Class of motor vehicle 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Motor cycle No. involved in accident 2761 2779 2718 2354 2561 2724 2914 2718 2736 2742
No. licensed (mid-year) 20810 21573 23208 23329 23737 24683 26200 27397 29163 31265
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 235 248 253 245 243 247 265 274 298 295
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 132.7 128.8 117.1 100.9 107.9 110.4 111.2 99.2 93.8 87.7
Invol per million veh-km * 11.75 11.21 10.74 9.61 10.54 11.03 11.00 9.92 9.18 9.29
Private car No. involved in accident 7634 7283 7460 7145 7227 7461 7433 7508 6282 6279
No. licensed (mid-year) 285022 287774 303841 318350 317616 327581 337279 340801 338534 341760
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 3679 3709 4071 4127 4208 4487 4377 4429 4245 4137
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 26.8 25.3 24.6 22.4 22.8 22.8 22.0 22.0 18.6 18.4
Invol per million veh-km * 2.08 1.96 1.83 1.73 1.72 1.66 1.70 1.70 1.48 1.52
Public light bus No. involved in accident 816 1027 982 926 1049 1055 1040 1098 1008 1154
No. licensed (mid-year) 4333 4341 4334 4340 4343 4339 4341 4342 4338 4331
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 336 335 346 332 341 373 365 366 350 356
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 188.3 236.6 226.6 213.4 241.5 243.1 239.6 252.9 232.4 266.5
Invol per million veh-km * 2.43 3.07 2.84 2.79 3.08 2.83 2.85 3.00 2.88 3.25
Light goods vehicle No. involved in accident 3772 3372 3490 3075 3114 3232 3041 3117 2728 2822
No. licensed (mid-year) 83920 79583 78571 77930 74602 73285 71645 70053 68275 67995
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 1302 1312 1337 1227 1244 2343 # 2349 2248 2194 2205
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 44.9 42.4 44.4 39.5 41.7 44.1 42.4 44.5 40.0 41.5
Invol per million veh-km * 2.90 2.57 2.61 2.51 2.50 1.38 # 1.29 1.39 1.24 1.28
Medium & Heavy goods vehicles No. involved in accident 1408 1270 1330 1218 1235 1217 1185 1249 1108 1197
No. licensed (mid-year) 36491 37052 38293 39569 39245 41390 42036 41725 41761 42106
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 2446 2503 2629 2371 2366 1365 # 1349 1457 1398 1344
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 38.6 34.3 34.7 30.8 31.5 29.4 28.2 29.9 26.5 28.4
Invol per million veh-km * 0.58 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.52 0.89 # 0.88 0.86 0.79 0.89
Public bus No. involved in accident 1568 1596 1736 1749 2265 2288 2445 2380 2219 2407
No. licensed (mid-year) 8940 9492 10373 11039 11533 11836 12322 12724 12875 12867
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 470 495 562 628 646 769 818 853 838 836
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 175.4 168.1 167.4 158.4 196.4 193.3 198.4 187.0 172.3 187.1
Invol per million veh-km * 3.34 3.23 3.09 2.79 3.51 2.98 2.99 2.79 2.65 2.88
Taxi No. involved in accident 3350 3336 3346 3181 3101 3274 3706 3617 3397 3457
No. licensed (mid-year) 17806 17849 17827 17983 18030 17997 18074 18054 17997 18108
Annual veh-km (in millions) * 1918 1947 1924 1789 1757 1843 1822 1793 1719 1797
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 188.1 186.9 187.7 176.9 172.0 181.9 205.0 200.3 188.8 190.9
Invol per million veh-km * 1.75 1.71 1.74 1.78 1.76 1.78 2.03 2.02 1.98 1.92
Tram No. involved in accident 109 95 78 91 88 76 85 84 99 100
No. licensed (mid-year) 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161 161
Annual veh-km (in 000's) 6844 6757 6812 6693 6443 6243 6326 6075 5950 6055
Invol per tramcar 0.68 0.59 0.48 0.57 0.55 0.47 0.53 0.52 0.61 0.62
Invol per million veh-km 15.9 14.1 11.5 13.6 13.7 12.2 13.4 13.8 16.6 16.5
Light rail vehicle No. involved in accident 19 15 17 17 32 25 12 27 21 23
No. licensed (mid-year) 100 100 99 119 119 119 119 119 119 119
Annual veh-km (in 000's) 9099 9383 9663 10285 10252 10684 10676 10759 10727 11289
Invol per light rail vehicle 0.19 0.15 0.17 0.14 0.27 0.21 0.10 0.23 0.18 0.19
Invol per million veh-km 2.09 1.60 1.76 1.65 3.12 2.34 1.12 2.51 1.96 2.04
All motor vehicles No. involvedin accident 21918 21160 21568 20152 20842 21530 22057 21967 19743 20355
No. licensed (mid-year) 467492 468139 486982 502994 499380 511460 522125 525111 522912 528172
Annual veh-km (in millions) 10617 10779 11355 10944 11040 11639 11509 11576 11190 11109
Invol per 1,000 vehicles 46.9 45.2 44.3 40.1 41.7 42.1 42.2 41.8 37.8 38.5
Invol per million veh-km 2.06 1.96 1.90 1.84 1.89 1.85 1.92 1.90 1.76 1.83

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) * The vehicle-km were revised in 2000. Therefore the figures for
1995 - 1999 are different from the 1995 - 1999 editions.
(5) † The vehicle-km were revised in 2004.