# Table VIII.
## CLASSIFIED TABLE OF CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO THE INJURY OF PEDESTRIANS OR PASSENGERS IN VEHICLES.
Cause of Accident Motor Buses Private Cars Public Cars Motor Lorries Tram Cars Motor Cycles Pedal Cycles Rickshaws Totals 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 Fatal Non-Fatal Walking or running in front of a moving vehicle 6 17 13 8 122 4 39 2 43 6 38 4 18 7 47 Leaving or boarding a moving vehicle. 1 11 5 71 Stepping off footway. 1 3 1 1 1 14 18 1 7 6 Passing behind a moving vehicle Falling from a vehicle Running across streets 13 1 6 2 14 12 2 72 1 40 33 3 1 Playing games on streets 1 1 1 Passengers on vehicle injured in accident 1 2 1 1 1 Drivers of vehicle injured in accident 2 Other Causes (e) 1 (f) 1 (g) 1 (h) 1 (i) 2 (j) 1 Total accidents involving injuries 51 105 12 229 8 123 2 82 1 21 11 79 13 70 13 135 Total accidents (fatal, involving injury and without injury) 256 1,032 276 518 1 ļ 10 34 194 85 1 17 on 3 1 2 25 20 2 2 1 2 — 2 6 3 3 9 1 1 • 19 1 1 47 (c) 1 23 2 56 1 89 T I T T 1 T T 1 T 87 425 12 176 3 74 1 27 10 22 1 G 237 7 1 2 3 27 12 2 2 112 1 1 3 10 I 16 15 5 (c) 5 77 1,117 206 22 F (a) A motor bus mounted pavement, injuring two Chinese males. (b) One private car mounted footpath, injuring 1 Chinese male and a female. (c) A Chinese male was injured when he was jammed between a moving motor lorry and a stationary one. (d) Four Chinese males were injured when a motor lorry overturned. (e) A bicycle ran into a side channel, injuring two children sitting there. (f) A Chinese male was crushed and fatally injured between the rear of a motor bus and a garage wall. (g) The rickshaw coolie whilst sitting on his rickshaw was fatally injured during a collision between a private car and a motor bus. (h) A motor lorry mounted pavement, killing a child sitting alone there. (i) Four persons when squatting in side channels were struck and injured by a motor lorry. 2 private cars and 1 motor bus. (j) The lorry passenger was struck and injured by branches of a tree when the lorry was passing under it. 2,589 (c) In the 77 fatal accidents, 81 persons were killed.—
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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.
Cause of Accident.
Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong
F.N.P. F. N.F.
F N.P. F. N.F.
F. N.F. F. N.F.
F.
N.F. F. N.P. F.
Kowloon llong Kong
N.F. F. N.F. | F.
N.F.
Kowloon Hong Kong
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F.
Rickshaws.
Totals.
Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon Hong Kong Kowloon
N.F. F. N.F. F. N.F.| F. N.F. F. N.F. Fatal. Non-Fatal.
Walking or running in front
of a moving vehicle
6
17
13
8
122 4
39
2
43
6
38 4
18 7
47
Leaving or boarding a moving
vehicle.
1
11
5:
71
J
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Stepping off footway.
1
3
1
1
-
1
14
18
1
T
7
6
86
3
は
11
1
Passing behind a moving
vehicle
Falling from a vehicle
Running across streets
Playing games on streets
13
1
6
2
14
12
2
72
1
40
33
3
1
1
1
19
2
!
-
12
—
6
12
11
1
T
4
2
3
24
1
T
Passengers on vehicle injured
in accident
1
2 1
1
1
Drivers of vehicle injured in
accident
2
Other Causes
(e) 1 \(7)1' (?) 1
(b) 1 ((g)1 | (7) 2
93
1 1
(c)
2 (4)
Total accidents involving in-
juries
51
7 105
12
229 8 123
2
82
1
21 11
79
13
70 13
135
Total accidents (fatal, invol- ving injury and without injury)
256
1,032
276
518
1
ļ
-
10
34
194
85
1
17
on
3
1
2
25
20
2
1
2
—
2
6
3
3
9
1
1
•
19
1
47
(c) 1
23
2
56
1
89
T
I
1
T
T
1
87
425
12
176
3
74
1
27
10
22
1
G
237
7
1
2
3
27
12
2
2
112
1
1
3
10
I
16
15
5 (c) 77
1,117
206
22
F
(a) A motor bus mounted pavement, injuring two Chinese males.
(b) One private car mounted footpath, injuring 1 Chinese male and a female.
(c) A Chinese male was injured when he was janimed between a moving motor lorry and a stationary one.
(d) Four Chinese males were injured when a motor lorry overturned.
(e) A bicycle ran into a side channel, injuring two children sitting there.
(1) A Chinese male was crushed and fatally injured between the rear of a moter bus and a garage wall,
(g) Que rickshaw coolie whilst sitting on his rickshaw was fatally injured during a collision between a private car and a motor bus.
(b) A motor lorry mounted pavement, killing a child sitting alone there.
(i) Four persons when squatting in side channels were struck and injured by a motor lorry. 2 private cars and 1 motor bus. (j) Que lorry passenger was struck and injured by branches of a tree when the lorry was passing under it.
2,589
(c) In the 77 fatal accidents, 81 persons were killed.
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