1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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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 |