Macao's cross-border vehicle traffic up by 7.9 pct in November

MACAO - Macao's cross-border vehicle traffic in November increased by 7.9 percent year-on-year to 457,433 trips, the special administrative region's statistic service said here on Tuesday.

The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) showed that the vehicle trips passing through the Cotai Checkpoint rose by 9.8 percent to 142,854, whereas those going through the Border Gate dropped by 9.3 percent to 255,889.

The DSEC report added that there were 55,631 trips crossing the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in November.

In the first 11 months of 2019, cross-border vehicle traffic went up by 9.1 percent year-on-year to 4,893,915 trips.

Arrivals and departures of commercial flights at the Macao International Airport totaled 6,233 trips in November, a growth of 19.5 percent year-on-year, with trips to and from mainland increasing by 28.2 percent to 2,713.

Arrivals and departures of commercial flights in the first 11 months grew by 19.0 percent year-on-year to 67,056 trips.

The licensed motor vehicles in Macao totaled 240,164 as at end-November 2019, a slight increase of 0.4 percent year-on-year. New registration of motor vehicles in November dropped by 10.5 percent year-on-year to 1,221.

In the first 11 months of 2019, new registration of motor vehicles decreased by 14.4 percent year-on-year to 11,350.

The number of traffic accidents grew by 15.8 percent year-on-year to 1,245 in November, and number of injuries totaled 375.

In the first 11 months, there were 12,517 traffic accidents. The number of victims added up to 4,097 and eight of them were killed.