Kim Hyun-jin, head of the mobility platform office of the Korean Transportation Safety Authority, speaks at session on South Korea’s Traffic Culture Index at the 2024 ITF Summit in Leipzig, Germany, on Thursday. (Yonhap)
In terms of traffic safety, South Korea has seen a remarkable improvement over the past decade across various metrics.
According to the International Transport Forum, the country has seen a 49.2 percent decrease in road deaths between 2012 and 2022. The number of passenger car occupants killed in road crashes dropped by 63.8 percent, while that of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents fell by 54 percent.
Industry experts attribute such improvements to an overall enhancement of public awareness and attitudes involving…