Accident Involvements by Class of Motor Vehicle 1997-2006

Class of motor vehicle 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Motor cycle

2718

 2354 2561 2724 2914 2718 2736 2742 2835 2791
Private car

7460

 7145 7227 7461 7433 7508 6282 6279 6303 6211
Public light bus

982

 926 1049 1055 1040 1098 1008 1154 1132 1069
Light goods vehicle

3490

 3075 3114 3232 3041 3117 2728 2822 3008 2919
Medium & heavy goods vehicle

1330

 1218 1235 1217 1185 1249 1108 1197 1180 1155
Franchised public bus

1631

 1645 1871 1909 2009 1928 1828 1899 1928 1952
Non-franchised public bus

105

 104 394 379 436 452 391 508 451 441
Taxi

3346

 3181 3101 3274 3706 3617 3397 3457 3752 3744
All motor vehicles*

21568

 20152 20842 21530 22057 21967 19743 20355 20850 20540


Note: * All motor vehicles exclude bicycles, handcarts and vehicles with unknown vehicle type.
1. Since 1999, vehicle class recognition changed from being visually distinguished by Police officers to direct extraction from VALID through matching of vehicle registration number.