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Vehicle speed detectors
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Lam Kui-chun and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding the effectiveness of using speed detectors in improving traffic safety, will the Administration inform this Council of:
(a)
the number of traffic accident "black spots" in the territory; and
(b)
the number of locations regularly used for speed detection; and how many of these locations are traffic accident black spots?
Reply:
Mr President,
Sites are designated as traffic accident black spots if, within a 12 month period, these have been the locations of several accidents involving injury to passengers or pedestrians.
There are 174 traffic accident black spots designated in the territory: 26 on Hong Kong Island, 122 in Kowloon and 26 in the New Territories.
Speed checks on vehicles are carried out for road safety purposes. Speed detectors are mounted at different spots and different times. In all there are 248 locations used for this purpose including 165 of the traffic black spots. Speed checks are not mounted at the remaining 9 black spot sites because of difficulty in setting up the detection equipment at those locations.
End/Wednesday, February 15, 1995