Traffic Accident, Casualty and Fatality Rates
from 2001 to 2006


  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
(i)  Accident rate            
     per 100,000
     population*
232 229 212 218 217 217
     per 1,000 licensed
     vehicles*
29.9 29.7 27.6 28.4 28.0 27.2
(ii) Casualty rate            
     per 100,000
     population*
302 304 269 282 277 275
     per 1,000 licensed
     vehicles*
38.9 39.2 35.0 36.7 35.8 34.5
(ii) Fatality rate            
     per 100,000
     population*
2.6 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.1
     per 1,000 licensed
     vehicles*
0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Note:
* Number of population and licensed vehicles as the end of June of the year was used.