A driver participating in an emergency brake run at a driving school for senior citizens, managed by the Japan Automobile Federation in Kanuma, Tochigi prefecture. Photos: AFP
A series of fatal crashes caused by elderly drivers in Japan has left authorities desperately grappling for ways to clamp down on a problem that experts warn is only going to get worse as the population ages.
Drivers over 65 were responsible for 965 deadly accidents in Japan – more than a quarter of the total – in 2016, according to the National Police Agency.
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