Section 7 - Traffic Accidents

Motor Vehicle Involvements by Class of Motor Vehicle in accidents during 2000 - 2009

Class of motor vehicle

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Motor cycle

2,724

2,914

2,718

2,736

2,742

2,835

2,791

2,927

2,613

2,556

Private car

7,461

7,433

7,508

6,282

6,279

6,303

6,211

6,450

5,927

6,085

Public light bus

1,055

1,040

1,098

1,008

1,154

1,132

1,069

1,173

1,080

1,110

Light goods vehicle

3,232

3,041

3,117

2,728

2,822

3,008

2,919

2,952

2,806

2,527

Medium & heavy goods vehicle

1,217

1,185

1,249

1,108

1,197

1,180

1,155

1,081

1,045

907

Franchised bus

1,909

2,009

1,928

1,828

1,899

1,928

1,952

2,201

2,047

1,916

Non-franchised bus

379

436

452

391

508

451

441

448

416

406

Taxi

3,274

3,706

3,617

3,397

3,457

3,752

3,744

4,004

3,926

3,801

Others (1)

279

293

280

265

297

261

258

281

272

300

All motor vehicles (2)

21,530

22,057

21,967

19,743

20,355

20,850

20,540

21,517

20,132

19,608


Note: (1)  Including other motor vehicles such as tram, private light bus, private bus, etc.
(2)  Excluding bicycles, handcarts and vehicles with unknown vehicle type.