Accidents Keep Happening in the Same Spots... Ulsan City Finds 'Safety Solutions' for Frequent Traffic Accident Areas

8 Regions with More Than 5 Traffic Accidents Annually, Reinforcement of Traffic Safety Facilities

Ulsan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Ulsan City is carrying out the ‘2022 Frequent Traffic Accident Sites Improvement Project’ to create a safer traffic environment for its citizens.

The project targets ‘frequent traffic accident sites’ where five or more traffic accidents occurred last year.

The target areas include a total of eight locations: seven intersections including Nam-gu Daldong Yesulhoegwan, Dong-gu Homeplus, Jung-gu MBC, Buk-gu Ulsan Economic Promotion Agency, Hyomun Intersection, and a 1 km section from Jung-gu Taehwaru Intersection to Samik Ceramic Apartments.

Depending on the characteristics of each area, measures such as partial lane changes, road surface markings, installation of road signs, traffic lights, lane separators, and additional installation of speed and signal violation enforcement cameras will be implemented.

A total project budget of 840 million KRW will be invested, and construction is scheduled to take place from June to November.

To promote this year’s project, Ulsan City has been collaborating with the National Police Agency, Korea Road Traffic Authority, and others since last year to establish customized traffic safety improvement plans for each region.

By analyzing traffic accident investigations and types, the project sites were selected, and effective road improvement directions were prepared to continuously strengthen citizen safety.

Over the past three years, Ulsan City has improved the traffic environment at a total of 41 locations through traffic environment creation projects. Nationally, regions that have implemented the ‘Frequent Traffic Accident Sites Improvement Project’ have seen a 31.5% reduction in traffic accident occurrences and a 72.1% decrease in the average annual number of fatalities.

An official from Ulsan City stated, “Since this improvement project is crucial for protecting citizens’ lives, we will continue to implement it. We ask for citizens’ understanding and cooperation despite any inconvenience during the construction period.”