In 1997, there were 14 776 traffic accidents involving injuries, of which229 were fatal and 3 154 serious. This was an increase of 2.6 per cent compared with the 14 397 accidents in 1996, of which 252 were fatal and 3 084 serious.

• 年内，引致伤亡的交通意外总数为14776宗，其中229宗有人死亡，3154宗有人重伤，与去年相比增加了2.；6%25。去年引致伤亡的交通意外共14397宗，其中252宗有人死亡，3084宗有人重伤。