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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2019.17.9.429

International Comparative Analysis of Traffic Safety Indicators related to Road Traffic Accidents  

Kim, Sang Gu (Department of Logistics and Transportation, Chonnam National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.17, no.9, 2019 , pp. 429-438 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to evaluate the level of traffic safety related to domestic traffic accidents by analyzing the international comparison of road traffic accident indicators and to set goals and directions of traffic accidents in Korea in the future. The research procedure was as follows: First, population, number of registered vehicles, roadway length, vehicle kilometers, injury accidents, fatalities, injuries were collected in 32 OECD countries. Second, we determined Korea's traffic safety rankings through international comparison of traffic accident rate. Finally, we analyzed the level of traffic safety by comparing Korea with the 7 advanced countries with the traffic accident rate per vehicle kilometers. The accident rate in Korea was greater than two times higher than those of the seven major developed countries, which showed that the level of traffic safety in Korea implied very low. Target values for domestic accidents were proposed based on the accident rate.
Keywords
Traffic Accident; Accident Rate; Fatalities; Injuries; Traffic Safety; Vehicle Kilometers;
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