About 130,000 drunk driving cases a year killed 1,161 people in five years
Oct 01, 2024
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Min Hong-chul (Democratic Party of Korea, Kim Hae-gap, Gyeongnam), a member of the National Assembly's Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, analyzed the number of drunk drivers caught in the past five years (2019-2023). By year, ▲137,772 cases in 2019 ▲117,549 cases in 2020 ▲115,882 cases in 2021 ▲132,283 cases in 2022 ▲131,150 cases in 2023. Among them, 441,212 cases (70.6%) were canceled, and the rate of license cancellation in 2023 compared to 2019 was confirmed to have increased by more than 8%.
By region, Gyeonggi Province (south and north) had the highest number of cases with 179,276, followed by Seoul (71,448) and Gyeongnam (43,750).
In the past five years, a total of 75,950 traffic accidents caused by drunk driving have been confirmed. In particular, 1,161 deaths and 122,566 injuries were reported, accounting for 163 percent of casualties compared to accidents.
Rep. Min Hong-chul said, `The percentage of casualties caused by drunk driving reaches 163%, and behind this number lies innocent lives and the sorrow of families"In addition to strong legal sanctions against drunk driving, education and public relations should be further strengthened to prevent this."," he stressed.
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