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Research on street change ranks Wan Chai Road as the top ten worst-hit areas for pedestrian traffic accidents. The inner street branch is the most dangerous

2022-08-25T00:13:57.165Z


Pedestrians in traffic accidents can be fatal at any time. The non-governmental organization "Street Change" compiled the data on pedestrian traffic accidents of the Transport Department from 2015 to 2019 and found that more than 70% of the accidents occurred on non-main roads such as inner streets and branch roads, killing people.


Pedestrians in traffic accidents can be fatal at any time. The non-governmental organization "Street Change" compiled the data on pedestrian traffic accidents of the Transport Department from 2015 to 2019 and found that more than 70% of the accidents occurred on non-main roads such as inner streets and branch roads, and there were even more fatal accidents. Sixty percent involve seniors over the age of 65.

Studies have also shown that pedestrian crossings or roadside accidents have an 8% higher rate of fatalities and serious injuries than other places.


The street reform integrates relevant accident data, and establishes the "Hong Kong Traffic Accident Injury Database" website for the public's reference. It also analyzes the traffic accident hot spots according to the accidents that occur every 100 meters of the road, and lists the top ten pedestrian traffic accident hardest hit areas in Hong Kong. Zhongke Street and Bus Wan Chai Road between Roads Street was ranked first.


The street reform suggests that the Hong Kong government should refer to foreign countries to adopt a "safety system model" to design streets to reduce serious accidents and achieve the "Zero Vision", such as setting a speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour in high-risk inner streets, and Implement speed limits on major arterial roads, etc.


19% of car crashes involve pedestrians, but half of the fatalities are pedestrians

The non-governmental organization "Street Change" took two years to obtain from the Transport Department the location and information of traffic accidents involving casualties from 2015 to 2019, including 142.83 million pedestrian traffic accidents and 610 fatal accidents. After analysis and research, they wrote " Traffic Accidents Are Not Accidents - Reports of Pedestrian Car Accidents and Casualties in Hong Kong".

The initiator Yan Zhuoheng said that pedestrian-related car accidents accounted for only 19% of the total car accidents in the past five years, but half of the fatal car accidents were pedestrians.

The study also found that 70% of traffic accidents involving pedestrians occurred on secondary roads such as inner streets or branch roads, and only 20% on main roads.

32% of serious pedestrian crashes involving private cars

If we analyze the total types of vehicles involved in accidents, due to the large base, private cars account for the largest 32% of fatal or serious pedestrian injuries, while taxis, minibuses, buses and all kinds of goods vehicles together account for 59% .

In terms of accident frequency, public light buses have the highest frequency of serious pedestrian accidents. On average, for every 1 billion kilometers traveled by light buses, there are 13.8 fatal or serious pedestrian accidents. 7.6 fatal or serious pedestrian injuries.

Analysis of the hardest hit areas by traffic accident hotspots

At present, the Transport Department only uses the number of traffic casualties at intersections to define whether a road section is a "traffic black spot".

Yan Zhuoheng believes that non-junction intersections will also have a higher risk of traffic accidents.

The study adopts the method of "traffic accident hotspots" proposed by Professor Lu Pei-ying of the Department of Geography of the University of Hong Kong to analyze the hardest hit areas. Among them, at least 3 traffic accidents per 100 meters will be regarded as "accident hotspots requiring attention"; 6 cases are "serious accident hotspots" hot zone".

The results showed that there were 790 "incident hotspots" in Hong Kong in the past five years, of which 79 were "serious incident hotspots", mainly located in densely populated urban areas, including Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po and Wan Chai.

Wan Chai Road ranks the top of the list of hardest-hit areas, and only two of the ten hardest-hit areas are listed as traffic black spots by the Transport Department

Based on the total number of car accidents and the length of the road sections in the past 5 years, the report calculates the estimated data of the average number of car accidents per kilometer, and lists the top ten worst-hit areas for pedestrian car accidents based on the relevant data.

Among them, Wan Chai Road is listed as the worst-hit area for pedestrian-related traffic accidents. This section is located on the 86-meter-long section between Cox Street and Burroughs Street. Between 2015 and 2019, there were 21 pedestrian-related traffic accidents.

According to this calculation, the average traffic accident data per kilometer can reach 246.

It is followed by the Sham Shui Po market area and the road section between Johnston Road and Spring Garden Street in Wan Chai.

Looking through the list of "traffic black spots" of the Transport Department, among the top ten worst-hit areas for pedestrian-related traffic accidents estimated by the Street Reform, only Nathan Road in Yau Tsim Mong District and Tsuen Fu Street in Tsuen Wan District are listed as "traffic black spots" by the Transport Department. black spot".

Street reform advocates the adoption of a "safe system model" with a speed limit of 30 kilometers on inner streets

Street Reform put forward 10 road planning and design suggestions based on the research results. Yan Zhuoheng pointed out that Hong Kong has always used the "zero accident on the road" policy to design streets in the past, including the continuous installation of railings.

However, many foreign cities have adopted the "safety system model" to reduce road speed and other methods, pursue the "zero fatality vision", create streets with a higher fault tolerance rate, and reduce serious traffic accidents as much as possible.

He pointed out that due to the fact that there are more accidents involving pedestrians in inner streets of Hong Kong, it is recommended that the authorities consider setting a speed limit of 30 kilometers on inner streets and branch roads. Some main roads with more pedestrians may also require speed limits for cars as needed.

The street reform proposes that the speed limit for inner streets and branch roads should be 30 kilometers.

(Courtesy of Street Change)

Hong Kong Traffic Accident Casualty Database to Help the Public Understand Accidents

In order to digitize the data of traffic accidents in Hong Kong, the research team of street reform has also integrated the data into the website of "Hong Kong Traffic Accident Injury Database" for free browsing by the public.

One of the study members, Assistant Professor and Research Fellow of the Department of Urban Planning and Design of the University of Hong Kong, Huang Qiaohao, said that the website marked minor, serious and fatal traffic accidents with yellow, orange and red dots, allowing the public to check the details of each traffic accident in Hong Kong in that year. , hoping to remind the public to pay attention to the current seriousness of traffic accidents in Hong Kong, so that all parties can notice how the street design contributed to the current situation and what systemic remedial measures should be taken.

"Hong Kong Traffic Accident Injury Database" website.

Transport Department: It is an international practice to classify traffic accident black spots according to accident frequency and severity

In response to the "Hong Kong 01" enquiry, the Transport Department pointed out that the establishment of traffic accident blackspots is to prioritize the locations where accidents have occurred in Hong Kong, according to their frequency and severity, for research and improvement, emphasizing that it is an international practice. , If individual locations are not on the traffic accident black spot list, traffic improvement measures will be implemented in a timely manner according to the traffic and actual road environment.

As for Wan Chai Road, the department said that there are already two sets of pedestrian crossings controlled by traffic lights within a distance of about 130 meters along the junction of Wan Chai Road with Burrows Street and Wood Road.

Since there are many bus stops on Wan Chai Road and there are frequent drop-off and drop-off activities, it is not suitable to add a pedestrian crossing at this location.

The department also said that it was reviewing the pedestrian flow at and near the junction of Ru Chau Street and Kwai Lin Street in Sham Shui Po, and proposed to relocate and widen the existing crossing to match the pedestrian flow across the junction.

The Highways Department is carrying out preliminary engineering exploration at the intersection, which is expected to be completed this month. The Transport Department will study the feasibility of improvement works at the crossing based on the results of the exploration and conduct district consultation.

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Source: hk1

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