Class of motor vehicle1992199319941995199619971998199920002001
Motor cycle No. involved in accident 2593 2647 2683 2761 2779 2718 2354 2561 2724 2914
No. licensed (mid-year) 18089 18871 19952 20810 21573 23208 23329 23737 24683 26200
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 207 214 221 235 248 253 245 243 247 265
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 143.3 140.3 134.5 132.7 128.8 117.1 100.9 107.9 110.4 111.2
Invol per million veh-km * 12.53 12.37 12.14 11.75 11.21 10.74 9.61 10.54 11.03 11.00
Private car No. involved in accident 7231 7717 7984 7634 7283 7460 7145 7227 7461 7433
No. licensed (mid-year) 224144 246562 270421 285022 287774 303841 318350 317616 327581 337279
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 3029 3307 3663 3679 3709 4071 4127 4208 4487 4377
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 32.3 31.3 29.5 26.8 25.3 24.6 22.4 22.8 22.8 22.0
Invol per million veh-km * 2.39 2.33 2.18 2.08 1.96 1.83 1.73 1.72 1.66 1.70
Public light bus No. involved in accident 988 930 930 816 1027 982 926 1049 1055 1040
No. licensed (mid-year) 4329 4295 4332 4333 4341 4334 4340 4343 4339 4341
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 325 332 332 336 335 346 332 341 373 365
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 228.2 216.5 214.7 188.3 236.6 226.6 213.4 241.5 243.1 239.6
Invol per million veh-km * 3.04 2.80 2.80 2.43 3.07 2.84 2.79 3.08 2.83 2.85
Light goods vehicle No. involved in accident 4765 4494 4246 3772 3372 3490 3075 3114 3232 3041
No. licensed (mid-year) 89611 86240 86521 83920 79583 78571 77930 74602 73285 71645
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 1248 1315 1345 1302 1312 1337 1227 1244 1412 2343# 1245 2349#
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 53.2 52.1 49.1 44.9 42.4 44.4 39.5 41.7 44.1 42.4
Invol per million veh-km * 3.82 3.42 3.16 2.90 2.57 2.61 2.51 2.50 2.29 1.38# 2.44 1.29#
Medium & Heavy goods vehicles No. involved in accident 1288 1383 1452 1408 1270 1330 1218 1235 1217 1185
No. licensed (mid-year) 29602 32517 34912 36491 37052 38293 39569 39245 41390 42036
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 2104 2340 2410 2446 2503 2629 2371 2366 2296 1365# 2453 1349#
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 43.5 42.5 41.6 38.6 34.3 34.7 30.8 31.5 29.4 28.2
Invol per million veh-km * 0.61 0.59 0.60 0.58 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.89# 0.48 0.88#
Public bus No. involved in accident 1538 1502 1493 1568 1596 1736 1749 2265 2288 2445
No. licensed (mid-year) 7826 7903 8323 8940 9492 10373 11039 11533 11836 12322
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 301 312 298 316 328 386 438 455 561 550
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 196.5 190.1 179.4 175.4 168.1 167.4 158.4 196.4 193.3 198.4
Invol per million veh-km * 5.11 4.81 5.01 4.96 4.87 4.50 3.99 4.98 4.08 4.45
Taxi No. involved in accident 4131 3885 3683 3350 3336 3346 3181 3101 3274 3706
No. licensed (mid-year) 17513 17530 17549 17806 17849 17827 17983 18030 17997 18074
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 1791 1884 1911 1918 1947 1924 1789 1757 1843 1822
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 235.9 221.6 209.9 188.1 186.9 187.7 176.9 172.0 181.9 205.0
Invol per million veh-km * 2.31 2.06 1.93 1.75 1.71 1.74 1.78 1.76 1.78 2.03
Tram No. involved in accident 155 155 129 109 95 78 91 88 76 85
No. licensed (mid-year) 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161
Annual veh-km (in 000’s) 7060 6996 6912 6844 6757 6812 6693 6443 6243 6326
Invol per tramcar 0.96 0.96 0.80 0.68 0.59 0.48 0.57 0.55 0.47 0.53
Invol per million veh-km 22.0 22.2 18.7 15.9 14.1 11.5 13.6 13.7 12.2 13.4
Light rail vehicle No. involved in accident 29 23 18 19 15 17 17 32 25 12
No. licensed (mid-year) 70 97 100 100 100 99 119 119 119 119
Annual veh-km (in 000’s) 6328 8339 8612 9099 9383 9663 10285 10252 10684 10676
Invol per light rail vehicle 0.41 0.24 0.18 0.19 0.15 0.17 0.14 0.27 0.21 0.10
Invol per million veh-km 4.58 2.76 2.09 2.09 1.60 1.76 1.65 3.12 2.34 1.12
All motor vehicles No. involved in accident 23112 23140 23054 21918 21160 21568 20152 20842 21530 22057
No. licensed (mid-year) 401257 423966 452284 467492 468139 486982 502994 499380 511460 522125
Annual veh-km (in millions) 9368@ 10092 10561 10617 10779 11355 10944 11040 11639 11509
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 57.6 54.6 51.0 46.9 45.2 44.3 40.1 41.7 42.1 42.2
Invol per million veh-km 2.47 2.29 2.18 2.06 1.96 1.90 1.84 1.89 1.85 1.92

Notes : (1)  Public buses include franchised bus & public hired buses.
(2)  Source of data : (a) "vehicles licensed" & "vehicle-km of tram and light rail vehicle" obtained from 'Monthly Traffic and Transport Digest'.
(b) "vehicle-km" other than tram and light rail vehicle obtained from 'TTSD Traffic Census Section'.
(3)  # Definitions of "Light goods vehicles" and "Medium & Heavy goods vehicles" changed in the Vehicle Classification System with effect from 2000.
(4)  * Due to change in methodology in the calculation of vehicle-km, these figures are different from the previous editions.
(5)  @ Revised figures