560 tickets issued in traffic day blitz

Motorists feel the bite of traffic crackdown.

Police officers issued 560 fixed-penalty tickets and 53 summonses to road users violating traffic regulations during a crackdown on Hong Kong Island.

The 259 officers sent to enforce traffic regulations at traffic black spots issued 406 tickets for illegal parking and 154 for other traffic offences.

Thirty-one pedestrians and 93 drivers were cautioned for committing minor traffic offences.

A total of 2,496 traffic accidents involving casualties occurred on Hong Kong Island from January to October, and pedestrians were injured in 805 cases. Nearly half - 46.7% - of the accidents in which pedestrians were injured were attributed to pedestrian negligence.