AnnualReport-1934 — Page 335

Table VIII.

CLASSIFIED TABLE OF CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO THE INJURY OF PEDESTRIANS OR PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES.

Motor Buses Private Cars Public Cars Motor Lorries Tram Cars Motor Cycles Pedal Cycles Hand Trucks Rickshaws Totals Cause of Accident 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 and Kowloon Walking or running in front of a moving vehicle 3
8 1
1 83
2 30
24 7
3 37
10 1
27 2
4 Leaving or boarding a moving vehicle 1
$
2 61
1 1
1 2
3 2
32 Stepping off footway 1
2
16 7
4 6
6 5
5 1
11 Passing behind a moving vehicle 1
10
5 3
2 1
2 1
Falling from a vehicle 1
2 11
2 Running across streets 2
12 3
11 1
95 125
2 +++
Playing games on streets 4
48 2
47 1
5 3
41 13
Passengers on vehicle injured in accident #
1 1
10 Drivers of vehicle injured in accident Other Causes Total accidents involving injuries 7
BO 6
to Total accidents (fatal, involving injury, and without injury) 230
3 10
21 3
I 2
1 +1
* I 3
6 1
2 $ 1
# 1 93
3 218
10 118
82 I
27 10
656
261 66
99 434
2 1
7
9 8
} 14
2 2
10 1
1 1
9 8
2 4
1 7
3
***
1
1
10
1 11
2 32
2 APA
00 8
50 4
67 1
31 32
I 21 4 53
76 * Private car mounted footway, injuring a European Police Officer. † Private car mounted footway, killing a person, sleeping there. Lorry, leaving in gear, moved into a garage, killed a driver crushing between vehicle and wall. § Private car went down side-channel, injuring a person. 80
03 : 5
9
#
E
3
9
7 14
280
8 360
109 3
56
1 26
4 25
14 299
+11 8
*** 2
2 58
1 6
81 3
7 - K 32
19 B
56
949
Public car mounted footpath, injuring 5 persons. Lorry in attempting to avoid another person ran into a girl sitting on side of a road, killed. 25
1,867