Hong Kong Regulations

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Accidents which are to be notified

(Past version on 30/06/2000).

(1) An accident is notifiable under regulation 4 if it occurs on a part of the
railway which has commenced operation for public use and-

   (a)  as a result thereof any person dies or suffers serious injury; or

   (b)  it involves a train-

        (i)    colliding with, or striking against, another train or any other
               object; or

        (ii)   leaving the rails,
and doing so either on a line used for the carriage of passengers or goods or
both passengers and goods, or in circumstances where the normal operation of
such a line is affected. (L.N. 110 of 2007)

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a person suffers serious injury if he
suffers amputation of a limb, a fracture or dislocation, internal injuries,
loss of an eye, burns or any other injury of a kind which results in his being
admitted to a hospital immediately following the accident for observation or
treatment.