News coverage of older drivers' fatal car crashes: is it over-represented?

IF 3.7 2区 医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Journal of Epidemiology Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20240299
Masao Ichikawa, Rie Tanaka, Akito Nakanishi, Yukie Sano
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Abstract

Background: Japan's stringent licensing policies for older drivers have not been questioned, possibly due to negative perceptions of older drivers potentially influenced by media coverage of their car crashes. We examined whether older drivers' fatal crashes are over-represented in the news articles.

Methods: To examine the news coverage of fatal crashes that occurred between January 2016 and December 2020, we extracted driver- and crash-related data from articles reporting fatal crashes in the two best-selling newspapers, Yomiuri and Asahi. We obtained the corresponding data of police-reported fatal crashes during the same period. We calculated the proportion of newspaper-reported fatal crashes to police-reported fatal crashes by at-fault driver's age group and crash characteristics.

Results: Of 12,987 police-reported fatal crashes, 5,888 (45%) and 2,909 (22%) crashes were reported in Yomiuri and Asahi newspapers, respectively. Excluding 2,098 crashes where at-fault drivers or their ages were not identifiable, Yomiuri reported 39%, 35%, and 31%, and Asahi reported 20%, 16%, and 14% of fatal crashes caused by drivers aged <30 years, 30-69 years, and 70 years or older, respectively. Crashes that caused more fatalities or killed children tended to be reported regardless of at-fault drivers' age groups. Compared with young and middle-aged drivers, older drivers' fatal crashes involving child fatalities were more reported, whereas their single fatal crashes ending in their own deaths were less reported.

Conclusion: Older drivers' at-fault fatal crashes were not over-represented in the news coverage of overall fatal crashes, and their crashes killing themselves were under-reported.

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背景:日本对老年司机实行严格的驾照政策,但这一政策并未受到质疑,这可能是由于媒体对老年司机车祸的报道可能会影响人们对老年司机的负面看法。我们研究了老年司机的致命车祸是否在新闻报道中出现过多:为了研究 2016 年 1 月至 2020 年 12 月期间发生的致命车祸的新闻报道,我们从《读卖新闻》和《朝日新闻》两家最畅销报纸上报道致命车祸的文章中提取了与司机和车祸相关的数据。我们还获得了同期警方报告的致命车祸的相应数据。我们按肇事司机的年龄组和车祸特征计算了报纸报道的致命车祸与警方报道的致命车祸的比例:在警方报告的 12,987 起致命车祸中,《读卖新闻》和《朝日新闻》分别报道了 5,888 起(45%)和 2,909 起(22%)。除去 2,098 起无法确定肇事司机或其年龄的交通事故,《读卖新闻》和《朝日新闻》分别报道了 39%、35% 和 31%、20%、16% 和 14%的死亡交通事故是由年龄在 20 岁以下的司机造成的:在新闻报道中,老年驾驶员的过失致人死亡交通事故在整个致人死亡交通事故中的比例并不高,而对他们的交通事故致人死亡却报道不足。
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Journal of Epidemiology
Journal of Epidemiology 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生
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7.50
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4.30%
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172
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6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Epidemiology is the official open access scientific journal of the Japan Epidemiological Association. The Journal publishes a broad range of original research on epidemiology as it relates to human health, and aims to promote communication among those engaged in the field of epidemiological research and those who use epidemiological findings.
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