Accidents and Breakdowns

Lion Rock Tunnel   Eastern Harbour Crossing   Discovery Bay Tunnel
Aberdeen Tunnel   Western Harbour Crossing   Eagle's Nest Tunnel
Kai Tak Tunnel   Tate's Cairn Tunnel   Sha Tin Heights Tunnel
Shing Mun Tunnels   Tai Lam Tunnel   Tai Wai Tunnel
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel   Cheung Tsing Tunnel   Nam Wan Tunnel
Cross-Harbour Tunnel   Tsing Ma Control Area
(excluding Cheung Tsing Tunnel)
  Tsing Sha Control Area
(excluding Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel, Tai Wai Tunnel and Nam Wan Tunnel)

Lion Rock Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 19 22
Accidents not involving injuries 142 127
Breakdowns 304 207
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 73 38
Others 0 0
Total 538 394

Aberdeen Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 10 16
Accidents not involving injuries 127 216
Breakdowns 173 229
Fires 1 2
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 63 63
Others 0 0
Total 374 526

Kai Tak Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 19 27
Accidents not involving injuries 48 80
Breakdowns 179 182
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 84 80
Others 7 2
Total 337 371

Shing Mun Tunnels 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 26 24
Accidents not involving injuries 61 40
Breakdowns 238 228
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 38 40
Others 0 0
Total 363 332

Tseung Kwan O Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 21 25
Accidents not involving injuries 83 83
Breakdowns 219 182
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 37 31
Others 0 0
Total 360 321

Cross-Harbour Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 1 0
Accidents involving injuries 35 37
Accidents not involving injuries 430 564
Breakdowns 835 785
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 21 27
Flat tyres 185 171
Others 0 0
Total 1,507 1,584

Eastern Harbour Crossing 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 21 16
Accidents not involving injuries 117 123
Breakdowns 474 436
Fires 1 1
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 162 162
Others 19 16
Total 794 754

Western Harbour Crossing 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 8 7
Accidents not involving injuries 42 39
Breakdowns 192 151
Fires 1 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 99 103
Others 0 0
Total 342 300

Tate's Cairn Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 12 9
Accidents not involving injuries 78 96
Breakdowns 472 442
Fires 2 1
Out of petrol 1 0
Flat tyres 213 197
Others 3 4
Total 781 749

Tai Lam Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 10 13
Accidents not involving injuries 51 58
Breakdowns 918 989
Fires 5 1
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 430 483
Others 32 31
Total 1,446 1,575

Cheung Tsing Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 4 3
Accidents not involving injuries 13 2
Breakdowns 81 53
Fires 1 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 48 21
Others 5 1
Total 152 80

Tsing Ma Control Area (excluding Cheung Tsing Tunnel) 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 2 2
Accidents involving injuries 98 72
Accidents not involving injuries 253 197
Breakdowns 1,405 1,215
Fires 6 2
Out of petrol 0 3
Flat tyres 742 628
Others 79 70
Total 2,585 2,189

Discovery Bay Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 0 0
Accidents not involving injuries 0 0
Breakdowns 5 5
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 0 0
Others 0 0
Total 5 5

Eagle's Nest Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 0 3
Accidents not involving injuries 2 1
Breakdowns 28 27
Fires 0 9
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 19 0
Others 0 0
Total 49 40

Sha Tin Heights Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 0 0
Accidents not involving injuries 1 4
Breakdowns 13 11
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 2 0
Others 0 0
Total 16 15

Tai Wai Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 0 0
Accidents not involving injuries 0 0
Breakdowns 4 1
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 0 1
Others 0 0
Total 4 2

Nam Wan Tunnel 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 0 1
Accidents not involving injuries 0 1
Breakdowns 0 17
Fires 0 0
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 0 4
Others 0 0
Total 0 23

Note: Nam Wan Tunnes was open to traffic on 20.12.2009.

Tsing Sha Control Area (excluding Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel, Tai Wai Tunnel and Nam Wan Tunnel) 2009 2010
Accidents involving fatalities 0 0
Accidents involving injuries 3 10
Accidents not involving injuries 21 49
Breakdowns 222 549
Fires 0 1
Out of petrol 0 0
Flat tyres 97 290
Others 0 0
Total 343 899