The number of fatal motor accidents last year in Japan involving drivers who were 75 or older grew by 33 cases from 2021 to 379, increasing for the second straight year as the country's population continues to age, police data showed Thursday.Cases in which the driver was most at fault as "first party" accounted for 16.7 percent of all accidents, the highest since 1986, when comparable data became available, according to the National Police Agency.Of the 379 incidents, 30.1 percent were caused by mishaps such as the driver mistakenly stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake.By accid…READ FULL ARTICLE
