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Following is a question by Dr the Hon Tang Siu-tong and a written reply by the Acting Secretary for Transport, Mr Kevin Ho, in the Legislative Council today (June 7):
Question : According to the information submitted to this Council by the Hong Kong Police Force, among the 13991 traffic accident reports in 1998, 34 accidents had been identified as having been caused by environmental obstructions which could be improved upon by government departments, while among the 14539 traffic accident reports in 1999, 120 accidents were of similar nature. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council :
(a) of the places of occurrence and details of the aforesaid traffic accidents involving environmental obstructions; and
(b) whether the Police have relayed these environmental obstructions to relevant government departments for the carrying out of improvement works; if they have, of the improvement works that were completed in the past year or will commence shortly by the relevant departments, and the details of such works?
Reply:
Madam President,
Among the traffic accidents which occurred in 1998 and 1999, the Police identified that 34 and 120 accidents were caused by environmental obstructions, such as sightline obstructed by objects, defective traffic signals, damaged road surface and steep gradient of roads. A table showing the breakdown of these accidents by different environmental factors is as follows -
1998 1999
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Steep gradient of roads 5 20
Sightline obstructed 16 46
Defective traffic signals 2 21
Damaged road surface 11 33
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Total 34 120
The places of occurrence of these accidents are listed at Annex A.
The Police have an on-going dialogue with the Transport Department on ways to improve the road environment of accident spots to enhance road safety. We do not have specific statistics on the number of such suggestions. The Transport Department, upon receiving reports from the Police, will liaise with the Highways Department or other departments to carry out remedial works, such as erection of additional traffic signs, repairing defective traffic signals, improving road surface, erection of railing, and grass cutting, etc. In 1999, the Transport Department investigated 120 accident blackspots and improvement works have been carried out in 103 sites. Improvement works to the remaining 17 blackspots are being studied and will be implemented within this year.
Annex A
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The Locations of Traffic Accidents in 1998
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Environmental Obstruction: 1. Steep gradient of roads
Location:
*I/S Ka Wah Quarry near Anderson Road
*Tai O Mun Road I/S Country Club 6P Hill Side
*Lo Wai Road near J/W Sam Tung Uk Road
*Castle Peak Road J/W Wo Yi Hop Road
*Service Road Leading to Sheung Kok Street near Block 21 Kwai Chung Estate, Kwai Chung
Environmental Obstruction: 2. Sightline obstructions
Location:
*Pik Wan Road near Tak Shui House, Tak Tin Estate
*Sheung Ning Road I/S On Ning Garden Carpark
*Tsz Wan Shan Road O/S Tsz Man Estate
*Tsak Yue Wu, Pak Tam Road near Lamp Post EB6532-0
*Tung Choi St O/S House No.101 near Argyle Street
*Ho Pong Street O/S Block 3, San Fat Estate, Tuen Mun
*Tolo Highway near Shui Wai, Tai Po
*Texaco Road North J/W Tsuen Kam Interchange, Tsuen Wan
*Castle Peak Road J/W Sai Lau Kok Road, Tsuen Wan
*Tung Chau Street J/W Fat Tseung Street
*An Unnamed Road of Chiu Keng Tsuen
*An Unnamed Road near Lamp Post 6271-9 near Ching Shan Tsuen
*Po Lam Road North, Tseung Kwan O Fire Station near Lamp Post BEA 1083-9
*Po Wan Road near Sheung Shui Wai, Sheung Shui
*Island Eastern Corridor
*Yin Chong Street O/S House No.12
Environmental Obstruction: 3.Defective traffic signal
Location:
*Wai Yip Street J/W Cha Kwo Ling Road
*Tai Po Road J/W Tai Wo Service Road West
Environmental Obstruction: 4.Damaged road surface
Location:
*Cheong Wan Road O/S HK Coliseum
*Tai Po Road J/W Caldecott Road
*Tai Kok Tsui Road near Foo Kwai Street
*Gascoigne Road J/W Chatham Road South
*Tai Po Tai Wo Road near Tolo Highway
*Cycle Way of Ting Kok Road near Tai Po East Fire Station, Tai Po
*Tsing Yi Road J/W Ching Hong Road, Tsing Yi, Kwai Ching
*Open Space inside Chek Lap Kok Airport
*Cheung Tung Road near Tung Chung Refuse Collect Point
*Route Twisk near look out O/S Lamp Post FA7949-5
*Cycle Track of Choi Yuen Estate near Lamp Post N8019-5
The Locations of Traffic Accidents in 1999
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Environmental Obstruction: 1.Steep gradient of roads
Location:
*Wa Fu Road near Lamp Post 33045
*W/B Island Eastern Corridor
*Pokfulam Road Downhill / Hill Road
*Gloucester Road W/B / Canal Road East
*Pokfulam Road near Lamp Post No. 34163
*Queen's Road Western Outside House No.338-342
*Caine Road W/B and Aberdeen Street
*Chi Fu Road / Pok Fu Lam Road
*Outside the entrance of Peak Galleria, 118 Peak Road
*Island Eastern Corridor near Lamp Post No.36608
*Hip Wo Lane / Lun Hing Street
*Pok Fu Lam Road J/O Second Street
*Wan Tsui Road
*Tin Hau Temple Road Opp. House No:70 (Lamp Post 16178)
*Down hill Stanley Gap Road near Lamp Post S/N 35923
*Tsing Long Highway-Yuen Long near Sha Po (Tuen Mun Bound)
*Unnamed footpath of Chui Keng Tsuen near Fan Kam Road, Sheung Shui
*Access Road of Pak Sha Tau Chau near main Dam, Tai Mei Tuk
*Tuen Mun Road (New Territories Bound) near Siu Lam
*Cycle track of Ma On Shan Road O/S Hang Shan House
Environmental Obstruction: 2.Sightline obstructions
Location:
*Opp. Hing Man Estate Bus-Stop
*Queensway outside United Center
*Johnston Road
*O/S Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Main Block
*Tin Wan Praya Road near Flyover
*Hennessy Road W/B O/S No. 338 Bus Stop
*Queen's Road Central W/B O/S House No. 345
*Does Voeux Road West/Sutherland Street O/S House No. 51
*Sun Ha St near Lamp Post 24771
*O/S House No.232, Wanchai Road E/B
*Comfort Garden
*Marble Road J/W Shu Kuk Street
*Sassoon Road I/S House No. 6
*Tai Tam Road near Tai Tam Reservoir
*Caine Road O/S No. 120
*Robinson Road W/B House No : 82
*Near Chi Fu Garden
*O/S No.55 Island Road
*O/S Lamp Post 32316
*Apleichau Bridge Road S/B to Wong Chuk Hang Road E/B
*Stanley Gap Road way to Aberdeen at nearside
*Ma Tso Lung Road near Lui Pok Tsuen
*Service Road of Ho Pui Tsuen near Ho Pui Tsuen
*Outside House No:18, Tai Tam Road W/B
*Lam Ha Road near Fei Ngo Shan Road
*Clear Water Bay Road Kowloon Bound near Cheng Lan Shu
*Connaught Road Central Flyover W/B at J/O of Flyover
*Tai Shu Ha Road East near Lamp Post FC2197-9
*Fan Kam Road near Fire Services Department Training School
*To Fung Shan Road O/S Lamp Post EA 5456-8
*Westbound Nam Ning Street near Lamp Post No. 42510
*Hennessy Road O/S House 313
*O/S Chu Fung House Fung Tak Estate
*San Tam Road O/S Mo Fan Heung near Lamp Post : FA 9273, Yuen Long
*An unnamed road leading to Yau Shin Street near Shek Tong Tsuen
*Nim Wan Road near Ha Pak Nai Tsuen
*Kong Tai Road near Lamp Post H2744-8
*Unnamed Road Lamp Post FA8024-9(Near Pat Heung Road)(To Ma On Kong Tsuen)
*Nim Wan Road Lamp Post FA 0921-2(near Ha Pat Lai)
*Tat Wan Road near Wan Tau Tong Estate Lamp Post : FA 7633-9
*Access Road of Fan Leng Nam Wai O/S San Wan Road, Fanling
*Access Road to Fa Sum Hang Village
*Wang Tat Road J/O Ma Miu Road
*Tai Yuen Street O/S House No. 7
*O/S House No. 3, Tai Yuen Street N/B
*San Tsuen Street near Wo Tik Street
Environmental Obstruction: 3. Defective traffic signal
Location:
*O/S No.41, Fenwick Street / Hennessy Road
*Connaught Road West W/B near road junction
*O/S Sai Wan Ho MTR Station, Shau Kei Wan Road E/B
*Des Voeux Road Central E/B near Rummsey Street
*Java Road / Shu Kuk Street
*King's Road W/B and Tin Chiu Street N/B
*The Aberdeen Praya Road to Aberdeen Main Road
*Chai Wan Road/Sheung On Street N/B
*King's Road J/O Healthy Street East
*Wan Po Road/Chiu Shun Road Roundabout
*Tsz Wan Shan Road O/S Chung Fai House of Tsz Chung Estate
*Tsui Ping Road J/W Private Road (near Community Centre)
*Wang Chiu Road J/O Sheung Yee Road
*J/O Po Kong Village Road and Choi Hung Road
*Ma Tau Chung Road J/W Sung Wong Toi Road
*Shanghai Street near Wing Sing Lane
*Nathan Road J/W Boundary Street
*Long Ping Road J/O Fung Chi Road, Lamp Post FA1393-3
*Sha Tau Kok Road (Sha Tau Kok bound) near Ma Mei Ha
*Route Twisk near Shek Kong Camp
*Yuen Wo Road J/W the slip road of Tai Po Road (near Shatin)
Environmental Obstruction: 4. Damaged road surface
Location:
*Edinburgh Place towards south near junction
*Wong Chuk Hang Road
*Island Eastern Corridor flyover towards to Kornhill Garden
*Pok Fu Lam Road E/B and Hill Road Flyover
*Deep Water Bay Road downslope near Shouson Hill Road
*Yue Kwong Road W/B near the Yue Hong Street
*Arsenal Street near Lockhart Road
*Clear Water Bay Road J/W Hiram's Highway
*O/S No.22B Kwun Tong Road near Tung Yan Street
*Shatin Pass Road near Tsz Wan Shan Road
*Cheung Sha Wan Road N/B Hing Wah Street
*West Kowloon Highway near Lamp Post AAB0731-4
*Unnamed road open space of Green Land near Tin Wah Road, Tin Shui Wai
*Slip road of San Wan Road J/W So Kwun Po Road, Sheung Shui
*Lau Fau Shan Road near San Hing Tsuen, Yuen Long
*Service road of Ting Kok Road near Lo Che Tin Tsuen
*Castle Pear Road (Tuen Mun) Cycle Track, near Lamp Post FB 2252-8
*Route Twisk near Kap Lung Village
*Ma Wang Road near Ma Miu Road, Yuen Long
*Cycleway of Ting Kok Road near Shuen Wan Chan Uk, Tai Po
*So Kwun Wat Road near Lamp Post FA 3293
*O/S Choi Fai Garden (to Yuen Long)
*Hung Tin Road J/O Ping Ha Road
*Tin Yiu Estate O/S Yiu Man House Playground
*Hoi Wong Road near river side cycle track, Tuen Mun
*Cycle way of Nam Wan Road near Kwong Fuk Estate, Tai Po
*Cycle way of Ting Kok Road near Tsui Uk Tsuen, Tai Po
*Cycle track of Tai Po Road near Man Wo House, Wo Che Estate
*Kwai Fuk Road near Shing Fuk Street, Kwai Chung
*Route Twisk near Chuen Lung Tsuen Wan bound
*Gloucester Road near House No. 39
*Connaught Road West W/B junction of Gilman Street
*Cycle way of Ting Kok Road near Ting Kok Village, Tai Po
Note:
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I/S stands for 'Inside'
O/S stands for 'Outside'
J/O stands for 'Junction of'
J/W stands for 'Junction with'
E/B stands for 'East bound'
S/B stands for 'South bound'
W/B stands for 'West bound'
N/B stands for 'North bound'
End/Wednesday, June 7, 2000
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