Lugu Township road accident hotspots and casualties
From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Lugu Township recorded 299 casualty road accidents, 4 deaths and 360 injured, which is 1.5% of Nantou County.
Lugu Township averaged 9.3 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 08, at 11.7% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 5.0%; weekends account for 28.1%. Excluding the month still being filled in, the last 12 complete months had 106 accidents against 122 in the 12 months before, down 13.1%.
Motorcycles account for 39.1% of parties involved. There were 4 deaths in this period. With numbers that small it is not meaningful to convert to a death rate and compare with other areas — a single accident moves it by several times.
Roads appearing most often in Lugu Township
Counted by road names appearing in the accident address. Where the address is written as a junction (“A Rd / B Rd”), both roads are counted once.
| Road | Accidents | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhongzheng Rd., Sec. 2 | 38 | |
| Xingchan Rd. | 31 | |
| Luzhang Rd. | 30 | |
| Zhongzheng Rd., Sec. 3 | 29 | |
| Renai Rd. | 25 | |
| Renyi Rd. | 22 | |
| Zhongzheng Rd., Sec. 1 | 22 | |
| Zhongzheng 1st Rd. | 20 | |
| Guangfu Rd. | 12 | |
| Fengyuan Rd. | 7 |
Long roads and busy roads naturally rank high. This is where accidents happened, not danger per kilometre. Road names are automatic romanisation, not official signage.
When accidents happen
| Hour | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–01:00 | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 01:00–02:00 | 2 | 0.7% | |
| 02:00–03:00 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| 03:00–04:00 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 04:00–05:00 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| 05:00–06:00 | 1 | 0.3% | |
| 06:00–07:00 | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 07:00–08:00 | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 08:00–09:00 | 35 | 11.7% | |
| 09:00–10:00 | 22 | 7.4% | |
| 10:00–11:00 | 27 | 9.0% | |
| 11:00–12:00 | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 12:00–13:00 | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 13:00–14:00 | 13 | 4.3% | |
| 14:00–15:00 | 21 | 7.0% | |
| 15:00–16:00 | 30 | 10.0% | |
| 16:00–17:00 | 22 | 7.4% | |
| 17:00–18:00 | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 18:00–19:00 | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 19:00–20:00 | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 20:00–21:00 | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 21:00–22:00 | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 22:00–23:00 | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 23:00–00:00 | 2 | 0.7% |
By day of week
| Day | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 45 | 15.1% | |
| Tue | 34 | 11.4% | |
| Wed | 48 | 16.1% | |
| Thu | 40 | 13.4% | |
| Fri | 48 | 16.1% | |
| Sat | 40 | 13.4% | |
| Sun | 44 | 14.7% |
Primary causes
| Primary cause | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other improper driving | 30 | 10.0% | |
| Following too closely | 23 | 7.7% | |
| Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety | 22 | 7.4% | |
| Improper vehicle or equipment operation | 20 | 6.7% | |
| Drink driving | 19 | 6.4% | |
| Pulling away without checking | 14 | 4.7% |
This is the attending officer's assessment, not a court finding.
Collision type
| Type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overturn / fall on road | 46 | 15.4% | |
| Other | 39 | 13.0% | |
| Side impact | 37 | 12.4% | |
| Same-direction sideswipe | 36 | 12.0% | |
| Rear-end | 32 | 10.7% | |
| Opposite-direction sideswipe | 27 | 9.0% |
Type is the collision pattern recorded by police; "Other" is how the source data classifies it and cannot be split further.
Lighting and weather
| Condition | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daytime / lights off | 165 | 55.2% | |
| Night, lit | 89 | 29.8% | |
| Night, unlit | 45 | 15.1% | |
| Clear | 230 | 76.9% | |
| Cloudy | 36 | 12.0% | |
| Rain | 29 | 9.7% | |
| Other | 4 | 1.3% |
"Daytime / lights off" is the source category "lighting present but off or faulty", which in practice is mostly daytime.
Party types
| Party type | Parties | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car (incl. passenger/goods) | 226 | 40.2% | |
| Motorcycle | 220 | 39.1% | |
| Pedestrian | 72 | 12.8% | |
| Light truck | 19 | 3.4% | |
| Bicycle / slow vehicle | 15 | 2.7% | |
| Bus | 10 | 1.8% |
By month
| Month | Accidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/06 | 10 | |
| 2025/07 | 10 | |
| 2025/08 | 8 | |
| 2025/09 | 6 | |
| 2025/10 | 9 | |
| 2025/11 | 19 | |
| 2025/12 | 6 | |
| 2026/01 | 6 | |
| 2026/02 | 7 | |
| 2026/03 | 6 | |
| 2026/04 | 12 | |
| 2026/05 | 6 | |
| 2026/06 | 11 | |
| 2026/07 (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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