Last year, 2,521 people died in traffic accidents… Which area had the highest rate of decrease in fatalities?

2024 Traffic Accident Fatalities at 2,521…Record Low
Decrease in Both the Number of Accidents and Injuries
Sejong City Records Highest Decrease in Fatalities
In Contrast, Ulsan Suffers the Highest Increase in Fatalities,

Yonhap News,
, The police announced that 2,521 people died due to traffic accidents in 2024., ‘This marks the lowest number of fatalities since records began.’,
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, ‘On the 8th, the National Police Agency stated,’, “Last year’s traffic accident fatalities were 2,521, marking a 1.2% decrease compared to the 2,551 fatalities in 2023 and setting a record low.”, ‘The year with the highest number of traffic accident fatalities was 1991, with 13,429 deaths.’,
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, Last year, both the number of traffic accidents and injuries also decreased.
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, ‘The number of traffic accidents last year was 196,349, a 1% decrease compared to 198,296 in 2023. The number of injuries also decreased by 1.9% from 283,799 in 2023 to 278,482.’,
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, ‘Breaking down last year’s traffic fatalities by type: △Pedestrian fatalities (920) △Fatalities caused by elderly drivers (761) △Truck-related fatalities (594) △Motorcycle-related fatalities (361) △Highway fatalities (187) △Drunk driving fatalities (138).’,
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, Notably, fatalities caused by elderly drivers increased by 2.1% compared to 745 in 2023.
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, Sejong Special Self-Governing City recorded the largest decrease in fatalities, with a 41.7% reduction compared to 2023. , ‘Among provincial areas, Gangwon Province showed a 13.6% decrease in traffic accident fatalities.’,
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, Conversely, Ulsan Metropolitan City saw traffic accident fatalities increase from 38 in 2023 to 51 last year, a 34.2% increase, marking the highest rate nationwide.,
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