WONJU, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Road Traffic Authority (KoRoad) revealed on February 15 that the social cost incurred from road traffic accidents in 2022 exceeded 26 trillion won. This estimation includes the monetary value of human and material damages as well as the costs borne by social institutions. Despite a 2.6% decrease from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Accidents and deaths caused by electric scooters and other personal mobility vehicles have increased dramatically over the last five years, data showed Monday. Rep. Oh Yeong-hwan of the Democratic Party referred to a report submitted by the Korea Road Traffic Authority indicating that the number of accidents caused by [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law has entered effect to qualify inline skating accidents causing human injuries on the pavement as gross negligent traffic accidents. The National Police Agency recently ordered police stations around the country to consider cases in which people older than 13 years cause human injuries while riding inline [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A private research institute has called for the protection of pedestrians from electric scooters by reducing their maximum speed. A reduction in the maximum speed limit from the current 25 kilometers per hour to 20 km per hour shortened the stopping distance by 26 percent from 7 meters to [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly cleared the way for the government to pay compensation in cases when injury or a loss of life occurs due to road debris or objects falling from cars. In addition, for accidents caused by drunk, unlicensed or hit-and-run drivers, insurance companies are now allowed to exercise [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of accidents involving e-scooters more than tripled between 2018 and 2020 in Seoul, fire authorities said Wednesday. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said it responded to 366 e-scooter accidents over the three years: 57 in 2018, 117 in 2019 and 192 in 2020. The increase [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Hiking accidents are on the rise as an increasing number of young people are visiting nearby mountains as an alternative to indoor exercise following the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters reported a 33 percent increase in the number of mountain accidents in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangnam District Office in Seoul said Monday that it had decided to install in-ground LED traffic lights at 101 children protection zones over the next five years, starting with the ones in the crosswalks at 32 elementary schools within the district. In-ground LED traffic lights enable pedestrians to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Wendell, an English teacher living in Seoul’s southeastern Songpa district, often uses a ride-sharing electric scooter to go to a subway station. The increasingly popular urban mobility tool not only saves him time but also helps him avoid bus crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I use them twice a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The treatment cost for pedestrians injured due to the fault of electric kickboard users will be paid in advance by the car insurance of the pedestrians or their families. The Financial Supervisory Service is known to have issued a notice of amendment last month stating that the definition of [...]