Taipei City road accident statistics and hotspots
From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Taipei City recorded 57,009 casualty road accidents, 164 deaths and 75,681 injured. The data comes from the National Police Agency and is processed exactly as it is for the heatmap.
Taipei City averaged 1781.5 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 08, at 9.2% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 8.4%; weekends account for 22.3%. Excluding the month still being filled in, the last 12 complete months had 22,350 accidents against 21,955 in the 12 months before, up 1.8%.
Motorcycles account for 54.3% of parties involved. Deaths per thousand accidents is 2.88, below 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 Zhongshan Dist. with 7,554. Each page shows that district's roads and hours.
| District | Accidents | Deaths | Injured | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhongshan Dist. | 7,554 | 15 | 9,814 | |
| Da’an Dist. | 6,007 | 11 | 7,788 | |
| Zhongzheng Dist. | 5,504 | 14 | 7,362 | |
| Shilin Dist. | 5,271 | 19 | 7,144 | |
| Neihu Dist. | 5,241 | 17 | 6,809 | |
| Xinyi Dist. | 5,225 | 5 | 6,659 | |
| Wanhua Dist. | 4,326 | 25 | 6,029 | |
| Wenshan Dist. | 4,099 | 7 | 5,426 | |
| Datong Dist. | 4,039 | 12 | 5,586 | |
| Beitou Dist. | 3,625 | 13 | 5,023 | |
| Songshan Dist. | 3,606 | 19 | 4,789 | |
| Nangang Dist. | 2,512 | 7 | 3,252 |
Hours of day in Taipei City
| Hour | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–01:00 | 700 | 1.2% | |
| 01:00–02:00 | 420 | 0.7% | |
| 02:00–03:00 | 274 | 0.5% | |
| 03:00–04:00 | 266 | 0.5% | |
| 04:00–05:00 | 246 | 0.4% | |
| 05:00–06:00 | 436 | 0.8% | |
| 06:00–07:00 | 1,039 | 1.8% | |
| 07:00–08:00 | 3,292 | 5.8% | |
| 08:00–09:00 | 5,269 | 9.2% | |
| 09:00–10:00 | 3,999 | 7.0% | |
| 10:00–11:00 | 3,372 | 5.9% | |
| 11:00–12:00 | 3,400 | 6.0% | |
| 12:00–13:00 | 3,447 | 6.0% | |
| 13:00–14:00 | 2,953 | 5.2% | |
| 14:00–15:00 | 2,954 | 5.2% | |
| 15:00–16:00 | 3,026 | 5.3% | |
| 16:00–17:00 | 3,288 | 5.8% | |
| 17:00–18:00 | 4,322 | 7.6% | |
| 18:00–19:00 | 4,266 | 7.5% | |
| 19:00–20:00 | 2,959 | 5.2% | |
| 20:00–21:00 | 1,995 | 3.5% | |
| 21:00–22:00 | 2,183 | 3.8% | |
| 22:00–23:00 | 1,792 | 3.1% | |
| 23:00–00:00 | 1,111 | 1.9% |
By day of week
| Day | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 8,484 | 14.9% | |
| Tue | 8,893 | 15.6% | |
| Wed | 9,036 | 15.9% | |
| Thu | 8,783 | 15.4% | |
| Fri | 9,120 | 16.0% | |
| Sat | 7,064 | 12.4% | |
| Sun | 5,629 | 9.9% |
Primary causes
| Primary cause | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Following too closely | 5,818 | 10.2% | |
| No cause determined yet | 5,511 | 9.7% | |
| Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety | 4,205 | 7.4% | |
| Unsignalised junction: minor road failed to yield to major road | 3,676 | 6.4% | |
| Improper right turn | 3,447 | 6.0% | |
| Improper left turn | 3,207 | 5.6% |
This is the attending officer's assessment, not a court finding.
Collision type
| Type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 20,781 | 36.5% | |
| Side impact | 10,982 | 19.3% | |
| Rear-end | 8,779 | 15.4% | |
| Same-direction sideswipe | 6,014 | 10.5% | |
| Intersection crossing collision | 4,449 | 7.8% | |
| Pedestrian crossing road | 2,167 | 3.8% |
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 | 23,357 | 41.0% | |
| Night, lit | 23,011 | 40.4% | |
| Night, unlit | 10,641 | 18.7% | |
| Clear | 34,200 | 60.0% | |
| Cloudy | 14,305 | 25.1% | |
| Rain | 8,498 | 14.9% | |
| Other | 6 | 0.0% |
"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 | 69,636 | 54.3% | |
| Car (incl. passenger/goods) | 35,515 | 27.7% | |
| Pedestrian | 13,448 | 10.5% | |
| Bicycle / slow vehicle | 4,857 | 3.8% | |
| Light truck | 3,006 | 2.3% | |
| Bus | 1,834 | 1.4% |
Counted per party, not per accident, since a collision involves two or more.
By month
| Month | Accidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/07 | 1,845 | |
| 2025/08 | 1,937 | |
| 2025/09 | 1,903 | |
| 2025/10 | 1,952 | |
| 2025/11 | 1,965 | |
| 2025/12 | 2,075 | |
| 2026/01 | 1,982 | |
| 2026/02 | 1,590 | |
| 2026/03 | 1,995 | |
| 2026/04 | 1,796 | |
| 2026/05 | 1,824 | |
| 2026/06 | 1,642 | |
| 2026/07 | 1,689 | |
| 2026/08 (partial) | 80 |
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.