News from the roads: accidents, obstacles, submitted dashcam footage, submitted PK parking
OP-ED BY GUEST WRITER JOHN BARCLAY Alphard: the brightest star in the Hydra constellation, but a blight on Hong Kong’s roads. According to new government figures, there are now an incredible 218,000 […]
Afternoon traffic on Hong Kong Island in 2019 was slower than the top nine Hong Kong marathon runners that year, clocking up an average of just 18.9 kph, according to government figures […]
Police arrested a Citybus driver for dangerous driving causing death yesterday (5 January) after the bus he was driving knocked down and killed a pedestrian in Chai Wan. At about 4.55pm, Ms […]
Police have arrested a woman after she smashed into a man on a bicycle in Sheung Shui last night and then sped off, returning to the scene some 15 minutes later to […]
A truck driver involved in a deadly accident in February 2019 in which a streetlight maintenance worker was crushed against power cables has been fined HK$8,000 for refusing to provide information relating […]
A 52-year-old Hong Kong teacher died in a bicycle accident on Bride’s Pool Road this evening, less than 100 metres from the site of a fatal car smash last night. Chris Hattam, […]
A young man died after smashing a sports car into a lamppost at a deadly racing blackspot last night (14 December). 20-year-old Mr Leung was driving along Bride’s Pool Road in a […]
A man was killed crossing a road on the edge of the government’s “Walkable Urban Area” pilot area in Sham Shui Po yesterday, highlighting issues with the government’s “pedestrian infrastructure” approach to […]
A pilot scheme to overhaul the skip industry has come under immediate fire, with two of the first skips certified found to be already in breach of key road safety and environmental […]
A solution to wayfinding in the “complicated maze” of Hong Kong’s indoor environment has won a top prize in the government’s annual technology awards. Navigation firm MapHive says indoor navigation is especially […]
