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5 injured in car accident in North Point, 85-year-old driver hits passers-by with taxi

2023-03-05T08:53:56.101Z


A serious traffic accident occurred in North Point today (5th). A taxi was driving downhill along Fortress Hill Road. Someone reported that it was unable to brake at a red light. It went straight and hit three female passers-by. knocked unconscious


A serious traffic accident occurred in North Point today (5th). A taxi was driving downhill along Fortress Hill Road. Someone reported that it was unable to brake at a red light. It went straight and hit three female passers-by. He was knocked unconscious and rushed to the hospital for treatment. The 85-year-old male taxi driver surnamed Wei and the male passenger were also injured and sent to the hospital. The police are investigating whether the incident involved mechanical failure or human negligence.


In recent years, elderly taxi drivers have been involved in traffic accidents many times. Many citizens are concerned about the licensing requirements for elderly taxi drivers.

According to the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations, when a person aged 70 or over applies for a full driving license to drive any class of motor vehicle, he or she must attach a certificate from a registered medical practitioner certifying that the person is in a state of health suitable for Drive and control a vehicle of that class.


▼The scene of the car accident in North Point on March 5▼


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Today’s car accident in North Point was captured by a car camera. At the time of the incident, there were more than a dozen pedestrians crossing the road near King’s Road. A taxi was driving along the Fortress Hill Road at a high speed, without slowing down. Next, the "bowling" style crashed into passers-by, and someone was hit by the body of the taxi and pushed back more than ten meters.

In the car accident, two 48-year-old South Asian female passers-by and 59-year-old female passer-by surnamed Zhu were unconscious. Another 48-year-old foreign female passer-by and a 43-year-old mainland male passenger of the taxi were injured in hands and feet respectively. Four people were sent to the Eastern District Hospital treatment; the 85-year-old male taxi driver surnamed Wei suffered from chest pains and was sent to Ruttonjee Hospital for treatment.

▼On March 5, the car cam directly hit the scene of the car accident in North Point▼


▼Injured in North Point traffic accident on March 5▼


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The accident involved an 85-year-old taxi driver. The police are investigating whether the incident involved a mechanical failure or human negligence. In recent years, elderly drivers have been involved in accidents from time to time, and the situation has attracted public attention.

In January this year, an 87-year-old taxi driver surnamed Liang had three accidents in 9 days. He first hit a motorcycle parked on the side of the road on January 11. Fortunately, no one was injured; On January 12, he slammed into the roadside on Harcourt Road, Admiralty, and then rolled over to the right. Leung Weng and his female passengers were slightly injured and were once trapped in the car; After an empty taxi collided with a private car on Jaffe Road in Wanchai, Leung Ong continued driving without noticing it. Within 120 meters, he hit 6 motorcycles and a private car parked on the side of the road. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Later, Liang Weng's family said that Liang Weng drove a taxi to make a living in his early years, and immigrated to Canada long ago. His life was carefree and his family was rich. taxi.

▼On January 12, the 87-year-old driver surnamed Liang drove a taxi overturned on Harcourt Road in Admiralty▼


In addition, on May 10 last year, a 93-year-old old man surnamed Huang drove his private car eastward along Minguang Street in Central, and lost control when it approached the opposite side of AIA Vitality Park. "Amenity facilities.

Huang Weng reported that he could not stop the car in time and crashed into the car, suffered minor injuries to his hand, and left the car by himself. After treatment, he refused to be sent to the hospital.

▼On May 10, 2022, a 93-year-old driver surnamed Huang drove into a "bumper car" amusement facility▼


A health certificate is required to renew the license at the age of 70

Under the Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations (Cap. 374B) (the "Regulations"), all driving license holders, including taxi drivers, are responsible for ensuring that they are physically fit to drive before driving a vehicle.

The Regulations stipulate that when a person aged 70 or over applies for a full driving license to drive any type of motor vehicle, he or she must attach a certificate from a registered medical practitioner certifying that the person has been in good health for the 4 months preceding the application Drive and control a vehicle of that class.

If the applicant for a full driving license is over 60 years old but under 70 years old on the date of application, the period of his driving license is from the date of issue of the license to the day before his 70 years of age, or from the date of issue of the license 3 years, whichever is longer; if you are 70 years old when you apply for a license, the license period will be one year or 3 years from the date of issue, whichever is chosen by the applicant.

More than half of taxi drivers are over the age of 60 and 1,444 are over the age of 80

In September last year, Chen Fan, the then Secretary for Transport and Housing, revealed in a written reply to Members’ Questions that there are more than 110,000 people over the age of 60 who hold taxi driving licenses in Hong Kong, accounting for 55% of all taxi drivers.

Among them, there are 1,444 drivers over the age of 80, and the number has increased for two consecutive years, with an increase of more than 200 compared with 2018.

According to figures from the Transport Department as of December 31 last year, there were 1,624 elderly drivers in Hong Kong aged 80 to 89, and 49 aged 90 or above.

In May last year, when the Department responded to the inquiry of "Hong Kong 01", it stated that according to the records, the oldest holder of a valid full driving license was 100 years old.

In addition, the Transport Department recorded a total of 26,190 motor vehicle drivers involved in accidents in 2021, of which 949 were aged 70 or above, accounting for 3.6%.

Among them, 11 drivers aged 85 and above were involved in accidents.

▼The scene of the car accident in North Point on March 5▼


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Source: hk1

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