About a third of Hong Kong road fatalities involve elderly pedestrians failing to follow traffic rules

Nearly a third of fatal road accidents in Hong Kong last year involved elderly pedestrians, with most of the cases taking place when victims failed to follow traffic rules, according to police.A study from the road safety unit of the Hong Kong police force showed that among the 113 deaths caused by 107 road accidents last year, 34 involved elderly pedestrians.That was 14 cases fewer than the year before, but Andy Tay, chief inspector of the road safety unit, said that one avoidable accident is…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3088879/about-third-hong-kong-road-fatalities-involve-elderly