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  "schema_version": 1,
  "slug": "accident",
  "title": "Accident",
  "canonical_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/signals/accident/",
  "json_url": "https://signalmeaning.com/data/signals/accident.json",
  "summary": "High public attention to recent serious vehicle/pedestrian accidents reported by major outlets, indicating news-driven local concern and information seeking.",
  "why_now": "Prominent coverage of separate recent accidents (legal charges, televised crash footage, local injuries) appeared in close temporal proximity, causing the general term to trend.",
  "evidence_summary": "- New York Times coverage of a captain charged in a fatal NYC accident that killed a mother and daughter (major incident/legal consequence). - NDTV video coverage of a deadly crash involving a notable individual's son (high-visibility crash reporting). - WWLP local report of a pedestrian seriously injured in a vehicle crash in Westfield (local incident reporting).",
  "caveat": "Signal Type: Local News / Civic Event",
  "collected_at": "Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:10:00 -0700",
  "signal_type": "Local News / Civic Event",
  "score": 78.0,
  "score_field": "adjusted_score",
  "state": "PUBLISH",
  "evidence": [
    "Captain Charged in N.Y.C. Accident That Killed Mother and Daughter - The New York Times"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Captain Charged in N.Y.C. Accident That Killed Mother and Daughter - The New York Times",
      "source": "The New York Times",
      "url": "https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMifkFVX3lxTE1KQ1ZFNnVETVJLb3JqWEREX0ZtanExdTZfVUxkUTV0RlhOYmV1WVJFNnE5S3lOdU5fZHczMGpCN1JnbmRwamxGNElPU1NiYjVXY0lmSUFpdDVEU0RaSmVrM3QyQ2RZbFhXMm91ZFRuQjhQYTZWRnZCSWFyOE9mUQ?oc=5"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "record_id": "202608121901_signal_Quality-3-accident",
    "batch_id": "202608121901",
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}