SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1991
1,293 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS REPORTED IN JANUARY
A TOTAL OF 1,702 CASUALTIES WAS REPORTED IN 1,293 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY LAST MONTH.
A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT 315 OF THESE THE ACCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 675 IN KOWLOON AND 300 IN NEW TERRITORIES.
THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR JANUARY SHOWED THAT 16 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 396 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 1,290 SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT AND 8.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER THE SAMB PERIOD IN 1990: