Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that the total number of licensed vehicles reached 196,634 at the end of 2010, a year-on-year increase of 4%, of which 54% (106,420) were motorcycles and 39% (76,497) were light private cars. New registration of motor vehicles went up by 1% year-on-year to 15,915 in 2010, with motorcycles and light private cars accounting for 58% and 38% respectively. For the whole year of 2010, total number of traffic accidents rose by 4% year-on-year to 13,155 cases, resulting in 5,313 victims and 10 of them were killed. In 2010, cross-border vehicle traffic by land between Macao and Mainland China increased by 9% year-on-year to 3,812,243 vehicle trips, of which vehicle traffic through the Border Gate taking up 82% of the total. Commercial flight movements at the Macao International Airport decreased by 7% year-on-year to 34,654 in 2010. The major routes were Taiwan, China (38% of total); Mainland China (28%); Thailand (9%) and Malaysia (8%). Helicopter flights between Macao and Hong Kong decreased by 4% year-on-year to 15,302, while those between Macao and Mainland China went up by 2% to 3,452. Passenger transport by sea between Macao and Hong Kong totalled 121,299 ferry trips in 2010, up by 10% year-on-year, with that of the Outer Harbour (87,701) and the Provisional Ferry Terminal in Taipa (33,598) sharing 72% and 28% of the total respectively. Ferry trips between Macao and Mainland China totalled 25,901, up by 19% year-on-year. For the whole year of 2010, seaborne container throughput totalled 91,318 TEU or 65,818 containers handled, both went up by 3% year-on-year. Gross weight of seaborne containerized cargo decreased by 1% year-on-year to 178,380 tonnes, with 11,852 tonnes of transshipment goods. Gross weight of containerized cargo by land decreased by 12% to 45,718 tonnes, including 16,695 tonnes of transit goods. In 2010, outward air cargo grew by 13% year-on-year to 32,361 tonnes and the main destination was Taiwan, China that accounted for 72% of the total. Concurrently, inward air cargo increased by 3% to 13,597 tonnes, with those from Taiwan, China taking a predominant share of 80%. However, transit air cargo fell significantly by 41% year-on-year to 6,208 tonnes. At the end of 2010, number of mobile telephone users rose by 8% from a year earlier to 1,122,261 whereas fixed-line telephone users decreased by 2% to 168,374. As regards internet services, number of subscribers reached 170,462 and the cumulative duration of usage totalled 423 million hours in 2010, up by 19% and 24% respectively.
