Transport Department - Figure 4.1 Road traffic accident statistics by vehicle class 2001

Vehicle class	* No. of accidents	No. of involvements	# Casualties by degree of injury			Total
Vehicle class	* No. of accidents	No. of involvements	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total
All classes of vehicles	15631	23718	173	3517	16628	20318
Motorcycle	2856	2914	30	682	2571	3283
Private car	6052	7433	46	1344	7185	8575
Public light bus	992	1040	12	212	1459	1683
Light goods vehicle	2762	3041	51	637	3220	3908
Medium goods vehicle	957	1092	31	263	1244	1538
Heavy goods vehicle	92	93	1	23	127	151
Public bus	2341	2445	20	439	2996	3455
Taxi	3323	3706	23	626	3828	4477
Bicycle	1476	1576	4	276	1273	1553
Tram	78	85	0	25	101	126
Light rail vehicle	11	12	1	2	8	11
Private light bus	91	92	0	15	110	125
Private bus	25	25	0	8	53	61
Handcart	73	73	2	11	60	73
Trailer	8	8	0	4	10	14
Village vehicle	8	8	0	7	2	9
Special purpose vehicle	12	13	1	7	26	34
Concrete mixer	28	28	0	11	37	48
School private light bus	39	40	0	5	50	55
School bus	234	238	4	49	367	420

Notes : (1) * In a single accident, there may be more than one class of vehicle involved
(2) # Casualties including pedestrian and vehicle occupant of other vehicle class involved