high, much of the U.S. remains in […]
The collision repair industry, like all industries, experienced a tumultuous 2020 and is hoping for a better year in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting shelter-at-home directives led to significant declines in driving and congestion, and a decline of over 20 percent in non-comprehensive automotive vehicle claims in 2020 versus 2019. Repair volumes also […]
 Miles driven in the U.S. has long been a key indicator used by our industry to project the likely number of vehicles involved in accidents each year. With COVID-19 there appears to be significant change in how, when and where people are driving that may require our industry to re-assess what this metric is […]
The ‘shelter-at-home’ directive that took place across most of the U.S. this spring shed new light on just how different ‘home’ is across the U.S., and led to a number of new, enhanced, accelerated or disrupted demographic trends. Time spent commuting to work grew in the last two decades as populations gravitated toward metro areas […]
With numerous public insurers reporting Q2 2020 and first half CY 2020 results, a common theme has emerged. Collision and property damage liability claim frequencies for Q2 2020 were reported down between 20 – 40 percent, while claim severities were reported up between 10 – 20 percent. In this month’s edition of CCC Trends, analyst […]
COVID-19 is dramatically changing driving behavior nationwide. While claims and miles driven are decreasing, one thing has increased – drivers’ appetite for risk. The reduction in U.S. daily trips taken and miles driven resulted in 65 percent less miles traveled in April 2020 versus January 2020. Speeding during COVID-19 increased by 27 percent. In […]
Just how different was Memorial Day 2020 than prior years? For the first time in twenty years, AAA and IHS Markit did not release a projection for 2020 Memorial Day holiday travel volume because the accuracy of the economic data they use to create their forecast was distorted by COVID-19. In this edition of CCC […]
Historically, Memorial Day weekend losses have accounted for “approximately 30 percent of non-comprehensive losses for the full month of May.” In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, Memorial Day weekend auto trends will likely be very different from prior years. In this month’s edition of CCC Trends, Susanna Gotsch predicts what Memorial Day weekend 2020 […]
