Section 7   Traffic Accidents

Accident Involvement by Class of Motor Vehicle 1996-2005


Class of Motor Vehicle

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Motor cycle

2779

2718

2354

2561

2724

2914

2718

2736

2742

2835

Private car

7283

7460

7145

7227

7461

7433

7508

6282

6279

6303

Public light bus

1027

982

926

1049

1055

1040

1098

1008

1154

1132

Light goods vehicle

3372

3490

3075

3114

3232

3041

3117

2728

2822

3008

Medium & heavy goods vehicle

1270

1330

1218

1235

1217

1185

1249

1108

1197

1180

Franchised public bus

1506

1631

1645

1871

1909

2009

1928

1828

1899

1928

Non-franchised public bus

90

105

104

394

379

436

452

391

508

451

Taxi

3336

3346

3181

3101

3274

3706

3617

3397

3457

3752

All motor vehicles *

21160

21568

20152

20842

21530

22057

21967

19743

20355

20850



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.