SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of seniors involved in traffic accidents will spike in the near future with the aging population, a study showed Wednesday. According to the report from the Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute, there would be 11,459 traffic accidents occurring for every 100,000 seniors by 2026, an increase of [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of traffic accidents and deaths has declined in the locations where roundabouts have been built, government data showed Monday. According to data from the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korea Transport Institute, there were an average of 2.7 annual traffic accident deaths between 2017 and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of traffic accidents caused by elderly drivers has dropped after making it harder for seniors to keep their licenses, a study showed. According to an academic paper published by the Police Science Institute, the number of traffic accidents for elderly drivers over the age of 65 stood [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Wednesday that the car insurance medical charge criteria will be revised, effective from next week, towards limiting the scope of eligibility for exceptional cases where victims of traffic accidents can use private or semi-private rooms at all kinds of medical institutions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Forensic Service (NFS) has developed a new scientific system to verify if traffic accidents are intentional to get insurance and settlement money or not by analyzing the behavioral patterns of the drivers. The NFS announced on Sunday that it had developed a system to scientifically verify the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, will distribute transparent safety umbrellas for free as a way to prevent traffic accidents involving children on rainy days. The transparent safety umbrellas will be distributed to first and second grade students at about 170 elementary schools around [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of an increase in the share of elderly drivers (aged 65 and older) on the road, traffic accidents caused by such drivers are emerging as a controversial social issue in South Korea. Against this backdrop, a local research institute stressed that it’s important to address the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall number of traffic accident deaths in South Korea dwindled this year, but two-wheeler crash deaths increased, police data showed Wednesday, apparently reflecting the growing demand for delivery services amid the spread of the coronavirus. According to the National Police Agency (NPA) and the transport ministry, the number [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a system that can analyze black box videos with artificial intelligence (AI) to determine who is responsible for traffic accidents. The AI accident assessment system developed by a research team from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) does not involve humans directly, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A fatal traffic accident in Seoul caused by a driver in his 90s has rekindled a heated debate about drivers of advanced age getting behind the wheel. On Tuesday evening, a sport utility vehicle driven by a 96-year-old man, identified only by the surname Yoo, ran over and killed [...]