Improving Frequent Traffic Accident Sites... Deaths Down 56.3%, Traffic Accidents Down 33.4%

Ministry of the Interior and Safety Advances Related Projects with Korea Road Traffic Authority

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, together with the Korea Road Traffic Authority, announced on the 6th that an analysis of the effectiveness of the ‘Frequent Traffic Accident Locations Improvement Project’ implemented in certain areas showed a 56.3% decrease in traffic accident fatalities and a 33.4% decrease in the number of traffic accidents.

This result comes from a comparative analysis of accident data for one year after improvements (2021) against the average accident data for the three years prior to improvements (2017?2019) at 270 sites nationwide where local governments completed improvement projects in 2020.

The average annual number of fatalities due to traffic accidents during the three years before the project was 36.6, but after the improvement project in 2021, it decreased to 16 (a 56.3% reduction). The number of traffic accidents also decreased from an average of 2,870 cases to 1,911 cases (a 33.4% reduction). The project’s high effectiveness was evident even with simple traffic safety facility improvements such as installing signal and speed enforcement equipment, traffic safety signs and road markings, and creating roundabouts.

Key improvement cases include ▲an 81.8% reduction after improving Bupyeong Intersection in Jung-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, accident-free status after improving the intersection in front of Hanaro Mart in Yeongok-myeon, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, and a 76.7% reduction after improving the Gyeongsan Interchange (IC) area in Jinryang-eup, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

The Ministry of the Interior and Safety has been promoting the Frequent Traffic Accident Locations Improvement Project since 1988 to prevent damage caused by traffic accidents, and has improved 12,058 sites nationwide as of last year.

Cho Sang-myeong, Director of the Safety Policy Office at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, emphasized, “It is crucial to thoroughly analyze the causes of accidents at locations where traffic accidents frequently occur and to prepare customized improvement measures.” He added, “To protect the lives of the people, we will continue to promote the Frequent Traffic Accident Locations Improvement Project in cooperation with local governments and the Korea Road Traffic Authority.”

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