Table VIII,
CLASSIFIED TABLE OF CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO THE INJURY OF PEDESTRIANS OR PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES.
Cause of Accident Motor Buses Private Cars Public Cars Motor Lorries Tram Cars Motor Cycles Pedal Cycles Hand Trucks Rickshaws Totals Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. Fatal. Non-Fatal. Walking or running in front of a moving vehicle 12 - 11 4 90 90 2 47 1 36 - 37 2 30 2 27 - 16 5 20 24 - 2 18 363 Leaving or boarding a moving vehicle. 34 3 47 1 Stepping off footway. 6 3 4 - 23 16 1 5 1 2 8 20 2 2 8 1 43 Passing behind a moving vehicle 1 - Falling from a vehicle 2 - 1 - Running across streets 4 10 5 7 2 59 1 41 1 - Playing games on streets 1 - 1 - Passengers on vehicle injured in accident 1 5 1 8 3 14 28 3 10 1 1 1 3 1 1 15 1 9 - 6 39 26 1 1 131 1 10 7 4 92 36 1 2 8 1 3 16 7 3 17 6 38 25 252 1 1 18 180 2 7 7 2 1 1 6 2 4 Drivers of vehicle injured in accident 54 Other Causes - 1 7 13 +1+3 a 1 F T T 2 T T 1 00 8 75 8 199 7 139 1 82 31 19 117 12 82 4 Total accidents involving injuries 9 64 Total accidents (fatal, involving injury and without injury) 251 926 278 628 - - 71 - 102 1 4 1 11 3 14 1 1 1 51 T § 1 24 1 31 4 53 1 111 1 66A motor lorry mounted pavement, injuring a Chinese male sleeping there.
A motor lorry wheel came off from the vehicle, injuring a Chinese male.
Two motor lorries mounted footpath, injuring a Chinese male and the other a Chinese hawker.
Two Chinese persons, walking in the roadway, were injured by goods falling from 2 different motor lorries.
222
1
10
--
5
6
125
1
10
14
1
G
75
1,100
1
19
2,483
A private car ran into a vegetable garden, injuring 2 Chinese persons.
✦ A private car, driven by a European lady in a vehicular ferry, collided with a piece of wood, which in turn struck two Chinese sailors on board, killing one & injuring the other.
§ hand truck mounted footpath, injuring a Chinese person.
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