Annex Breakdown of number of accidents involving franchised buses # in the past three years Table 1 - By district District Number of Accidents 2000 2001 2002 Hong Kong Island 639 (10) 630 (12) 561 (7) Kowloon 733 (8) 781 (20) 782 (15) New Territories 448 (14) 502 (23) 493 (19) Islands 18 (2) 21 (3) 22 (1) Total 1,838 (34) 1,934 (58) 1,858 (42) Note : () Figures in brackets denote the no. of traffic accidents with 5 or more casualties. Table 2 - By Bus Companies Bus Company Number of Accidents 2000 2001 2002 The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. 1,090 (22) 1,098 (40) 1,090 (30) Citybus Ltd. (Franchise 1) 343 (8) 343 (7) 322 (6) Citybus Ltd. (Franchise 2) 42 (0) 43 (3) 34 (1) New World First Bus Services Ltd. 346 (4) 299 (8) 277 (5) Long Win Bus Company Ltd. 23 (1) 25 (3) 25 (0) New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Ltd. 5 (2) 2 (1) 8 (1) Unclassified* 12 (0) 150 (0) 125 (1) Total ⊕ 1,861 (37) 1,960 (62) 1,881 (44) Note : * Reported to Traffic Police without identity of the relevant buses. ⊕ The total number of traffic accidents is higher than that shown in Table 1 above as a single accident may involve 2 or more bus companies. () Figures in brackets denote the no. of traffic accidents with 5 or more casualties. - 2 - Table 3 - By Bus Age Bus age (years) Number of Buses Involved 2000 2001 2002 ≤ 5 993 (22) 1,033 (35) 866 (24) 6 – 10 395 (11) 444 (21) 567 ( 9) 10 – 15 341 ( 7) 311 ( 7) 228 ( 9) ≥ 16 87 ( 1) 137 ( 7) 172 ( 7) Unknown* 93 ( 2) 84 ( 2) 95 ( 3) Total ⊕ 1,909 (43) 2,009 (72) 1,928 (52) Note : () Figures in brackets denote the no. of franchised buses involved in traffic accidents with 5 or more casualties * Reported to Traffic Police without identity of the relevant buses. ⊕ The numbers are higher than those in Table 1 and Table 2 since an accident may involve more than one bus. Table 4 – By Passenger Casualty No. of Passenger 2000 2001 2002 Casualties < 5 1,812 1,888 1,829 ≧ 5 26 46 29 Table 5 – By Pedestrian Casualty No. of Pedestrian 2000 2001 2002 Casualties < 5 1,838 1,934 1,858 ≧ 5 0 0 0 # Breakdown by experience of bus drivers is not available. - 3 - Table 6 - Details of Franchised Bus Accidents Involving 5 or More Casualties in 2000 Bus Co. No. of Casualties Date Location Involved Driver Passenger Pedestrian Tuen Mun Road lamp pole No. 08.01.2000 KMB 1 4 0 FB 6717-5 Waterloo Road junction with 31.01.2000 KMB 2 4 0 Boundary Street 02.02.2000 Tuen Mun Road chainage 24.4* KMB 2 23 0 08.02.2000 Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus CTB(F1) 1 4 0 Tolo Highway lamp pole No. 14.02.2000 LW 2 5 0 AEA 3637-5G Kam Tin Road junction with Po 18.02.2000 KMB 1 6 0 Tei Road Kwai Chung Road lamp pole 09.03.2000 KMB 2 4 0 FA6081.3 Kwun Tong Road junction with KMB, 10.04.2000 0 9 0 Choi Chek Lane CTB(F1) Po Heung Street junction with 15.04.2000 KMB 3 6 0 Tai Po Tai Wo Road Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan 28.04.2000 junction with Tsuen King KMB 0 5 0 Circuit Kwai Chung Road junction 29.04.2000 KMB 0 7 0 with Kwai On Road 04.05.2000 Tung Chung Road NLB 1 17 0 Lam Kam Road lamp pole, 13.05.2000 KMB 0 7 0 Ling Wan Temple 13.05.2000 Tuen Mun Road chainage 25.0* KMB 0 7 0 Tsuen Wan Road lamp pole No. 22.05.2000 KMB 2 7 0 FC 0413 Prince Edward Road East lamp 27.05.2000 KMB 1 5 0 pole No. AA2878-0 Shek O Road lamp pole No. 24.06.2000 NWFB 1 4 0 33726 Tin Lok Lane junction with NWFB, 30.06.2000 2 6 0 Hennessy Road CTB(F2) Kwai Chung Road concrete 03.07.2000 KMB 3 19 0 pole No. 41B Wong Nai Chung Road lamp 03.08.2000 CTB(F1) 1 6 0 pole No. 17656 Des Voeux Road Central 05.10.2000 KMB 1 5 0 junction with Wing Wo Street Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan 09.10.2000 KMB 1 7 0 junction with Sai Lau Kok - 4 - Road Nathan Road junction with 10.10.2000 KMB 2 5 0 Jordan Road 14.10.2000 Chun Wah Road KMB 2 9 0 Pok Fu Lam Road junction with 31.10.2000 CTB(F1) 1 19 0 Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road Castle Peak Road Ting Kau 02.11.2000 KMB 2 3 0 lamp pole No. FB4752 Nam Cheong Street junction 01.12.2000 KMB 0 5 0 with Fuk Wing Street Nathan Road junction with KMB, 04.12.2000 1 5 0 Wing Sing Lane CTB(F1) Tung Chung Road junction 09.12.2000 NLB 1 24 0 with Footbridge 8798-1 Kwun Tong Road junction with 10.12.2000 KMB 3 6 0 Tung Yan Street Pok Fu Lam Road lamp pole 13.12.2000 CTB(F1) 1 10 1 No. 41126 Sun Yip Street junction with 19.12.2000 NWFB 0 11 0 Siu Sai Wan Road Chai Wan Road near lamp pole 21.12.2000 NWFB 2 3 0 No. 36308 King’s Road junction with 24.12.2000 CTB(F1) 2 4 0 Ming Yuen Western Street Note: Breakdown based on available information. * Chainage distance in km measured from junction of Kwun Tong road and Kai Fook Road along Route 2 - 5 - Table 7 - Details of Franchised Bus Accidents Involving 5 or More Casualties in 2001 Bus Co. No. of Casualties Date Location Involved Driver Passenger Pedestrian Hong Chong Road junction with 08.01.2001 KMB 0 6 0 Salisbury Road Nathan Road junction with Salisbury 12.01.2001 KMB 2 4 0 Road Nathan Road junction with Waterloo 19.01.2001 KMB 0 6 0 Road Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road junction 08.03.2001 CTB(F1) 0 5 0 with Lee Nam Road Nam Cheong Street junction with Pak 12.03.2001 KMB 0 5 0 Wan Street Prince Edward Road West lamp pole 12.03.2001 KMB 1 4 0 No. AAB1825 Aberdeen Praya Road lamp pole No. 13.03.2001 NWFB 0 14 0 42017 Hiu Kwong Street junction with Hiu 14.03.2001 KMB 0 5 0 Yuk Path West Kowloon Highway near Western KMB, 16.03.2001 0 15 0 Harbour Crossing CTB(F1) King’s Road junction with Tin Hau 17.03.2001 NWFB 0 9 0 Temple Road Hiram’s Highway lamp pole No. 08.04.2001 KMB 1 30 0 EB4567-3 Des Voeux Road Central junction with 13.04.2001 NWFB 1 7 0 Jubilee Street Junction Road junction with Nga Tsin 22.04.2001 NWFB 2 2 1 Wai Road Tin Wan Praya Road lamp pole No. KMB, 22.04.2001 2 8 0 33512 NWFB Sai Cheung Street junction with 24.04.2001 NWFB 2 18 1 Kennedy Town Praya 27.04.2001 Yu Tung Road lamp pole No. FC2548 LW 2 3 0 Tate’s Cairn Tunnel No. 15 emergency 28.04.2001 KMB 1 10 0 exit Po Shek Wu Road junction with Choi 25.05.2001 KMB 1 15 0 Yuen Road - 6 - Ma On Shan Road lamp pole No. EBA 02.06.2001 KMB 1 4 0 4199 Tin Wan Praya Road lamp pole No. 08.06.2001 NWFB 2 13 0 22995 Tong Ming Street junction with Tong 13.06.2001 KMB 1 5 0 Chun Street 15.06.2001 Sha Kok Street lamp pole No. N0811 CTB(F1) 0 6 0 Argle street junction with Princess 18.06.2001 KMB 1 13 0 Margaret Road Cheong Tat Road near lamp pole No. 19.06.2001 LW 3 10 0 TE244 Yuen Long Highway near Pok Oi 27.06.2001 KMB 0 11 0 Interchange Ching Cheung Road junction with Tai 30.06.2001 KMB 0 10 0 Po Road 07.07.2001 Tuen Mun Road chainage 15.0* KMB 0 6 0 13.07.2001 Choi Hung Road No. AE 4262-7 KMB 0 8 0 13.07.2001 Tai Po Road, Sha Tin KMB 2 12 0 Tseung Kwan O Tunnel outside No.4 18.07.2001 KMB 1 8 0 Exit Castle Peak Road Kwai Chung lamp 19.07.2001 KMB 0 7 0 pole No. FA 6259 Kin Chuen Street junction with Castle 21.07.2001 KMB 1 4 0 Peak Road Kwai Chung Jockey Club Road junction with 08.08.2001 KMB 0 5 0 Fanling Highway Tam Kon Shan Interchange lamp pole 10.08.2001 LW 1 4 0 No. W6547 KMB, 12.08.2001 Queensway lamp pole No. 38822 NWFB, 2 4 0 CTB(F1) Fuk Man Road junction with Chan 15.08.2001 KMB 1 6 0 Man Street Tung Chung Road lamp pole No. FB 23.08.2001 NLB 0 13 0 8819-3 24.08.2001 Aberdeen Tunnel before payroll No. 1 CTB(F1) 0 8 0 27.08.2001 Lantau Link CTB(F1) 2 9 1 Tai Po Road junction with Sha Tin 01.09.2001 KMB 3 4 0 Heights near lamp pole No. N9781 Sha Tsui Road junction with Kwan 07.09.2001 KMB 0 10 0 Mun Hau Street - 7 - 08.09.2001 Tate’s Cairn Tunnel emergency exit 12 KMB 4 15 0 Shek Pai Wan Road junction with Tin 09.09.2001 KMB 1 8 0 Wan Hill Road 17.09.2001 Tai Po Road, Tai Wai KMB 0 8 0 San Wan Road lamp pole No.