Table VIII.
CLASSIFIED TABLE OF CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO THE INJURY OF PEDESTRIANS OR PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES,
Cause of accident Hong Kong Kowloon & NT Hong Kong Kowloon & NT Hong Kong Kowloon & NT Hong Kong Kowloon & NT Hong Kong Kowloon & NT Hong Kong Kowloon & NT 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 TOTALS H.K., K. & N.T. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F. Motor buses. 33 2 117 1,047 177 1,117 7 172 Private cars. 75 1,100 69 1,160 55 949 60 360 Public cars, Motor lorries, Tram cars. Motor cycles, Pedal cycles. Tricycles. Rickshaws. Hand trucks. TOTALS. Walking or running in front of a moving vehicle.. 2 22 9 9 1 57 1 48 6 2 55 1 19 6 45 Leaving or boarding a moving vehicle 1 30 8 142 1 Stepping off footway 2 9 1 6 1 23 1 31 7 1 2 6 6 Ping behind a moving vehicle Running across streets 5 20 29 95 Playing games on streets... 2 4 Passengers on vehicle injured in accident 6 9 8 113 Drivers of vehicle injured in accident Causes Total accidents involving injuries. Total accidents (fatal, involving injury and without injury) He other causes 1,326(a) A motor bus mounted pavement injuring a Chinese male sitting there.
(b) Two Chinese males were injured as the result of 2 private cars colliding with a stool and a tree respectively.
(c) A motor lorry mounted pavement injuring a Chinese male sleeping there.
(d) A car-shed coolie was crushed and fatally injured between a tramcar and the end of an inspection pit in the Tramways garage.
(e) A Chinese male was injured whilst caught between two passing tramcars.
(f) Two Chinese males, when working on the roadway, were struck & injured by a private car and a bicycle.
(g) A taxicab ran into and injured a Chinese male sleeping on a road.
(h) A motor lorry ran into and fatally injured a Chinese male sitting on a road.
(i) Two Chinese males were injured by a motor cycle and a bicycle mounting the footpath.
In 117 fatal accidents, 110 persons were killed.