Section 7 - Traffic Accidents

Road Traffic Accidents by Region by Severity during 1999 - 2008

Region

Severity

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Hong Kong Island

Fatal

32

32

23

23

16

25

35

23

18

19

Serious

622

628

684

635

542

544

480

483

462

436

Slight

2,432

2,386

2,456

2,384

2,367

2,473

2,525

2,559

2,743

2,700

Sub-total

3,086

3,046

3,163

3,042

2,925

3,042

3,040

3,065

3,223

3,155

Kowloon

Fatal

64

61

62

46

73

61

45

45

52

56

Serious

903

889

1,017

932

890

726

754

672

715

584

Slight

4,546

4,608

4,763

4,729

4,206

4,531

4,777

4,605

4,655

4,288

Sub-total

5,513

5,558

5,842

5,707

5,169

5,318

5,576

5,322

5,422

4,928

New Territories

Fatal

106

69

82

93

84

74

59

67

83

68

Serious

1,283

1,321

1,464

1,551

1,242

1,249

1,270

1,160

1,199

1,076

Slight

4,726

4,955

5,080

5,183

5,016

5,343

5,117

5,235

5,388

5,349

Sub-total

6,115

6,345

6,626

6,827

6,342

6,666

6,446

6,462

6,670

6,493

All Regions

Fatal

202

162

167

162

173

160

139

135

153

143

Serious

2,808

2,838

3,165

3,118

2,674

2,519

2,504

2,315

2,376

2,096

Slight

11,704

11,949

12,299

12,296

11,589

12,347

12,419

12,399

12,786

12,337

Total

14,714

14,949

15,631

15,576

14,436

15,026

15,062

14,849

15,315

14,576