The Security and Public Administration Committee revealed Thursday the locations in Seoul were traffic accidents occurred most last year.
The Yeongdeungpo intersection in eastern Seoul witnessed 44 accidents which injured 61 people, followed by Kyobo Tower intersection in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu with 43 accidents injuring 56 people, and Sillim intersection with 42 accidents which resulted in one death and injured 62 people.
However, the numbers tallied slightly differently when the time frame was extended.
According to the minor opposition party lawmaker Kwon Eun-hee from SPAC, in the last three years, the most accidents occurred at the Kyobo Tower intersection in Gangnam.
Prone to heavy traffic and violations of traffic regulations, from 2013 to 2015 approximately 220 people were injured in 144 accidents at the Kyobo Tower intersection.
The second up was the five-lane intersection in Gongdeok, Mapo-gu, known as Gongdeok Ogeori. The recorded number of accidents was 125, which resulted in one death in 2013. A total of 182 were injured in the cited period.
The Yeongdeungpo intersection in Yeongdeungpo-gu came in third, recording 123 accidents and also one casualty in 2013.
By Lim Jeong-yeo (kaylalim@heraldcorp.com)
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