Motorcycles kill more than BMTC buses?

An interesting stat in the data sets from Traffic police - despite all the negative talk about BMTC drivers (tabloids love it), motor cycles accidents result in more deaths on city roads than BMTC buses. Further, tractors cause more deaths on city roads than taxis and maxi cabs combined. So much for the yellow plate trash talk :)

Accident cases reported, till July in 2010:

Sl. No.	Type of Vehicle	Fatal Cases		Non-Fatal		Damage	Total Cases
Sl. No.	Type of Vehicle	Cases	Killed	Cases	Injured	Damage	Total Cases
1	BMTC Bus	57	57	183	217	35	275
2	KSRTC Bus	8	8	27	36	9	44
3	Factory Bus	1	1	5	5	6	12
4	Private Bus	13	13	44	51	37	94
5	Lorry	83	100	157	196	189	429
6	Car	71	76	752	932	251	1074
7	Taxi	3	3	29	40	16	48
8	Jeep	3	3	23	34	8	34
9	Auto Rickshaw	13	13	219	259	23	255
10	Motor Cycle	76	79	603	666	47	726
11	Scooter	8	8	98	110	9	115
12	Moped	3	3	27	28	2	32
13	Tempo	37	39	169	233	93	299
14	Van	4	4	48	57	16	68
15	Maxi Cab	11	11	44	61	30	85
16	Un-Known Vehicle	43	43	43	56	3	89
17	Military Vehicle	3	3	0	1	0	3
18	Tractor	15	15	19	24	7	41
19	Tanker	9	9	19	28	5	33
20	Cycle	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Jataka	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bullock Cart	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Others	4	5	31	57	16	51
TOTAL		465	493	2540	3091	802	3807

Same holds for 2009 as well, so 2010 has been no aberration

Accident cases reported, full year 2009, source: Traffic Police

Sl. No.	Type of Vehicle	Fatal Cases		Non-Fatal		Damage	Total Cases
Sl. No.	Type of Vehicle	Cases	Killed	Cases	Injured	Damage	Total Cases
1	BMTC Bus	77	82	280	359	77	434
2	KSRTC Bus	14	14	49	58	20	83
3	Factory Bus	3	3	6	7	3	12
4	Private Bus	31	31	102	144	52	185
5	Lorry	100	107	300	392	296	696
6	Car	112	116	1330	1619	483	1925
7	Taxi	10	10	59	77	30	99
8	Jeep	5	5	54	65	8	67
9	Auto Rickshaw	31	31	425	505	43	499
10	Motor Cycle	123	124	1208	1343	97	1428
11	Scooter	14	15	191	213	11	216
12	Moped	6	6	40	43	1	47
13	Tempo	67	71	298	377	170	535
14	Van	6	6	111	139	33	150
15	Maxi Cab	14	15	75	128	28	117
16	Un-Known Vehicle	90	90	63	70	10	163
17	Military Vehicle	2	2	5	4	7	14
18	Tractor	10	10	41	46	9	60
19	Tanker	13	13	20	22	9	42
20	Cycle	0	0	2	2	0	2
21	Jataka	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Bullock Cart	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Others	9	10	50	55	42	101
TOTAL		737	761	4709	5668	1429	6875

Statistically speaking, lorries seem to be most dangerous - notice the high death to injury ratio (107/390). Other stat that catches the eye is - Motorcycles have higher death to total cases reported ratio than cars. 124/1428 vs 116/1925.