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1 TRAFFIC REPORT 2013 TRAFFIC BRANCH HEADQUARTERS HONG KONG POLICE FORCE

2 List of Contents Pages Introduction and Overall Situation 1-3 Explanatory Notes 4 Part A - Traffic Accidents and Casualties Report Table 1 - Traffic Accidents by Police Regions 5 Table 2 - Traffic Accident Trends from Table 3 - Monthly Figures for Traffic Accidents 6 Table 4 - Monthly Traffic Accident Trends for the past 13 months 6 Table 5 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - HKI 7 Table 6 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions KE 7 Table 7 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions KW 8 Table 8 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - NTS 8 Table 9 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - NTN 9 Table 10 - Number of Vehicles involved in Traffic Accidents in Table 11 - Number of Vehicles involved in Traffic Accidents in Table 12 - Average Traffic Accidents by Hour of the Day 12 Table 13 - Average Traffic Accidents by Day of the Week 13 Table 14 - Major Driver Contributory Factors of Traffic Accidents 14 Table 15 - Comparison of Major Driver Contributory Factors of Traffic 14 Accidents Table 16 - Bicycle Accidents by Police Regions in Table 17 - Comparison of Bicycle Accidents by Police Districts 15 Table 18 - Traffic Accidents on Expressways 16

3 - ii - Pages Table 19 - Major Driver Contributory Factors of Expressway Accidents 17 Table 20 - Comparison of Major Driver Contributory Factors of 17 Expressway Accidents Table 21 - Traffic Casualties by Police Regions 18 Table 22 - Traffic Casualties Trends from Table 23 - Monthly Figures for Traffic Casualties 19 Table 24 - Monthly Traffic Casualties Trends for the past 13 months 19 Table 25 - Traffic Casualties by Class of Road User 20 Table 26 - Comparison of Traffic Casualties by Class of Road User 20 Table 27 - Traffic Casualties by Age Group 21 Table 28 - Comparison of Traffic Casualties by Age Group 21 Part B - Traffic Enforcement Report Table 29 - Comparison of Traffic Enforcement 23 Table 30 - Comparison of Selective Traffic Enforcement Policy (STEP) 24 Statistics Table 31 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Regions in Table 32 - Complaints against Taxi Related Offences in Table 33 - Prosecutions against Taxi Related Offences in Table 34 - Prosecutions Arising from Traffic Accidents 28 Table 35 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in HKI 29 Table 36 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in KE 30 Table 37 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in KW 31 Table 38 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in NTS 32 Table 39 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in NTN 33

4 Traffic Report 2013 Introduction This report is comprised of two parts. The first part provides a review on the traffic accidents and casualties in 2013, and the second part details police enforcement action taken in the same period. 2. The objectives of this report are threefold. Firstly, it provides a statistical illustration of traffic accident and casualty figures and the overall enforcement action during the period under review. Secondly, it enables Regional and District Police management teams to evaluate the effectiveness of their own enforcement action in promoting road safety. Lastly, it avails data for research and analysis of traffic accidents by interested bodies. Overall Situation Traffic Accidents 3. When compared with 2012, the total number of traffic accidents involving casualties increased by 195 cases (+1%), from cases to cases. Fatal accidents registered an increase of 12 cases (+10%), from 116 cases to 128 cases. [ Table 1 ] 4. Road junctions and pedestrian crossings continued to be locations where traffic accidents were most likely to occur. Of the accidents, cases (23%) occurred at or in the vicinity of road junctions, while cases (50%) occurred at or near pedestrian crossings. Drivers fault accounted for 76% ( cases) of all traffic accidents. 5. In respect of the type of vehicles involved in traffic accidents, private car formed the largest group at (29%), followed by taxi at (18%), goods vehicle at (15%), bicycle at (11%), franchised public bus at (9%) and motorcycle at (9%). However, working on the accident rate per licensed vehicles, the most accident prone vehicle type was franchised public bus at 406, followed by public light bus at 259, taxi at 243, other public bus at 75, private bus at 57 and motorcycle at 55. The accident rate for private car was only 15, the lowest among all vehicle classes. [ Table 11 ]

5 - 2 - Traffic Casualties 6. When compared with 2012, the total number of traffic casualties increased by 386 persons (+2%), from persons to persons. Of the casualties, 130 persons were killed, representing an increase of 10 persons (+8%). [ Table 21 ] 7. Regarding the categories of casualties, drivers (including motor-cyclists and cyclists) formed the largest group. There were drivers (47%) injured, followed by passengers (35%) and pedestrians (18%). Pedestrian casualties recorded a higher rate of fatalities and serious injuries than those of other categories of casualties. Elderly pedestrians aged 60 or above remained the most vulnerable group in fatal traffic accidents. There were 6 cyclists killed in 2013, representing a decrease of 33% when compared with 9 cyclists killed in [ Table 25 & Table 27 ] Traffic Enforcement 8. Police enforcement action in 2013 continued to focus on reducing traffic accidents and improving traffic flow. When compared with 2012, the overall enforcement figures increased by 7% to [ Table 29 ] 9. On Drink Driving enforcement, a total of drivers were breathalysed, an increase of 19% when compared with drivers were found to have exceeded the prescribed limits whilst 367 drivers were below the limit, but had consumed some alcohol. The hit-rate for drivers over the legal limit dropped encouragingly from 0.58% in 2012 to 0.48% in [ Table 30 ] 10. In 2013, 429 drivers were convicted of various Drink Driving offences. Fines imposed ranged from $1,000 to $15,000 with disqualification periods varying from 2 to 60 months. 5 drivers were sentenced to imprisonment, ranging from 2 days to 3 months. 11. Operation Outranger targeting seatbelt offences has been coordinated by Traffic Branch Headquarters (TBHQ) since November Each operation lasts for 24 hours and focuses on education, publicity and enforcement. Four operations were performed in January, March, August and October 2013 with a total of 5 PLB drivers and 664 PLB passengers summonsed.

6 In 2013, Police received taxi related complaints from members of the public and referrals from the Transport Complaints Unit, making a total of reports that required Police investigation, an increase of 6% when compared with cases in A total of prosecutions were instituted against taxi related offences, an increase of 7% when compared with cases in [ Table 32 & Table 33 ] 13. To address concerns over cycling safety, Operation Goldensun targeting cycling offences has been coordinated by TBHQ since Five operations were conducted in March, May, July, September and November 2013 with a total of summonses and 775 verbal warnings issued to cyclists. 14. In 2013, a total of persons were disqualified from driving. An increase of 15% was noted when compared with The risk of disqualification through accumulating 15 or more demerit points within 24 months remains an effective tool in maintaining driving standards. 15. New drug driving legislation was implemented on 15 March In 2013, 117 Drug Influence Recognition Observations (DIRO) and 20 Impairment Tests (IT) were conducted and 37 drivers were arrested for the new drug driving offences with 31 blood / urine specimens received. Amongst those 37 arrested drivers, 30 have been charged with the new drug driving offences. 16. In 2013, there were a total of 37 cases of drug driving, representing a decrease of 33% when compared with 55 cases in [ Table 30 ] Traffic Branch Headquarters Hong Kong Police Force May 2014 Remarks : For internal customers, please note that this report can also be found in Police Intranet POINT under the route : Unit List T Traffic Branch HQ Statistics Traffic Reports.

7 - 4 - Explanatory Notes Accidents Each accident figure represents one incident although it may involve more than one vehicle and more than one casualty. Accident Analysis The primary or contributory cause of any traffic accident referred to in this report represents the assessment by the police officer investigating the traffic accident. Accident Blacksite If nine or more injury accidents, or six or more pedestrian injury accidents occur at a location in the previous 12 month period, the location will be classified as a Traffic Accident Blacksite*. Since 2010 Q1, locations where 2 or more fatal traffic accidents occurred in the previous 5 years, will also be classified as a Traffic Accident Blacksite*. Fatal Accident A traffic accident in which one or more persons dies within 30 days of the accident. Serious Accident A traffic accident in which one or more persons injured and detained in hospital for more than twelve hours. Slight Accident A traffic accident in which all persons involved are either not detained in hospitals or detained for not more than twelve hours. Fatal Casualty A person dies within 30 days of the accident. Serious Casualty A person injured who is treated in hospital as an 'in-patient' for more than 12 hours. Injuries causing death 30 or more days after the accident are also included in this category. Slight Casualty A person with injury of a minor nature such as a sprain, bruise or cut not judged to be severe, or slight shock requiring roadside attention and treatment in hospital is less than 12 hours, or not required. * Criteria set by the Transport Department

8 Part A Traffic Accidents and Casualties for 2013

9 - 5 - Table 1 - Traffic Accidents by Police Regions Region Year Severity 2012 Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal 2013 Serious Slight Total +% change Hong Kong Island % Kowloon East % Kowloon West % New Territories South % New Territories North % Total (+10%) (+4%) (+0.7%) (+1%) +1% Figures in brackets denote the % change compared with last year. Table 2 - Traffic Accidents Trends from Fatal Serious Slight Total

10 - 6 - Table 3 - Monthly Figures for Traffic Accidents Year Month Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change January % February % March % April % May % June % July % August % September % October % November % December % Total % Table 4 - Monthly Traffic Accident Trends for the past 13 months Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Fatal Serious Slight Total

11 - 7 - Table 5 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - HKI Year Division Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Central % Peak % Western % Aberdeen % Stanley % Happy Valley % Wanchai % North Point % Chai Wan % Cheung Chau * % Total % * Traffic accidents on Islands less Lantau District are included in Hong Kong Island Police Region. Table 6 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - KE Year Division Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Wong Tai Sin % Sai Kung % Kwun Tong % Tseung Kwan O % Ngau Tau Kok % Sau Mau Ping % Total %

12 - 8 - Table 7 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - KW Year Division Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Yau Ma Tei % Tsim Sha Tsui % Mong Kok % Sham Shui Po % Cheung Sha Wan % Kowloon City % Hung Hom % Total % Table 8 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - NTS Year Division Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Tsuen Wan % Kwai Chung % Tsing Yi % Shatin % Tin Sum % Ma On Shan % Lantau North % Lantau South % Airport % Total %

13 - 9 - Table 9 - Traffic Accidents by Police Divisions - NTN Year Division Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Tuen Mun % Castle Peak % Tin Shui Wai % Yuen Long % Pat Heung % Tai Po % Sheung Shui % Lok Ma Chau % Ta Kwu Ling % Sha Tau Kok % Total %

14 Motorcycle Private Car Private Light Bus Public Light Bus (N.B. 1) Goods Vehicle Private Bus Franchised Public Bus (N.B. 2) Other Public Buses (N.B. 3) Taxi Tram Bicycle Handcart Other Vehicles (N.B. 4) Light Rail Transit Total Table 10 - Number of Vehicles involved in Traffic Accidents in 2012 Region Severity Hong Kong Island Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Kowloon East Serious Slight Total Fatal Kowloon West Serious Slight Total Fatal NT South Serious Slight Total Fatal NT North Serious Slight Total Fatal Total Serious Slight Total % share 9% 28% 0.4% 4% 16% 0.1% 9% 2% 18% 0.2% 11% 0.1% 1% 0.05% 100% Accident rate per licensed vehicles N.A. 33 N.B. 1. : Including franchised mini bus 2. : Kowloon Motor Bus, Franchised City Bus, New Lantau Bus, New World First Bus, Long Win Bus and unconfirmed franchised bus. 3. : Other Public Buses' include non-franchised Public Bus and MTR Bus. 4. : Other vehicles' include trailer, village vehicle, unknown vehicle and other vehicles.

15 Motorcycle Private Car Private Light Bus Public Light Bus (N.B. 1) Goods Vehicle Private Bus Franchised Public Bus (N.B. 2) Other Public Buses (N.B. 3) Taxi Tram Bicycle Handcart Other Vehicles (N.B. 4) Light Rail Transit Total Table 11 - Number of Vehicles involved in Traffic Accidents in 2013 Region Severity Hong Kong Island Fatal Serious Slight Total Kowloon East Kowloon West Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal NT South Serious Slight Total Fatal NT North Serious Slight Total Fatal Total Serious Slight Total % share 9% 29% 0.4% 5% 15% 0.1% 9% 2% 18% 0.2% 11% 0.1% 1% 0.1% 100% Accident rate per licensed vehicles N.A. 33 N.B. 1. : Including franchised mini bus 2. : Kowloon Motor Bus, Franchised City Bus, New Lantau Bus, New World First Bus, Long Win Bus and unconfirmed franchised bus. 3. : Other Public Buses' include non-franchised Public Bus and MTR Bus. 4. : Other vehicles' include trailer, village vehicle, unknown vehicle and other vehicles.

16 Table 12 - Average Traffic Accidents by Hour of the Day Year Hour Region HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total +% change % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %

17 Table 13 - Average Traffic Accidents by Day of the Week Year Day Region HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total +% change Sun % Mon % Tue % Wed % Thu % Fri % Sat %

18 Table 14 - Major Driver Contributory Factors of Accidents 1. Driving inattentively 2. Losing control of vehicle 3. Driving too close to vehicle in front 4. Careless lane changing 5. Careless cycling 6. Improper or illegal turn 7. Reversing negligently 9. Disobeying traffic signal Factors 8. Failing to ensure the safety of passenger 10. Disobeying give way sign (Slow) % change % ( ) ( ) +11% % ( ) ( ) +4% % ( ) ( ) +1% % ( ) ( ) -3% % ( 786 ) ( 695 ) -12% % ( 678 ) ( 610 ) -10% % ( 361 ) ( 331 ) -8% % ( 220 ) ( 279 ) +27% % ( 201 ) ( 181 ) -10% % ( 122 ) ( 184 ) +51% Figures on top are the number of drivers and figures in brackets denote the number of traffic accidents involved. Table 15 - Comparison of Major Driver Contributory Factors of Accidents Driving inattentively Losing control of vehicle Driving too close to vehicle in front Careless lane changing Careless cycling Improper or illegal turn Reversing negligently Failing to ensure the safety of passenger Disobeying traffic signal Disobeying give way sign (Slow)

19 Table 16 - Bicycle Accidents by Police Regions in 2013 Happended On Cycle track On Road Other Place Region Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total Grand Total Hong Kong Island Kowloon East Kowloon West New Territories South New Territories North Total Table 17 - Comparison of Bicycle Accidents by Police Districts Tai Po Shatin Yuen Long Tuen Mun Lantau Kwun Tong Tsuen Wan Border Wong Tai Sin Shamshuipo Central Kwai Tsing Eastern Western Kowloon City Yau Tsim Wanchai Mongkok Sau Mau Ping

20 Table 18 - Traffic Accidents on Expressways 2012 Expressway Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total % change Sha Tin Road % Tolo Highway % Fanling Highway % San Tin Highway % Yuen Long Highway % Tuen Mun Road % Tsuen Wan Road % Tai Po Road - Sha Tin * % Tate's Cairn Highway % Kwun Tong Bypass % Island Eastern Corridor % North Lantau Highway % Tsing Kwai Highway % West Kowloon Expressway % Cheung Tsing Highway % Tsing Long Highway % Tsing Sha Highway % Total % * Section between Sha Tin Racecourse and HK Institute of Vocational Ed. (VTC) - Sha Tin.

21 Table 19 - Major Driver Contributory Factors of Expressway Accidents Factors 1. Driving too close to vehicle in front 2. Driving inattentively 3. Careless lane changing 4. Losing control of vehicle 5. Consumption of alcohol 6. Driving too close to vehicle alongside 7. Starting negligently 8. Improper overtaking 9. Failing to ensure the safety of passenger 10. Reversing negligently % change % ( 218 ) ( 260 ) +19% % ( 237 ) ( 270 ) +14% % ( 156 ) ( 125 ) -20% % ( 67 ) ( 94 ) +40% 7 7 0% ( 7 ) ( 7 ) 0% % ( 10 ) ( 5 ) -50% % ( 3 ) ( 5 ) +67% % ( 3 ) ( 5 ) +67% % ( 2 ) ( 5 ) +150% % ( 2 ) ( 4 ) +100% Figures on top are the number of drivers and figures in brackets denote the number of traffic accidents involved. Table 20 - Comparison of Major Driver Contributory Factors of Expressway Accidents Driving too close to vehicle in front Driving inattentively Careless lane changing Losing control of vehicle Consumption of alcohol Driving too close to vehicle alongside Starting negligently Improper overtaking Failing to ensure the safety of passenger Reversing negligently road negligently

22 Table 21 - Traffic Casualties by Police Regions Year Region Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change Hong Kong Island % Kowloon East % Kowloon West % New Territories South % New Territories North % Total (+8%) (+4%) (+2%) (+2%) +2% Figures in brackets denote the % change compared with last year. Table 22 - Traffic Casualties Trends from Table 23 - Traffic Casualties Trends from Fatal Serious Slight Total

23 Table 23 - Monthly Figures for Traffic Casualties Year Month Severity Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total Fatal Serious Slight Total +% change January % February % March % April % May % June % July % August % September % October % November % December % Total % Table 24 - Monthly Traffic Casulaties Trends for the past 13 months Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13 Mar-13 Apr-13 May-13 Jun-13 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Fatal Serious Slight Total

24 Table 25 - Traffic Casualties by Class of Road User Class Year Severity Fatal % share Serious Slight Total % % share Fatal % Serious Slight share Total share +% change Driver 15 13% % 22 17% % +3% Motor-cyclist 11 9% % 8 6% % -1% Cyclist 9 8% % 6 5% % -1% Pedestrian 71 59% % 84 65% % -3% Passenger 14 12% % 10 8% % +6% Total % Table 26 - Comparison of Traffic Casualties by Class of Road User Driver Motor-cyclist Cyclist Pedestrian Passenger

25 Table 27 - Traffic Casualties by Age Group Year Age Severity Fatal % share Serious Slight Total % share Fatal % share Serious Slight Total % share +% change 0 - under 10 years 1 0.8% % 3 2% % +10% 10 - under 15 years 1 0.8% % 2 2% % -8% 15 - under 20 years 3 3% % 2 2% % +5% 20 - under 30 years 12 10% % 8 6% % +1% 30 - under 40 years 18 15% % 8 6% % +0.1% 40 - under 50 years 9 8% % 14 11% % -2% 50 - under 60 years 21 18% % 25 19% % +7% 60 - under 70 years 15 13% % 20 15% % +9% 70 - under 80 years 16 13% % 28 22% % +7% 80 years and over 24 20% % 20 15% % +4% Age unknown 0 0% % 0 0% % -38% Total % Table 28 - Comparison of Traffic Casualties by Age Group under 10 years 10 - under 15 years 15 - under 20 years 20 - under 30 years 30 - under 40 years 40 - under 50 years 50 - under 60 years 60 - under 70 years 70 - under 80 years 80 years and over Age unknown

26 Part B Traffic Enforcement Statistics for 2013

27 Table 29 - Comparision of Traffic Enforcement Total : (5%) Summons / Arrest FPT (Parking - Pol. 525) FPT (Moving - Pol. 570) (62%) (33%) Total : (5%) Summons / Arrest FPT (Parking - Pol. 525) FPT (Moving - Pol. 570) (62%) (30%) (5%) Total : (65%) Summons / Arrest FPT (Parking - Pol. 525) FPT (Moving - Pol. 570) Fixed Penalty Tickets (FPT) / Summons / Arrest Road traffic enforcement statistics for 2013 compared with 2012 are as follows : % Change FPT (Parking - Pol. 525) (+12%) FPT (Moving - Pol. 570) (-4%) Summons / Arrest (+9%) Total (+7%)

28 Table 30- Comparison of Selective Traffic Enforcement Policy (STEP) Statistics Offences S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT * Drink driving * Drug driving * 1 Dangerous driving (included causing death) * 1.1 Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm * 2 Careless driving * 3 Speeding by 15+ km/h to 30 km/h * 3.1 Speeding by 30+ km/h to 45 km/h * 3.2 Speeding by more than 45 km/h Speeding by 15 km/h or less * 4 Double white line offences * 5 Traffic signal offences U turn causing obstruction Overloading Insecure load Traffic sign offences Expressway offside lane restriction Overtaking on the nearside Failing to drive on nearside lane Box junction offence Yellow stripe crossing Seatbelt offences Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion * 14 Driving in a motor race or speed trial * 15 Failing to give precedence to pedestrian on zebra crossing Construction and maintenance offences Road work signage and lighting offences A1 STEP offences by Drivers Sub-total A2 Other moving offences by Drivers A3 Total traffic offences by Drivers Reckless cycling Careless cycling Cycling under the influence of drink or drug ** Negligent riding (including riding bicycle on footpath) N.A. N.A ** Riding without lights during hours of darkness or in poor visibility conditions N.A. N.A ** Cyclist disobeying traffic signal N.A. N.A ** Cyclist disobeying traffic sign N.A. N.A B1 STEP offences by Cyclists B2 Other moving offences by Cyclists B3 Total traffic offences by Cyclists C1 STEP offences by Drivers and Cyclists C2 Other moving offences by Drivers and Cyclists C3 Total traffic offences by Drivers and Cyclists D1 STEP offences by Pedestrians D2 Other offences by Pedestrians D3 Total Pedestrian offences E1 Total STEP offences E2 Total other offences E3 Grand total F1 Total Pol G1 G2 G3 G4 Verbal warnings - Drivers Verbal warnings - Cyclists Verbal warnings - Pedestrians Total Warnings * Driving Offence Points Incurred ** Included as STEP offences since 2013 S/Arr stands for Summons/Arrests FPT stands for Fixed Penalty Tickets (Moving Offences - Pol. 570)

29 Table 31 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Regions in 2013 HKI KE KW NTS NTN M THQ Total Offences S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT ** S/Arr FPT * Drink Driving * Drug Driving *1 Dangerous driving (included causing death) *1.1 Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm *2 Careless driving *3 Speeding by 15+ km/h to 30 km/h *3.1 Speeding by 30+ km/h to 45 km/h *3.2 Speeding by more than 45 km/h Speeding by 15 km/h or less *4 Double white line offences *5 Traffic signal offences U turn causing obstruction Overloading Insecure load Traffic sign offences Expressway offside lane restriction Overtaking on the nearside Failing to drive on nearside lane 11 Box junction offence Yellow stripe crossing Seat belt offences Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion *14 Driving in a motor race or speed trial 6 6 *15 Failing to give precedence to pedestrian on zebra crossing Construction and maintenance offences Road work signage and lighting offences A1 STEP offences by Drivers Sub-total A2 Other moving offences by Drivers A3 Total traffic offences by Drivers Reckless cycling Careless cycling Cycling under the influence of drink or drug 21 Negligent riding (including riding bicycle on footpath) Riding without lights during hours of darkness or in poor visibility Cyclist disobeying traffic signal Cyclist disobeying traffic sign B1 STEP offences by Cyclists B2 Other moving offences by Cyclists B3 Total Traffic offences by Cyclists C1 STEP offences by Drivers and Cyclists C2 Other moving offences by Drivers and Cyclists C3 Total traffic offences by Drivers and Cyclists D1 STEP offences by Pedestrians D2 Other offences by Pedestrians D3 Total Pedestrian offences E1 Total STEP offences E2 Total other offences E3 Grand total F1 Total Pol. 525 G1 Verbal warnings - Drivers G2 Verbal warnings - Cylists G3 Verbal warnings - Pedestrians G4 Total Warnings #REF! * Driving Offence Points Incurred ** FPT (Moving Offences - Pol. 570) of CTPD included in respective Regions. S/Arr stands for Summons/Arrests FPT stands for Fixed Penalty Tickets (Moving Offences - Pol. 570)

30 Table 32 - Complaints against Taxi Related Offences in 2013 Complaints reported to Police (including TCU referrals) Complaints received for HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total Complaints reported to TCU Referral from TCU to Police Soliciting Passengers Refusing hire Refusing to drive to destination Failing to drive to destination by direct route Overcharging Taximeter offences Behaving other than in a civil and orderly manner Others Total

31 Table 33 - Prosecutions against Taxi Related Offences in 2013 Action Offence HKI KE KW NTS NTN Total Taxi driver not moving forward at taxi stand Taxi driver of first or second taxi at taxi stand not sitting in or standing beside his taxi Pol. 570 (FPT) Taxi driver at stand accepting hire out of turn Not setting taximeter to recording position Seatbelt offences Sub-total Soliciting passenger Refusing hire Refusing to drive to destination Failing to drive to destination by the most direct and practicable route Overcharging Summons or Arrest Taximeter offences Stopping elsewhere than at taxi stand Behaving other than in a civil and orderly manner Seatbelt offences Taxi stand offences Taxi driver identity plate offences Other offences Sub-total Grand Total

32 Table 34 - Prosecutions Arising from Traffic Accidents Offence % change Dangerous Driving Causing Death % Dangerous Driving % Careless Driving % Speeding % Drink Driving % Defective Vehicles % Others % Total (Summons/Arrest) %

33 Table 35 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in HKI T HKI EU HKI Central Wanchai Western Eastern Total Offences S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT FPT # * Drink Driving * Drug Driving 3 3 *1 Dangerous driving (included causing death) *1.1 Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm 3 3 *2 Careless driving *3 Speeding by 15+ km/h to 30 km/h *3.1 Speeding by 30+ km/h to 45 km/h *3.2 Speeding by more than 45 km/h Speeding by 15 km/h or less *4 Double white line offences *5 Traffic signal offences U turn causing obstruction Overloading Insecure load Traffic sign offences Expressway offside lane restriction Overtaking on the nearside Failing to drive on nearside lane 11 Box junction offence Yellow stripe crossing Seat belt offences Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion *14 Driving in a motor race or speed trial *15 Failing to give precedence to pedestrian on zebra crossing Construction and maintenance offences Road work signage and lighting offences A1 STEP offences by Drivers Sub-total A2 Other moving offences by Drivers A3 Total traffic offences by Drivers Reckless cycling Careless cycling Cycling under the influence of drink or drug 21 Negligent riding (including riding bicycle on footpath) Riding without lights during hours of darkness or in poor visibility conditions Cyclist disobeying traffic signal Cyclist disobeying traffic sign B1 STEP offences by Cyclists B2 Other moving offences by Cyclists B3 Total Traffic offences by Cyclists C1 STEP offences by Drivers and Cyclists C2 Other moving offences by Drivers and Cyclists C3 Total traffic offences by Drivers and Cyclists D1 STEP offences by Pedestrians D2 Other offences by Pedestrians D3 Total Pedestrian offences E1 Total STEP offences E2 Total other offences E3 Grand total F1 Total Pol G1 G2 G3 G4 Verbal warnings - Drivers Verbal warnings - Cylists Verbal warnings - Pedestrians Total Warnings # Including 53 FPT (Moving Offences - Pol. 570) from CTPD. * Driving Offence Points Incurred S/Arr stands for Summons/Arrests FPT stands for Fixed Penalty Tickets (Moving Offences - Pol. 570)

34 Table 36 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in KE T KE EU KE Wong Tai Sin Sau Mau Ping Kwun Tong Total Offences S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT # * Drink Driving * Drug Driving 2 2 *1 Dangerous driving (included causing death) *1.1 Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm 4 4 *2 Careless driving *3 Speeding by 15+ km/h to 30 km/h *3.1 Speeding by 30+ km/h to 45 km/h *3.2 Speeding by more than 45 km/h Speeding by 15 km/h or less *4 Double white line offences *5 Traffic signal offences U turn causing obstruction Overloading Insecure load Traffic sign offences Expressway offside lane restriction Overtaking on the nearside Failing to drive on nearside lane 11 Box junction offence Yellow stripe crossing Seatbelt offences Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion *14 Driving in a motor race or speed trial *15 Failing to give precedence to pedestrian on zebra crossing Construction and maintenance offences Road work signage and lighting offences A1 STEP offences by Drivers Sub-total A2 Other moving offences by Drivers A3 Total traffic offences by Drivers Reckless cycling 19 Careless cycling Cycling under the influence of drink or drug 21 Negligent riding (including riding bicycle on footpath) Riding without lights during hours of darkness or in poor visibility conditions Cyclist disobeying traffic signal Cyclist disobeying traffic sign B1 STEP offences by Cyclists B2 Other moving offences by Cyclists B3 Total Traffic offences by Cyclists C1 STEP offences by Drivers and Cyclists C2 Other moving offences by Drivers and Cyclists C3 Total traffic offences by Drivers and Cyclists D1 STEP offences by Pedestrians D2 Other offences by Pedestrians D3 Total Pedestrian offences E1 Total STEP offences E2 Total other offences E3 Grand total F1 Total Pol G1 G2 G3 G4 Verbal warnings - Drivers Verbal warnings - Cyclists Verbal warnings - Pedestrians Total Warnings # Including 27 FPT (Moving Offences - Pol. 570) from CTPD. * Driving Offence Points Incurred S/Arr stands for Summons/Arrests FPT stands for Fixed Penalty Tickets (Moving Offences - Pol. 570)

35 Table 37 - Enforcement Statistics by Police Formations in KW T KW EU KW Yau Tsim Shamshuipo Mongkok Kowloon City Total Offences S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT S/Arr FPT # * Drink Driving * Drug Driving *1 Dangerous driving (included causing death) *1.1 Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm 5 5 *2 Careless driving *3 Speeding by 15+ km/h to 30 km/h *3.1 Speeding by 30+ km/h to 45 km/h *3.2 Speeding by more than 45 km/h Speeding by 15 km/h or less *4 Double white line offences *5 Traffic signal offences U turn causing obstruction Overloading Insecure load Traffic sign offences Expressway offside lane restriction Overtaking on the nearside Failing to drive on nearside lane 11 Box junction offence Yellow stripe crossing Seatbelt offences Using handheld mobile phone/telecommunications equipment while vehicle is in motion *14 Driving in a motor race or speed trial *15 Failing to give precedence to pedestrian on zebra crossing Construction and maintenance offences Road work signage and lighting offences A1 STEP offences by Drivers Sub-total A2 Other moving offences by Drivers A3 Total traffic offences by Drivers Reckless cycling Careless cycling Cycling under the influence of drink or drug 21 Negligent riding (including riding bicycle on footpath) Riding without lights during hours of darkness or in poor visibility conditions Cyclist disobeying traffic signal Cyclist disobeying traffic sign B1 STEP offences by Cyclists B2 Other moving offences by Cyclists B3 Total Traffic offences by Cyclists C1 STEP offences by Drivers and Cyclists C2 Other moving offences by Drivers and Cyclists C3 Total traffic offences by Drivers and Cyclists D1 STEP offences by Pedestrians D2 Other offences by Pedestrians 1 1 D3 Total Pedestrian offences E1 Total STEP offences E2 Total other offences E3 Grand total F1 Total Pol G1 G2 G3 G4 Verbal warnings - Drivers Verbal warnings - Cyclists Verbal warnings - Pedestrians Total Warnings # Including 63 FPT (Moving Offences - Pol. 570) from CTPD. * Driving Offence Points Incurred S/Arr stands for Summons/Arrests FPT stands for Fixed Penalty Tickets (Moving Offences - Pol. 570)

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