Changhua County road accident statistics and hotspots

From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Changhua County recorded 61,060 casualty road accidents, 322 deaths and 80,338 injured. The data comes from the National Police Agency and is processed exactly as it is for the heatmap.

Accidents
61,060
26
Deaths
322
Injured
80,338
Monthly average
1908.1
32 months

Changhua County averaged 1908.1 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 07, at 10.5% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 4.8%; weekends account for 24.6%. Excluding the month still being filled in, the last 12 complete months had 23,404 accidents against 23,613 in the 12 months before, down 0.9%.

Motorcycles account for 54.7% of parties involved. Deaths per thousand accidents is 5.27, above the national average of 4.24. That ratio swings sharply when deaths are few, which is especially true in sparsely populated townships, so do not draw conclusions from it alone.

Districts

The highest count is Changhua City with 14,760. Each page shows that district's roads and hours.

DistrictAccidentsDeaths Injured
Changhua City14,7603719,721
Yuanlin City6,966189,314
Lukang Township5,074196,714
Hemei Township4,376205,793
Xihu Township2,779133,583
Huatan Township2,537143,313
Fuxing Township2,358213,079
Erlin Township1,889172,335
Xiushui Township1,884112,465
Beidou Township1,82562,358
Dacun Township1,80632,360
Puxin Township1,58692,070
Yongjing Township1,49361,992
Shetou Township1,47381,934
Tianzhong Township1,42991,876
Shengang Township1,352131,802
Pitou Township1,13791,455
Puyan Township1,117161,469
Xizhou Township936161,211
Fangyuan Township903151,190
Tianwei Township86841,093
Fenyuan Township79591,021
Xianxi Township7349953
Dacheng Township36212462
Ershui Township3125382
Zhutang Township3093393

Hours of day in Changhua County

HourAccidentsShare
00:00–01:004770.8%
01:00–02:002510.4%
02:00–03:001880.3%
03:00–04:001580.3%
04:00–05:002250.4%
05:00–06:004730.8%
06:00–07:001,4952.4%
07:00–08:006,43810.5%
08:00–09:004,4967.4%
09:00–10:003,9206.4%
10:00–11:003,9696.5%
11:00–12:004,1446.8%
12:00–13:003,5415.8%
13:00–14:002,6434.3%
14:00–15:002,9984.9%
15:00–16:003,4155.6%
16:00–17:004,3037.0%
17:00–18:006,38710.5%
18:00–19:003,8236.3%
19:00–20:002,5664.2%
20:00–21:001,9483.2%
21:00–22:001,5452.5%
22:00–23:001,0061.6%
23:00–00:006511.1%

By day of week

DayAccidentsShare
Mon8,98014.7%
Tue9,20815.1%
Wed9,05814.8%
Thu9,07314.9%
Fri9,69515.9%
Sat8,37413.7%
Sun6,67210.9%

Primary causes

Primary causeCountShare
No cause determined yet7,49012.3%
Other improper driving5,0878.3%
Following too closely4,7967.9%
Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety4,5627.5%
Other failure to yield3,5265.8%
Improper left turn3,0785.0%

This is the attending officer's assessment, not a court finding.

Collision type

TypeCountShare
Other12,78120.9%
Side impact11,50318.8%
Intersection crossing collision9,18915.0%
Same-direction sideswipe7,38212.1%
Rear-end6,93011.3%
Overturn / fall on road4,2977.0%

Type is the collision pattern recorded by police; "Other" is how the source data classifies it and cannot be split further.

Lighting and weather

ConditionCountShare
Daytime / lights off27,44544.9%
Night, unlit17,44128.6%
Night, lit16,17426.5%
Clear53,35987.4%
Cloudy4,0606.6%
Rain3,4665.7%
Other1750.3%

"Daytime / lights off" is the source category "lighting present but off or faulty", which in practice is mostly daytime.

Party types

Party typePartiesShare
Motorcycle68,94054.7%
Car (incl. passenger/goods)34,83027.6%
Pedestrian10,1888.1%
Bicycle / slow vehicle7,1115.6%
Light truck3,9453.1%
Heavy truck1,1160.9%

Counted per party, not per accident, since a collision involves two or more.

By month

MonthAccidents
2025/071,918
2025/082,104
2025/091,900
2025/101,999
2025/111,957
2025/122,266
2026/012,074
2026/021,902
2026/031,929
2026/041,897
2026/051,950
2026/061,837
2026/071,589
2026/08 (partial)43

Months with no recorded accidents are not listed.

The National Police Agency refreshes its rolling data on the 1st and 15th of each month, so the last month is still being filled in and will always read low. Do not compare it with earlier months.

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How to read these numbers

More accidents does not mean more dangerous. Places with more traffic, longer roads and denser population naturally record more. This data has no traffic volume to divide by, so a rate per ten thousand vehicle passes cannot be computed; it can only tell you where accidents actually happened.

The road ranking counts road names appearing in the address. In Taiwan 26% of accident addresses are written as a reference point along a road rather than an exact position, so this ranking is reliable at the level of a road but not at the level of a junction.

Only A1 and A2 accidents, which involve casualties, are included. Property-damage-only collisions are not, so the real number of collisions is higher.

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