with the elderly in vulnerable groups, such as nursing care workers and life support workers
or by cultivating educational personnel suitable for the elderly, such as senior citizens and
volunteers. To this end, dedicated implementation system should be established to
comprehensively carry out the educational plan establishment, evaluation, monitoring,
human resource development, and system improvement, as well as improving the education
methods, including on-hand education and individualized education, etc.
3) Elderly Traffic Accident Prevention System and Elderly Protection Zones
A) High Traffic Accident Mortality Rate of Elderly and the Government Measures
Korea is a country with many traffic accidents and fatal accidents. Since 2018, 10 traffic
safety measures have been announced as part of a pan-governmental project to protect
people's lives,360) and various measures were implemented, such as the Yoon Chang-ho Act
and the Min-sik Act, the lowering of the speed limit and the strengthening of the duty to stop,
and the expansion of children's protection zones and senior citizens' protection zones. The
number of deaths from traffic accidents is on a significant decline, from 4,292 in 2016 to
about 2,900 (tentative) in 2021.361)
Traffic Accident Mortality Rate (Comparing 2016 & 2021 (tentative) figures)
Classification
Total No. of
Pedestrian
Deaths
Children
Elderly
Commercial
Vehicles
TwoWheelers
2016
4,292
1,714
71
1,732
853
614
2021(Tentative)
2,900
1,009
24
1,288
566
457
Overall Rate of Decrease
▽32.4%
▽41.1%
▽66.2%
▽25.6%
▽33.6%
▽25.6%
▽7.5%
▽10.1%
▽19.5%
▽5.8%
▽7.9%
▽5.7%
Annual Average
360) In order to reduce deaths from traffic safety, industrial accidents and suicide, the Office for Government Policy
Coordination (OGPC), as a control tower, implemented joint measures with related ministries.
361) Inter-Ministry (Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT),
OGPC, and National Police Agency (NPA)), ‘Measures on Traffic Accident Mortality 2021,’ Feb. 23, 2022
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