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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1989
ROAD SAFETY DAY AT VICTORIA PARK
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AN AVERAGE OF THREE PERSONS WERE KILLED OR INJURED ACCIDENTS EACH DAY IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT LAST YEAR, DISTRICT COMMANDER (EASTERN), MR C.J. GLOVER, SAID AT THE ROAD SAFETY DAY AT VICTORIA PARK TODAY (SUNDAY},
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MR GLOVER POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURIES HAD REDUCED FROM 1,164 IN 1987 TO 1,
1,145 IN 1988, AND THE NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS ALSO DROPPED FROM 25
IN 1987 TO 21 IN 1988.
HE SAID ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT VICTIMS IN HONG KONG WERE PEDESTRIANS.
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"WHEN ONE LOOKS AT FATALITIES, 67 PER CENT WERE PEDESTRIANS AND NEARLY HALF OF THESE PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES WERE ELDERLY PEOPLE, HE CONTINUED.
MR GLOVER ALSO SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGNS, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING YOUNG PEOPLE LAST YEAR SHOWED A SLIGHT DECLINE DESPITE INCREASING CONGESTIONS ON ROADS.
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"ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS THE EVER-INCREASING NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LIGHT GOODS VEHICLES, THE DISTRICT COMMANDER SAID.
HE HOPED THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY SEAT BELT WEARING IN GOODS VEHICLES IN JANUARY 1990 WOULD HELP REDUCE THE INJURY RATE.
MR GLOVER FURTHER URGED DRIVERS OF ALL VEHICLES ΤΟ WEAR SEAT BELTS BE IT COMPULSORY OR NOT.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE ROAD SAFETY DAY, THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR GARY YEUNG, SAID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE QUARRY BAY TRAFFIC INTERCHANGE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING WOULD FACILITATE THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
OF KING'S ROAD
MR YEUNG ALSO SAID THAT THE RECONSTRUCTION WOULD BEGIN THIS YEAR AND WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS' TIME.
"THE WORKS, WHICH INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ESCALATORS FOR PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGES, IMPROVEMENT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, PAVEMENT WIDENING AND CONSTRUCTION OF CENTRAL DIVIDERS, WILL ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
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