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Written by: Cao Jiajun
2021-01-04 06:28
Last update date: 2021-01-04 06:28
A bicycle traffic accident occurred at the "T" junction off San Wan Road Garden, Sheung Shui. A 34-year-old man surnamed Huang was riding a bicycle at the site last night and was hit by a private car.
The cam footage of the car involved went viral on the Internet, and it also revealed that the female driver did not stop after the incident. Fortunately, an iron knight chased him for nearly 200 meters and stopped him. The female driver even retorted: "It's my bleak thing?!"
According to figures from the Transport Department, there were 1,813 bicycle-related accidents and 1,744 cyclist casualties in the first three quarters of last year. Both figures increased by about 50% compared with the same period last year.
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Ting Kok Road and Tolo Harbour in Tai Po become black spots
According to the Transport Department, 80% of the 1,813 bicycle accidents in the first three quarters of last year were related to loss of control and careless driving; accidents on off-road roads such as bicycle tracks and open spaces increased from 615 in the same period last year to 1,012, an increase of nearly 65%.
The most bicycle accidents were Ting Kok Road in Tai Po and the Tolo Highway in Tai Po, with 78 and 71 cases respectively, while the more bicycle accidents were at Nam Sang Wai Road in Yuen Long and Tsuen Wan Road in Tsuen Wan, with 21 and 71 cases respectively. 15 cases.
12 fatal accidents occurred in non-cycling tracks
The police pointed out that in the first three quarters of last year, 13 cyclists and 1 pedestrian died in accidents, of which 2 occurred on cycling tracks, and the remaining 12 occurred on non-cycling tracks. 80% of the deaths were due to serious head injuries; of the 13 dead, only 4 People wore helmets, and they collided with medium-sized trucks, coaches, and taxis, and crashed into bars to "fire themselves."
The police also pointed out that of the 274 fatal and serious accidents, only 12% (32 people) were wearing helmets, or 88% were without helmets; 80 people were cycling alone during the accidents; 271 cases (nine of them were recreational or transportation nature). Three cases were for takeaway riders; there were 180 accidents on roads, village roads, or pavements, and 94 on bicycle tracks; nearly 60% occurred in areas where the casualties lived; 160, or 60%, were accidental accidents. Sixty percent of them occurred on straight roads, reflecting that the injured thought they were familiar with the road and took it lightly. It is recommended that they do what they can.
Auxiliary Medical Team: 800 first aid cases tripled in October last year
Chen Yuhua, Senior Operations and Training Director of the Auxiliary Medical Service, said that the Auxiliary Medical Service established an emergency bicycle fleet in 2002 to patrol and provide first aid services on major cycling tracks. In the first three quarters of last year, it handled 1,778 injured persons aged between 5 and 75. More than 800 cases were processed in October last year, a three-fold increase from the previous monthly average of about 200 cases.
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