Association of high profile football matches in Europe with traffic accidents in Asia: archival study.
Kai Chi YamJoshua Conrad JacksonJenson LauXin QinChristopher M BarnesJuin-Kuan ChongPublished in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2020)
Days featuring high profile football matches in Europe were associated with more traffic accidents in Taiwan and Singapore than were days with lower profile football matches. A potential causal mechanism may be Asian drivers losing sleep by watching high profile European matches, which are often played in the middle of the night in Asia.