Vulnerability of Motorcyclists and Pillion Riders
4 Motorcyclists and pillion riders continue to be the most vulnerable group of road users, making up 54.9% of all fatalities in 2005 as compared to 49.2% in 2004.
TABLE 3 : NO. OF FATALITIES BY ROAD USER GROUPS |
Road User Groups |
2004 |
2005 |
| Motorcyclists & Pillion Riders |
95 |
95 |
| Motorcar Drivers and Passengers |
23 |
8 |
| Pedestrians |
46 |
41 |
| Pedal Cyclists |
17 |
18 |
| Others2 (including Bus Passengers/Drivers, Heavy and Light Goods Vehicles Drivers and Passengers) |
12 |
11 |
| TOTAL |
193 |
173 |
Drink-Driving
5 There was a general decrease in the number of drink-driving related fatal and injury accidents in 2005.
TABLE 4 : NUMBER OF DRINK-DRIVING ACCIDENTS |
| |
2004 |
2005 |
| Fatal Accident |
31 |
19 |
| Serious Accident |
7 |
8 |
| Slight Accident |
199 |
186 |
| TOTAL |
237 |
213 |
6 The number of persons killed in drink-driving related accidents decreased from 33 to 19. The number of persons injured decreased from 244 in 2004 to 223 in 2005, of which 8 suffered serious injuries.
TABLE 5 :
NUMBER OF PERSONS KILLED OR INJURED IN DRINK-DRIVING RELATED ACCIDENTS |
| |
2004 |
2005 |
| Killed |
33 |
19 |
| Seriously Injured |
7 |
8 |
| Slightly Injured |
237 |
215 |
| TOTAL |
277 |
242 |
7 The number of persons involved in accidents who were arrested for drink-driving has also gone up by 10.7%.
TABLE 6 : NO. OF PERSONS ARRESTED FOR DRINK-DRIVING |
| |
2004 |
2005 |
| Non-accident |
2,379 |
3,032 |
| Accident (includ. Non-injury) |
550 |
609 |
| TOTAL |
2,929 |
3,641 |
Speeding
8 While there was an overall drop in the number of speed related accidents from 1,513 in 2004 to 1,443 cases to 2005, the number of speed-related fatal accidents had increased by 3 cases in 2005 as compared to 2004.
TABLE 7 : NUMBER OF SPEED RELATED3 ACCIDENTS |
| |
2004 |
2005 |
| Fatal |
49 |
52 |
| Serious Injury |
14 |
12 |
| Slight Injury |
1,450 |
1,379 |
| TOTAL |
1,513 |
1,443 |
2. Others include pedal cyclists, light goods vehicle drivers/ passengers, heavy goods vehicle drivers/passengers and bus driver/passengers.
3. Refers to accidents in which exceeding road or vehicle speed limit is one of the key contributing factors.
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