Section 7   Traffic Accidents

Road Traffic Injury Accidents by Class of Vehicle Involved 1996-2005


Accident involving

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

All classes of vehicles

14397

14776

14014

14714

14949

15631

15576

14436

15026

15062

All motor vehicles

13816

14136

13414

13796

14046

14538

14434

13139

13502

13795

Motor cycle

2731

2676

2317

2528

2674

2856

2681

2671

2698

2775

Private car

5790

5995

5836

5925

6053

6052

6088

5165

5190

5244

Public light bus

977

950

891

995

1008

992

1048

958

1090

1091

Light goods vehicle

3034

3111

2776

2801

2892

2762

2794

2435

2528

2702

Medium goods vehicle

1026

1095

969

976

947

957

960

876

945

956

Heavy goods vehicle

67

78

66

84

90

92

124

86

82

83

(All goods vehicles)

(3868)

(4000)

(3524)

(3561)

(3644)

(3517)

(3618)

(3172)

(3304)

(3476)

Franchised public bus

1463

1573

1593

1802

1838

1934

1858

1764

1839

1864

Non-franchised public bus

89

103

99

380

362

430

436

378

491

436

Taxi

2982

3045

2865

2819

2932

3323

3238

3057

3083

3327

Tram

88

73

84

83

71

78

73

90

92

74

Light rail vehicle

15

15

16

30

24

11

27

21

22

12

Bicycle

687

782

837

1260

1230

1476

1528

1670

1914

1646



Note: In a single accident, there may be more than one class of vehicle involved.