Traffic Accidents During This Lunar New Year Holiday Decreased by Over 40%

193 Cases Occur Daily on Average
Deaths Also Decrease by 40%
43,298 112 Reports... Down 6.7%

The National Police Agency announced on the 12th that 112 emergency calls decreased by 6.7% compared to last year as a result of implementing special crime prevention measures during this year's Lunar New Year holiday.

According to the National Police Agency, the average daily number of 112 calls during the Lunar New Year holiday from the 9th to the 11th was 43,298, which is 6.7% lower than the average daily calls of 43,394 during last year's Lunar New Year holiday from January 21 to 24.

On the 8th, ahead of the major national holiday Seollal, travelers are moving to board trains at Seoul Station. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

In particular, traffic accidents during the Lunar New Year holiday occurred at an average of 193 cases per day, a 41.1% decrease compared to 327.8 cases last year. The average daily number of traffic accident injuries also decreased by 42.9% to 311.7 people, and fatalities decreased by 40.4% to 2.7 people.

Earlier, from the 1st of this month until the 12th, during the special crime prevention period, the police deployed special forces to multi-use facilities such as airports and train stations and conducted joint patrols with autonomous crime prevention teams.

As a result, 16 violent criminals using weapons were arrested, and 3,392 domestic violence offenders were apprehended. Additionally, monitoring was conducted on 8,666 households where domestic violence recurrence was a concern.

The National Police Agency stated, "Even after the special crime prevention activities conclude, we will concentrate all our efforts to restore a peaceful daily life to the public."

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