Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed vehicles reached 189,350 at the end of 2009, a year-on-year increase of 4%, of which 54% (102,566) were motorcycles and 39% (73,215) were light private cars. New registration of vehicles decreased by 21% year-on-year to 15,815 in 2009, with motorcycles and light private cars accounting for 66% and 28% respectively. For the whole year of 2009, the total number of traffic accidents dropped by 1% over 2008 to 12,643 cases, resulting in 4,685 victims and 14 of them were killed. Traffic flow by land between Macao and Mainland China decreased by 7% year-on-year to 3,508,159 vehicle trips in 2009, with vehicle traffic through the Border Gate (81% of the total) registered a 7% drop. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport fell by 19% year-on-year to 37,177 in 2009. The major routes were Taiwan, China; Mainland China; Thailand; and Malaysia, accounting for 39%, 24%, 10% and 9% of the total commercial flights. Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong dropped by 9% year-on-year to 15,905 whereas those between Macao and Mainland China increased by 15% to 3,382. Passenger transport by sea between Macao and Hong Kong rose by 30% year-on-year to 109,797 ferry trips and that between Macao and Mainland China totalled 21,798 trips, up by 4% compared with 2008. For the whole year of 2009, seaborne container throughput totalled 88,548 TEU or 64,195 containers handled, down by 30% and 29% respectively over 2008. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo fell by 45% to 180,413 tonnes, with 12,051 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land dropped notably by 50% to 51,694 tonnes, including 13,080 tonnes of transit goods. Outward air cargo fell by 31% year-on-year to 28,729 tonnes in 2009. The main destination was Taiwan, China that accounted for 73% of the total. Concurrently, inward air cargo decreased by 21% to 13,257 tonnes, with those from Taiwan, China taking a predominant share of 85%. In addition, transit air cargo tumbled by 75% year-on-year to 10,478 tonnes. At the end of 2009, the number of mobile telephone users rose by 11% from a year earlier to 1,037,380 whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 3% to 171,360. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 143,353 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 340 million hours for the whole year of 2009, up by 12% and 35% respectively.
