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As the use of personal mobility devices and bicycles increases, traffic safety has emerged as a social issue. The Korea Road Traffic Authority analyzes and announces related accident statistics every year.
(Wonju = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Ho-jun = Over the past three years, personal mobility device traffic accidents have been decreasing, but bicycle traffic accident deaths have actually increased.
According to the Korea Road Traffic Authority on the 16th, as a result of analyzing personal mobility device (PM) and bicycle traffic accidents over the past three years (2023 to 2025), personal mobility device traffic accidents decreased for two consecutive years from 2,389 in 2023 to 2,232 in 2024 and 1,915 in 2025.
The number of injured in 2025 also decreased by 14.9% compared to the previous year.
The fatality rate of personal mobility devices in 2025 was 1.2, which was 0.75 times that of bicycles (1.6) and 0.44 times that of two-wheeled vehicles (2.7).
The fatality rate is the number of deaths per 100 traffic accidents.
On the other hand, although bicycle traffic accidents decreased by 6.0% from 5,571 in 2024 to 5,235 in 2025, the number of deaths increased by 13.3% from 75 to 85.
The number of injured decreased by 7.1% from 6,085 to 5,655, and although the number of accidents and injuries decreased, the number of deaths increased.
Looking at the number of deaths by type of personal mobility device traffic accident over the past three years, there were 36 deaths due to single-vehicle accidents such as collision with nearby facilities on the road, tipping over, overturning, or leaving the road, accounting for 51.4% of the total deaths.
The fatality rate for single accidents was 5.2, which was higher than car-to-car (1.0) and car-to-person (0.2).
In the past three years, there have been 716 bicycle accidents alone, accounting for only 4.5% of all accidents, but the number of deaths was 71, accounting for 31.7% of the total.
The fatality rate in single accidents was 9.9, which was higher than car-to-car (1.3) and car-to-person (0.3).
Personal mobility devices and bicycles expose the driver's body to the outside, which can lead to serious casualties in the event of an accident.
Accordingly, users must comply with basic safety rules and traffic laws, such as ▲ wearing protective equipment such as a safety helmet ▲ prohibiting more than two people from riding a personal mobility device ▲ prohibiting driving after drinking ▲ traveling on designated roads ▲ slowing down and checking left and right before entering an intersection.
Chairman Kim Hee-jung of the corporation said, "Personal mobility device accidents are decreasing, but the number of deaths in bicycle accidents is increasing, so special caution is needed."

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