People are under a lot more stress with the pandemic problems for those in the working classes. I avoid areas with high traffic volumes as far too many drivers are distracted by their cell phones or drive while eating a burger or drinking a cup of coffee or a soft drink or a beer. Auto accident of all types have increased greatly with the advent of cell phones and in my state there is a law that prohibits hold a phone while driving but it is never enforced and few motorists bother to go hands free.
Most roads where I have ridden my bike for decades are now not safe for cyclists and not worth the risk. Two friends have been hit by motorists in the past two years and one had a broken collar bone and the other had three broken ribs and they were lucky to survive at all.