Section 7 - Traffic Accidents

Road Traffic Accidents by Region by Severity during 2000 - 2009

Region

Severity

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Hong Kong Island

Fatal

32

23

23

16

25

35

23

18

19

30

Serious

628

684

635

542

544

480

483

462

436

378

Slight

2,386

2,456

2,384

2,367

2,473

2,525

2,559

2,743

2,700

2,469

Sub-total

3,046

3,163

3,042

2,925

3,042

3,040

3,065

3,223

3,155

2,877

Kowloon

Fatal

61

62

46

73

61

45

45

52

56

38

Serious

889

1,017

932

890

726

754

672

715

584

520

Slight

4,608

4,763

4,729

4,206

4,531

4,777

4,605

4,655

4,288

4,246

Sub-total

5,558

5,842

5,707

5,169

5,318

5,576

5,322

5,422

4,928

4,804

New Territories

Fatal

69

82

93

84

74

59

67

83

68

58

Serious

1,321

1,464

1,551

1,242

1,249

1,270

1,160

1,199

1,076

1,045

Slight

4,955

5,080

5,183

5,016

5,343

5,117

5,235

5,388

5,349

5,532

Sub-total

6,345

6,626

6,827

6,342

6,666

6,446

6,462

6,670

6,493

6,635

All Regions

Fatal

162

167

162

173

160

139

135

153

143

126

Serious

2,838

3,165

3,118

2,674

2,519

2,504

2,315

2,376

2,096

1,943

Slight

11,949

12,299

12,296

11,589

12,347

12,419

12,399

12,786

12,337

12,247

Total

14,949

15,631

15,576

14,436

15,026

15,062

14,849

15,315

14,576

14,316