The researchers chalked this up not just to darker roadways, but also to drivers having a difficult time adjusting to the end of daylight-saving time.

CNN: Daylight-saving time could sabotage your sleep schedule

They found that after daylight-saving time ended in a typical October, the risk of pedestrian fatalities (per mile walked) jumped 186 percent, before dropping 21 percent on average in December.

CNN: Daylight-saving time could sabotage your sleep schedule

That night, Boeheim forgot to adjust his alarm clock to account for daylight saving time, and so showed up late for a pre-practice coaches' meeting.

WSJ: Syracuse on to Final Four, beats Marquette 55-39

One possible solution, if the leap second is abolished, could be to tie in any changes with daylight saving changes - even though this would take place in a few centuries' time.

BBC: Changes to the world's time scale debated