ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT BY CLASS OF MOTOR VEHICLE 1994-2003 (unit in no. of vehicles involved) Class of Motor Vehicle 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Motor cycle 2683 2761 2779 2718 2354 2561 2724 2914 2718 2736 Private car 7984 7634 7283 7460 7145 7227 7461 7433 7508 6282 Public light bus 930 816 1027 982 926 1049 1055 1040 1098 1008 Light goods vehicle 4246 3772 3372 3490 3075 3114 3232 3041 3117 2728 Medium & heavy goods vehicle 1452 1408 1270 1330 1218 1235 1217 1185 1249 1108 Franchised public bus 1387 1473 1506 1631 1645 1871 1909 2009 1928 1828 Non-franchised public bus 106 95 90 105 104 394 379 436 452 391 Taxi 3683 3350 3336 3346 3181 3101 3274 3706 3617 3397 All motor vehicles * 23054 21918 21160 21568 20152 20842 21530 22057 21967 19743 Note:  * All motor vehicles exclude bicycles, handcarts and unknown. 1.  Since 1999, vehicle class recognition changed from being visually distinguished by Police officers to direct extraction from Valid III through matching of vehicle registration number.