Hsinchu County road accident statistics and hotspots

From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Hsinchu County recorded 29,585 casualty road accidents, 122 deaths and 38,469 injured. The data comes from the National Police Agency and is processed exactly as it is for the heatmap.

Accidents
29,585
13
Deaths
122
Injured
38,469
Monthly average
924.5
32 months

Hsinchu County averaged 924.5 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 08, at 10.6% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 5.3%; weekends account for 21.6%. Excluding the month still being filled in, the last 12 complete months had 11,151 accidents against 11,696 in the 12 months before, down 4.7%.

Motorcycles account for 54.2% of parties involved. Deaths per thousand accidents is 4.12, close to 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 Zhubei City with 11,548. Each page shows that district's roads and hours.

DistrictAccidentsDeaths Injured
Zhubei City11,5482615,078
Hukou Township5,481227,223
Zhudong Township3,691204,863
Xinfeng Township2,745123,617
Xinpu Township2,299102,880
Baoshan Township1,08571,396
Qionglin Township89411,114
Guanxi Township885131,084
Hengshan Township3443428
Beipu Township2484316
Jianshi Township1571202
Emei Township1392167
Wufeng Township691101

Hours of day in Hsinchu County

HourAccidentsShare
00:00–01:002240.8%
01:00–02:001470.5%
02:00–03:001000.3%
03:00–04:00850.3%
04:00–05:001010.3%
05:00–06:002170.7%
06:00–07:008472.9%
07:00–08:003,05810.3%
08:00–09:003,13310.6%
09:00–10:001,8096.1%
10:00–11:001,6435.6%
11:00–12:001,6185.5%
12:00–13:001,5585.3%
13:00–14:001,2584.3%
14:00–15:001,2814.3%
15:00–16:001,3764.7%
16:00–17:001,8196.1%
17:00–18:002,6378.9%
18:00–19:002,1577.3%
19:00–20:001,6105.4%
20:00–21:001,1483.9%
21:00–22:008492.9%
22:00–23:006042.0%
23:00–00:003061.0%

By day of week

DayAccidentsShare
Mon4,29514.5%
Tue4,79116.2%
Wed4,76016.1%
Thu4,50315.2%
Fri4,84216.4%
Sat3,52811.9%
Sun2,8669.7%

Primary causes

Primary causeCountShare
No cause determined yet5,53418.7%
Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety3,32711.2%
Following too closely2,7539.3%
Other failure to yield1,7275.8%
Signalised junction: turning vehicle failed to yield to through traffic1,1603.9%
Improper left turn1,1053.7%

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

Collision type

TypeCountShare
Other5,36718.1%
Side impact5,17417.5%
Rear-end4,89916.6%
Same-direction sideswipe4,58715.5%
Intersection crossing collision3,48311.8%
Overturn / fall on road1,8886.4%

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 off12,72643.0%
Night, lit10,00333.8%
Night, unlit6,85623.2%
Clear23,36379.0%
Rain3,35311.3%
Cloudy2,7369.2%
Other1330.4%

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

Party types

Party typePartiesShare
Motorcycle33,62754.2%
Car (incl. passenger/goods)19,67631.7%
Pedestrian5,2478.5%
Bicycle / slow vehicle1,7762.9%
Light truck1,2622.0%
Heavy truck4360.7%

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

By month

MonthAccidents
2025/07989
2025/08980
2025/09939
2025/101,041
2025/111,053
2025/121,128
2026/011,050
2026/02817
2026/031,056
2026/04963
2026/05949
2026/06951
2026/07224
2026/08 (partial)4

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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