By KHT Staff. AI illustration image.
KAOHSIUNG — Kaohsiung City Government said traffic safety indicators have continued to improve, with the number of road deaths within 30 days of a crash falling by 44 compared with 2019.
City officials said Kaohsiung faces unusually difficult road-safety conditions because of its large port areas, heavy industrial zones, high motorcycle use, and frequent interaction between scooters and large vehicles.
According to the city, Kaohsiung recorded 307 deaths within 30 days of a traffic accident in 2025, down 12.5 percent from 2019. Same-day traffic deaths, known as A1 fatalities, also fell from 200 to 146 over the same period.
The city said the figures reflect the work of frontline staff involved in road engineering, targeted enforcement, and traffic-safety prevention.
City Hall also said Kaohsiung’s road-safety performance should be assessed not only by total deaths, but by improvement over time and deaths per 100,000 residents, a commonly used indicator that allows comparisons among cities with different populations and land areas.
Kaohsiung’s 2025 traffic-death rate was 11.2 per 100,000 residents, ranking eighth-lowest nationwide, the city said.
Officials said Kaohsiung’s large land area, which they described as roughly equal to New Taipei City plus three Taipei Cities, makes traffic management especially complex.
The city said it will continue using the “4E” road-safety strategy: engineering, education, enforcement, and public transportation. Officials said the goal is to reduce deaths through intersection improvements, technology-based enforcement, traffic education, and better transit options.
