Section 4 - Road Tunnels and Control Areas

Accidents and Breakdowns

Lion Rock Tunnel Eastern Harbour Crossing Discovery Bay Tunnel
Aberdeen Tunnel Western Harbour Crossing Eagle's Nest Tunnel
Kai Tak Tunnel Tate's Cairn Tunnel Sha Tin Heights Tunnel
Shing Mun Tunnels Tai Lam Tunnel Tai Wai Tunnel
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Cheung Tsing Tunnel Nam Wan Tunnel
Cross-Harbour Tunnel Tsing Ma Control Area
(excluding Cheung Tsing Tunnel)
Tsing Sha Control Area
(excluding Eagle's Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel, Tai Wai Tunnel and Nam Wan Tunnel)

Lion Rock Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

18

19

Accidents not involving injuries

157

142

Breakdowns

152

304

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

43

73

Others

0

0

Total

370

538


Aberdeen Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

19

10

Accidents not involving injuries

134

127

Breakdowns

169

173

Fires

0

1

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

48

63

Others

0

0

Total

370

374


Kai Tak Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

24

19

Accidents not involving injuries

83

48

Breakdowns

228

179

Fires

2

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

80

84

Others

3

7

Total

420

337


Shing Mun Tunnels

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

1

0

Accidents involving injuries

27

26

Accidents not involving injuries

83

61

Breakdowns

279

238

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

41

38

Others

0

0

Total

431

363


Tseung Kwan O Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

21

21

Accidents not involving injuries

70

83

Breakdowns

227

219

Fires

1

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

32

37

Others

0

0

Total

351

360


Cross-Harbour Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

1

Accidents involving injuries

26

35

Accidents not involving injuries

635

430

Breakdowns

1,030

835

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

14

21

Flat tyres

256

185

Others

0

0

Total

1,961

1,507


Eastern Harbour Crossing

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

24

21

Accidents not involving injuries

64

117

Breakdowns

453

474

Fires

3

1

Out of petrol

2

0

Flat tyres

181

162

Others

2

19

Total

729

794


Western Harbour Crossing

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

13

8

Accidents not involving injuries

56

42

Breakdowns

193

192

Fires

2

1

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

109

99

Others

0

0

Total

373

342


Tate's Cairn Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

1

0

Accidents involving injuries

23

12

Accidents not involving injuries

86

78

Breakdowns

476

472

Fires

1

2

Out of petrol

0

1

Flat tyres

253

213

Others

5

3

Total

845

781


Tai Lam Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

9

10

Accidents not involving injuries

54

51

Breakdowns

1,093

918

Fires

4

5

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

558

430

Others

26

32

Total

1,744

1,446


Cheung Tsing Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

7

4

Accidents not involving injuries

18

13

Breakdowns

67

81

Fires

0

1

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

46

48

Others

9

5

Total

147

152


Tsing Ma Control Area (excluding Cheung Tsing Tunnel)

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

2

Accidents involving injuries

61

98

Accidents not involving injuries

233

253

Breakdowns

1,624

1,405

Fires

1

6

Out of petrol

1

0

Flat tyres

781

742

Others

63

79

Total

2,764

2,585


Discovery Bay Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

0

0

Accidents not involving injuries

0

0

Breakdowns

9

5

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

1

0

Flat tyres

0

0

Others

0

0

Total

10

5


Eagle’s Nest Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

1

0

Accidents not involving injuries

0

2

Breakdowns

20

28

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

8

19

Others

0

0

Total

29

49


Sha Tin Heights Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

0

0

Accidents not involving injuries

0

1

Breakdowns

14

13

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

1

2

Others

0

0

Total

15

16


Tai Wai Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

0

0

Accidents not involving injuries

1

0

Breakdowns

1

4

Fires

0

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

0

0

Others

0

0

Total

2

4


Nam Wan Tunnel

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

Not Applicable

0

Accidents involving injuries

Not Applicable

0

Accidents not involving injuries

Not Applicable

0

Breakdowns

Not Applicable

0

Fires

Not Applicable

0

Out of petrol

Not Applicable

0

Flat tyres

Not Applicable

0

Others

Not Applicable

0

Total

Not Applicable

0


Tsing Sha Control Area (excluding Eagle’s Nest Tunnel, Sha Tin Heights Tunnel, Tai Wai Tunnel and Nam Wan Tunnel)

2008

2009

Accidents involving fatalities

0

0

Accidents involving injuries

2

3

Accidents not involving injuries

21

21

Breakdowns

117

222

Fires

1

0

Out of petrol

0

0

Flat tyres

55

97

Others

0

0

Total

196

343