South Korea’s road safety improving

South Korea’s road safety is improving, according to its National Police Agency. The figures show that the number of deaths caused by traffic crashes in the country dropped from 4,762 in 2014 to 4,621 in 2015. Of note is that 38.8% of the road deaths involved pedestrians. Cause for concern is that the number of female victims involved in fatal crashes increased by 3.1% to 540. On a more positive note, the ratio of deaths in every 10,000 cars dropped from 2.6 in 2010 to 1.9 in 2015. A total of 583 people wer
February 23, 2016 Read time: 1 min
South Korea’s road safety is improving, according to its National Police Agency. The figures show that the number of deaths caused by traffic crashes in the country dropped from 4,762 in 2014 to 4,621 in 2015. Of note is that 38.8% of the road deaths involved pedestrians. Cause for concern is that the number of female victims involved in fatal crashes increased by 3.1% to 540. On a more positive note, the ratio of deaths in every 10,000 cars dropped from 2.6 in 2010 to 1.9 in 2015. A total of 583 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes in 2015 compared to 592 in 2014. Males were at greatest risk from drink, although the number of female victims killed by drink driving crashes increased from 29 to 32.

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