| | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| A) Number of accidents: |
| (i) Fatal |
279 |
247 |
252 |
229 |
204 |
202 |
162 |
167 |
162 |
173 |
| (ii) Serious |
3279 |
3243 |
3084 |
3154 |
3103 |
2808 |
2838 |
3165 |
3118 |
2674 |
| (iii) Slight |
11882 |
11322 |
11061 |
11393 |
10707 |
11704 |
11949 |
12299 |
12296 |
11589 |
| Total |
15440 |
14812 |
14397 |
14776 |
14014 |
14714 |
14949 |
15631 |
15576 |
14436 |
| B) Accident rate: |
| (i)per 1,000 population |
2.55 |
2.39 |
2.24 |
2.28 |
2.14 |
2.23 |
2.24 |
2.32 |
2.29 |
2.12 |
| (ii) per 1,000 licensed vehicles |
34.1 |
31.7 |
30.8 |
30.3 |
27.9 |
29.5 |
29.2 |
29.9 |
29.7 |
27.6 |
| (iii) per kilometre of road |
9.3 |
8.6 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
7.5 |
7.8 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
7.5 |
| (iv) per million vehicle-kilometres |
1.46 |
1.40 |
1.34 |
1.30 |
1.28 |
1.33 |
1.28 |
1.36 |
1.35 |
1.29 |