Dawu Township road accident hotspots and casualties
From 2024/01 to 2026/08, Dawu Township recorded 118 casualty road accidents, 8 deaths and 153 injured, which is 1.2% of Taitung County.
Dawu Township recorded only 118 accidents across these 32 months (records in 29 of them). The counts and casualty figures are actual records and can be quoted directly. The percentages, hourly distribution and rankings derived from them swing wildly at this sample size — one more or one fewer accident changes the result — so they should not be used to rank this area against others.
Dawu Township averaged 3.7 accidents a month over this period. Within a day the peak hour is 07, at 11.0% of the total; the night hours from 22:00 to 05:00 account for 12.7%; weekends account for 26.3%.
Motorcycles account for 32.3% of parties involved. There were 8 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 Dawu 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provincial Highway 9 | 85 | |
| Daniaolianwaidao Rd. | 3 | |
| Minyou St. | 3 | |
| Zhengtong 5th St. | 3 | |
| Kezhuang Rd. | 3 | |
| Fuxing Rd. | 3 | |
| Minquan St. | 2 | |
| Taihu Rd. | 2 | |
| Zhengtong 4th St. | 2 | |
| Nanhuigong Rd. | 2 |
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 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 01:00–02:00 | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 02:00–03:00 | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 03:00–04:00 | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 04:00–05:00 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 05:00–06:00 | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 06:00–07:00 | 6 | 5.1% | |
| 07:00–08:00 | 13 | 11.0% | |
| 08:00–09:00 | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 09:00–10:00 | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 10:00–11:00 | 7 | 5.9% | |
| 11:00–12:00 | 8 | 6.8% | |
| 12:00–13:00 | 12 | 10.2% | |
| 13:00–14:00 | 11 | 9.3% | |
| 14:00–15:00 | 8 | 6.8% | |
| 15:00–16:00 | 8 | 6.8% | |
| 16:00–17:00 | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 17:00–18:00 | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 18:00–19:00 | 4 | 3.4% | |
| 19:00–20:00 | 5 | 4.2% | |
| 20:00–21:00 | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 21:00–22:00 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 22:00–23:00 | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 23:00–00:00 | 2 | 1.7% |
By day of week
| Day | Accidents | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 10 | 8.5% | |
| Tue | 21 | 17.8% | |
| Wed | 23 | 19.5% | |
| Thu | 18 | 15.3% | |
| Fri | 15 | 12.7% | |
| Sat | 15 | 12.7% | |
| Sun | 16 | 13.6% |
Primary causes
| Primary cause | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other improper driving | 54 | 45.8% | |
| Disobeying other signs or road markings | 9 | 7.6% | |
| Distracted driving: inattention or anxiety | 5 | 4.2% | |
| Pulling away without checking | 5 | 4.2% | |
| Following too closely | 4 | 3.4% | |
| Improper vehicle or equipment operation | 4 | 3.4% |
This is the attending officer's assessment, not a court finding.
Collision type
| Type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 26 | 22.0% | |
| Overturn / fall on road | 18 | 15.3% | |
| Rear-end | 16 | 13.6% | |
| Hit guardrail / post | 14 | 11.9% | |
| Side impact | 9 | 7.6% | |
| Ran off road | 8 | 6.8% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night, unlit | 78 | 66.1% | |
| Daytime / lights off | 24 | 20.3% | |
| Night, lit | 16 | 13.6% | |
| Clear | 74 | 62.7% | |
| Cloudy | 28 | 23.7% | |
| Rain | 16 | 13.6% |
"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) | 78 | 35.5% | |
| Motorcycle | 71 | 32.3% | |
| Pedestrian | 45 | 20.5% | |
| Light truck | 11 | 5.0% | |
| Heavy truck | 8 | 3.6% | |
| Tractor unit | 7 | 3.2% |
By month
| Month | Accidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/06 | 5 | |
| 2025/07 | 2 | |
| 2025/08 | 2 | |
| 2025/09 | 3 | |
| 2025/10 | 4 | |
| 2025/11 | 5 | |
| 2025/12 | 5 | |
| 2026/01 | 10 | |
| 2026/02 | 4 | |
| 2026/03 | 5 | |
| 2026/04 | 2 | |
| 2026/05 | 2 | |
| 2026/06 | 3 | |
| 2026/07 (partial) | 2 |
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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