Korea is ranked 6th in the list of dangerous countries to drive by American business magazine Forbes.
The magazine announced the list of "Ten Dangerous Countries to Drive" on the basis of a May 19 report by the by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on road fatalities.
The OECD conducted a survey among its member countries, tracking both deaths per million individuals and deaths per million drivers in 2007.
Forbes used the result by averaging a country's ranking on each data point for a composite result.
Russia, recording 939 deaths per million cars, was selected as the most dangerous country to drive. Forbes cited Russian government's failure to regulate speed limit and loose laws against drunk drivers as major reasons.
Slovakia, Poland, Turkey, Hungary and Korea followed Russia.
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Most of non-OECD member countries were not covered by the Forbes' list although developing countries like China, India and South Africa suffer the greatest number of traffic fatalities.
Forbes said that the economy in those countries is growing so fast, super-highways give people a culture shock. New vehicles appear on the road too quickly, thus increasing traffic accident rates.
For what it's worth, Korea leads the OECD in motor vehicle accidents, and in accident rate of pedestrians.
2 comments:
Did you understand the statistics used? Is it a Korean English paper quality issue or what?
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Russia: 939 deaths/million cars
Korea: 939 deaths/ million drivers.
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I would guess there are more drivers than cars. I, for example, have a Korean driver's license but no car. Wouldn't that, according to the stats make Korea more dangerous? Or, is it a good thing I'm an ESL teacher and not a math teacher?
Stats aside, those of us who drive here surely know rotaries/roundabouts are a nightmare (and backwards too if you're from Oz), drivers pull out too far from side streets, Korean drivers turn corners then look and that, er, well shucks, they could make millions if only there were more parking inspectors. Those yellow lines are pretty, though.
Shhhh. The fixed (as opposed to mobile) speed cameras are a blessing, too.
Last time I met you, Brain, you were still taking the bus (next time I bump into you, I'll out myself). Get a car. They're cheap as chips. And it's an experience... top notch insurance is probably an idea, though.
Lulz, the bus drivers in Gimhae back in 2002 were even more, er, entertaining.
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