Tainan City road accident statistics and hotspots
From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Tainan City recorded 112,147 casualty road accidents, 446 deaths and 151,669 injured. The data comes from the National Police Agency and is processed exactly as it is for the heatmap.
Tainan City averaged 3504.6 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 17, at 9.7% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 5.4%; weekends account for 23.6%. Excluding the month still being filled in, the last 12 complete months had 41,450 accidents against 44,431 in the 12 months before, down 6.7%.
Motorcycles account for 60.5% of parties involved. Deaths per thousand accidents is 3.98, 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 Yongkang Dist. with 18,094. Each page shows that district's roads and hours.
| District | Accidents | Deaths | Injured | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yongkang Dist. | 18,094 | 30 | 24,830 | |
| East Dist. | 12,357 | 17 | 17,425 | |
| Annan Dist. | 9,654 | 26 | 13,265 | |
| North Dist. | 9,615 | 7 | 12,252 | |
| West Central Dist. | 8,602 | 13 | 11,889 | |
| South Dist. | 6,903 | 11 | 9,405 | |
| Rende Dist. | 5,508 | 20 | 7,518 | |
| Xinshi Dist. | 4,216 | 31 | 5,552 | |
| Xinying Dist. | 4,140 | 16 | 5,522 | |
| Shanhua Dist. | 3,928 | 17 | 5,194 | |
| Guiren Dist. | 3,845 | 17 | 5,228 | |
| Anping Dist. | 3,365 | 4 | 4,457 | |
| Jiali Dist. | 3,214 | 13 | 4,316 | |
| Madou Dist. | 2,488 | 15 | 3,425 | |
| Anding Dist. | 2,227 | 15 | 3,046 | |
| Xinhua Dist. | 1,986 | 13 | 2,600 | |
| Xigang Dist. | 1,284 | 8 | 1,712 | |
| Guanmiao Dist. | 1,110 | 10 | 1,481 | |
| Liuying Dist. | 1,023 | 19 | 1,338 | |
| Guantian Dist. | 913 | 14 | 1,219 | |
| Yanshui Dist. | 873 | 15 | 1,087 | |
| Xuejia Dist. | 837 | 10 | 1,066 | |
| Xiaying Dist. | 809 | 16 | 1,106 | |
| Baihe Dist. | 781 | 13 | 1,002 | |
| Qigu Dist. | 770 | 7 | 1,037 | |
| Liujia Dist. | 726 | 12 | 976 | |
| Houbi Dist. | 654 | 15 | 884 | |
| Dongshan Dist. | 443 | 10 | 561 | |
| Jiangjun Dist. | 422 | 7 | 549 | |
| Yujing Dist. | 273 | 3 | 370 | |
| Shanshang Dist. | 226 | 4 | 286 | |
| Beimen Dist. | 211 | 6 | 268 | |
| Danei Dist. | 183 | 2 | 228 | |
| Zuozhen Dist. | 180 | 4 | 217 | |
| Nanxi Dist. | 109 | 2 | 142 | |
| Nanhua Dist. | 107 | 3 | 137 | |
| Longqi Dist. | 71 | 1 | 79 |
Hours of day in Tainan City
| Hour | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–01:00 | 893 | 0.8% | |
| 01:00–02:00 | 539 | 0.5% | |
| 02:00–03:00 | 311 | 0.3% | |
| 03:00–04:00 | 283 | 0.3% | |
| 04:00–05:00 | 324 | 0.3% | |
| 05:00–06:00 | 647 | 0.6% | |
| 06:00–07:00 | 2,396 | 2.1% | |
| 07:00–08:00 | 10,853 | 9.7% | |
| 08:00–09:00 | 8,826 | 7.9% | |
| 09:00–10:00 | 6,661 | 5.9% | |
| 10:00–11:00 | 6,798 | 6.1% | |
| 11:00–12:00 | 7,250 | 6.5% | |
| 12:00–13:00 | 6,567 | 5.9% | |
| 13:00–14:00 | 5,169 | 4.6% | |
| 14:00–15:00 | 5,538 | 4.9% | |
| 15:00–16:00 | 6,135 | 5.5% | |
| 16:00–17:00 | 8,124 | 7.2% | |
| 17:00–18:00 | 10,911 | 9.7% | |
| 18:00–19:00 | 7,760 | 6.9% | |
| 19:00–20:00 | 5,299 | 4.7% | |
| 20:00–21:00 | 3,905 | 3.5% | |
| 21:00–22:00 | 3,304 | 2.9% | |
| 22:00–23:00 | 2,302 | 2.1% | |
| 23:00–00:00 | 1,352 | 1.2% |
By day of week
| Day | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 17,113 | 15.3% | |
| Tue | 17,158 | 15.3% | |
| Wed | 16,784 | 15.0% | |
| Thu | 16,770 | 15.0% | |
| Fri | 17,805 | 15.9% | |
| Sat | 14,793 | 13.2% | |
| Sun | 11,724 | 10.5% |
Primary causes
| Primary cause | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety | 19,476 | 17.4% | |
| Following too closely | 11,324 | 10.1% | |
| Signalised junction: turning vehicle failed to yield to through traffic | 8,507 | 7.6% | |
| Other improper driving | 7,292 | 6.5% | |
| Unsignalised junction: minor road failed to yield to major road | 6,593 | 5.9% | |
| Pulling away without checking | 5,589 | 5.0% |
This is the attending officer's assessment, not a court finding.
Collision type
| Type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side impact | 29,704 | 26.5% | |
| Other | 23,124 | 20.6% | |
| Rear-end | 17,057 | 15.2% | |
| Intersection crossing collision | 12,335 | 11.0% | |
| Same-direction sideswipe | 10,034 | 8.9% | |
| Overturn / fall on road | 10,017 | 8.9% |
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 | 56,789 | 50.6% | |
| Night, lit | 32,181 | 28.7% | |
| Night, unlit | 23,177 | 20.7% | |
| Clear | 98,052 | 87.4% | |
| Rain | 7,171 | 6.4% | |
| Cloudy | 6,841 | 6.1% | |
| Other | 83 | 0.1% |
"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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motorcycle | 142,307 | 60.5% | |
| Car (incl. passenger/goods) | 58,545 | 24.9% | |
| Pedestrian | 18,266 | 7.8% | |
| Bicycle / slow vehicle | 9,363 | 4.0% | |
| Light truck | 5,424 | 2.3% | |
| Heavy truck | 1,475 | 0.6% |
Counted per party, not per accident, since a collision involves two or more.
By month
| Month | Accidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/07 | 3,536 | |
| 2025/08 | 3,651 | |
| 2025/09 | 3,604 | |
| 2025/10 | 3,757 | |
| 2025/11 | 3,680 | |
| 2025/12 | 4,157 | |
| 2026/01 | 4,232 | |
| 2026/02 | 3,579 | |
| 2026/03 | 3,911 | |
| 2026/04 | 3,504 | |
| 2026/05 | 3,774 | |
| 2026/06 | 3,466 | |
| 2026/07 | 135 | |
| 2026/08 (partial) | 1 |
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.