Class of motor vehicle 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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