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 154

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