I have committed a traffic accident falling under the 12 categories of gross negligence. I am curious about what the punishment for the 12 categories of gross negligence would be.

When a traffic accident occurs, if you are enrolled in insurance or a mutual aid program, or if you reach a settlement with the victim, you are not subject to criminal punishment; however, there are also cases in which criminal punishment is imposed.

These are precisely the cases where the victim was seriously injured or died, or, as in your account, where one has committed a traffic accident falling under the 12 categories of gross negligence.

Furthermore, according to the Act on Special Cases concerning the Settlement of Traffic Accidents, where a person drives in violation of a signal displayed by a traffic light under Article 5 of the Road Traffic Act or a signal given by a police officer directing traffic, or in violation of an instruction displayed by a safety sign indicating a passage prohibition or a temporary stop, the punishment for the 12 categories of gross negligence arising from a signal violation is imprisonment without labor for not more than five years or a fine not exceeding 20 million won, and aggravated punishment becomes difficult to avoid.

Accordingly, you may wish to receive legal advice and support from an attorney with extensive experience in handling traffic accidents falling under the 12 categories of gross negligence and to develop a strategy to defend against punishment.

At Daeryun Law LLC, through its evidence-collection group, we review dashcam footage or CCTV to analyze the circumstances of the accident and assess the ratio of fault in order to assist our clients.

Such evidence can also serve as a factor that greatly affects the severity of the punishment. If you find it difficult to respond on your own, you may wish to obtain the assistance of an attorney in order to avoid punishment for the 12 categories of gross negligence.