When I looked away, I heard... 377 accidents at expressway toll gates in 4 years = South Korea

It was pointed out that traffic accidents at expressway toll gates continue to occur every year, and that there is an urgent need to develop measures to prevent accidents at toll gates.
According to documents submitted by South Korea's Korea Highway Corporation to Rep. Maeng Sung-kyu, a member of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea.
A total of 337 accidents occurred at expressway toll gates from 2019 to July 2023. Of these, a total of 120 (deaths) occurred in high-pass lanes (equivalent to Japan's ETC lanes).
There were 0 accidents and 21 injuries. A total of 257 accidents (8 fatalities, 53 injuries) occurred on regular lanes (equivalent to regular lanes in Japan).
By cause of accidents, 64 were due to failure to pay attention in high-pass lanes. This accounts for 53.3%, more than half of the accidents.
This was followed by 21 cases of falling asleep (17.5%) and 7 cases of speeding (5.8%). In general lanes, there were 154 cases of failure to pay attention, accounting for 59.9% of the total. after that
This was followed by 23 cases of drowsiness (8.9%) and 10 cases of excessive speeding (3.9%). Vehicles using the High Pass account for over 90% of the total traffic volume as of August 2023. However, the accident rate on regular lanes
This accounted for 68.1% of the 337 total tollgate accidents that occurred in the last four years. Councilor Meng Sung-kyu said, ``By improving facilities such as multi-lane roads and high passes, we will be able to improve expressway toll plazas.
Although traffic accidents are on the decline, many accidents still occur at toll plaza facilities.Especially, as traffic volume is expected to further increase after the COVID-19 virus, toll plaza facilities are becoming increasingly crowded.
We need to establish systematic facility improvement measures to eradicate accidents."