Speeding
There was an overall increase in the number of speed-related accidents, from 1,656 to 1,766 cases in 2007, with the number of speed-related fatal accidents increasing by 8 cases, from 66 to 74. More than 1 in 3 of all fatal accidents were speed-related. Table 4 indicates the number of speed-related accidents 2007 compared with 2006.
Table 4: Number of speed-related accidents
|
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| Fatal |
66 |
74 |
| Serious Injury |
27 |
23 |
| Slight Injury |
1,563 |
1,669 |
| TOTAL |
1,656 |
1,766 |
Accidents Involving Motorcyclists and Pillion Riders
The number of fatalities for motorcyclists and pillion riders rose by 1, from 102 in 2006 to 103 in 2007. The proportion of overall motorcyclist fatalities as a percentage of all road user groups has fallen by 6.7% from 2006 to 2007, with motorcyclists and pillion riders forming the bulk of all fatalities in 2007.
Table 5 shows the number of fatalities by road user categories.
Table 5: Number of fatalities by road user groups |
| Road User Groups |
2006 |
2007 |
| Motorcyclists & Pillion Riders |
102 |
103 |
| Motorcar Drivers and Passengers |
18 |
24 |
| Pedestrians |
42 |
58 |
| Pedal Cyclists |
14 |
22 |
| Others (including Bus Passengers/Drivers, Heavy and Light Goods Vehicles Drivers and Passengers) |
14 |
12 |
| TOTAL |
190 |
219 |
Drink Driving-Related Accidents
The number of drink driving-related accidents fell from 288 in 2006 to 188 in 2007, a decrease of 100 cases. The number of persons killed in drink driving-related accidents also decreased from 25 to 15. Similarly, the number of persons injured in such accidents decreased from 336 to 263 in 2007. Of these, 7 suffered serious injuries. Appended in Tables 6 and 7 are the number of drink driving accident cases and persons killed/injured for 2007 and 2006 respectively.
Table 6: Number of drink-driving accidents |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| Fatal Accident |
24 |
14 |
| Serious Accident |
8 |
6 |
| Slight Accident |
256 |
168 |
| TOTAL |
288 |
188 |
Table 7: Number of persons killed or injured in drink-driving related accidents |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| Killed |
25 |
15 |
| Seriously Injured |
10 |
7 |
| Slightly Injured |
326 |
256 |
| TOTAL |
361 |
278 |
For 2007, more persons were arrested for drink driving, from 3,733 persons in 2006 to 4,009 in 2007. Table 8 shows the number of persons arrested.
Table 8: Number of persons arrested for drink-driving |
| |
2006 |
2007 |
| Non-accident |
3,152 |
3,447 |
| Accident (includes Non-injury cases) |
581 |
562 |
| TOTAL |
3,733 |
4,009 |
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