
Utilizing the index as grounds for setting up policies for improving the traffic culture and specific basis for the traffic facilities improvement project of each local government
Purpose
- To conduct objective research on driving and walking behavior and traffic safety per local government to identify the current status of Korean traffic culture and compare by locality
- To have the characteristics analysis of traffic culture of the subject local goverment used as grounds for the early settlement of advanced traffic culture
Implementation method
Subject and research items
- 18 items in driving/walking behavior and traffic safety of all local goverment
Expected results
- Coming up with measures to improve the traffic culture index per area and item based on the research results
- Use for setup and implementation of traffic safety policies by the central and local governments
Detailed criteria
Research item | Evaluation index | Method | Weight | |
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Driving behavior (55 points) |
Rate of compliance with crosswalk stop line | Observational research | 8 | |
Rate of using turn signal | 7 | |||
Rate of compliance with traffic signal | 12 | |||
Rate of wearing safety belt | 11 | |||
Rate of wearing of safety helmet by drivers of two-wheeled vehicles | 6 | |||
Rate of using a smart device while driving | Awareness survey | 2 | ||
Rate of DWI(Driving While Intoxicated) | 5 | |||
Rate of compliance with speed limit | 4 | |||
Traffic safety (25 points) |
Traffic safety status (13 points) |
Professional capacity of the local government | Literature review |
4 |
Compliance with local traffic safety policies | 5 | |||
Efforts of the local government to earmark traffic safety budget | 2 | |||
Safety control level for commercial vehicles by local government | 2 | |||
Traffic accident occurrence (12 points) |
Number of vehicular accident casualties per population unit and road extension | 5 | ||
Number of pedestrian casualties per population unit and road extension | 4 | |||
Number of commercial vehicles and vehicular accident casualty per road accident | 3 | |||
Walking behavior (20 points) |
Rate of compliance with signals at crosswalk | Observational research | 10 | |
Rate of using smart device while walking on the crosswalk | 5 | |||
Rate of jaywalking on the non-crosswalk part of the road | Awareness survey | 5 |