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..EDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1976
ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PLB'S *****
ABOUT NINE PER CENT OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCURRED SO FAR THIS YEAR INVOLVED PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE HON. DEREK JONES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE HON. PETER C. WONG, MR. JONES REVEALED THAT THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TOLL FROM JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 21 THIS YEAR WAS 4,309, OF WHICH 390 INVOLVED PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES.
MR. JONES SAID THE CASUALTY FIGURES REGARDING THE 390 PLE ACCIDENTS WERE 16 FATAL, 164 SERIOUSLY INJURED AND 404 SLIGHTLY INJURED, MAKING A TOTAL OF 584.
+THIS WAS SOME 10.5 PER CENT OF THE 5,521 CASUALTIES FOR ALL ACCIDENTS OVER THE SAME PERIOD,+ MR. JONES SAID.
+OF THE TOTAL OF 390 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PLB'S 94, OR ABOUT 24 PER CENT, OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, HE ADDED.
REFERRING TO OTHER QUESTIONS RAISED BY MR. WONG ON THE CAUSES OF ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN PERSONAL INJURIES INVOLVING MINI-BUSES SO FAR THIS YEAR AND THE SPEEDS AT WHICH THEY WERE TRAVELLING AT THE TIME OF SUCH ACCIDENTS, MR. JONES SAID SUCH INFORMATION IS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
MR. JONES SAID THE INFORMATION REQUIRED CAN ONLY BE OBTAINED BY MANUALLY CHECKING EVERY FILE DEALING WITH INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SUCH VEHICLES.
+AS THERE WERE ALMOST 400 SUCH ACCIDENTS IN THE PERIOD INDICATED THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT I WILL WRITE TO MR. WONG WHEN THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, MR. JONES SAID.
IN REPLY TO A SEPARATE QUESTION BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO, MR. JONES SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS SEEKING ADVICE OF AN EXPERT FROM THE U.K. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ON THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF THE COMPUTERISED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS STATISTICS SYSTEM NOW IN USE.
MR. LOBO ASKED IF THE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE EARLY STEPS TO IDENTIFY ACCIDENT BLACKSPOTS IN RESPECT OF EACH CLASS OF VEHICLES INSTEAD OF IDENTIFYING THEM FOR ALL CLASSES OF VEHICLES.
MR. JONES SAID: +THE DATA COLLECTED ON TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND STORED IN THE COMPUTER DOES NOT AT PRESENT INCLUDE THIS ASPECT. +
/BUT MR. JONES
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