Given the timing and the angle of the fall, it would have been impossible for the driver to avoid the collision, and I don’t believe they are at fault—but just how fast were they going? This dashcam footage captures an unfortunate accident that occurred on Provincial Highway 1 in Longshou Village, Guishan District, in the northern part of Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The male university student riding the motorcycle was unconscious when rescuers arrived, but he later regained consciousness and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital.
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Taiwan, a land of motorcycles: fatality rate is 16 times that of Japan
It is no coincidence that accidents involving motorcycles are so prominent in Taiwan, as seen in the footage here. According to statistics from Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the mortality rate from motorcycle accidents in 2020 was 7.72 per 100,000 population—roughly 16 times the rate in Japan (0.47) and significantly higher than in the United States (1.69) or South Korea (1.34). The overall traffic fatality rate in Taiwan is 12.6 per 100,000, which is about four times that of Japan. This is partly due to one of the world’s highest rates of motorcycle ownership—approximately one bike for every 1.5 people. Furthermore, between January and October 2025, 1,418 of the 2,338 total traffic fatalities—roughly 60%—involved motorcycles.
Additionally, Taiwanese media reported an incident on October 6, 2026, in the Shulin District of New Taipei City, where a 19-year-old male university student fell and was subsequently dragged by a following vehicle; while he was unconscious when transported to the hospital, his condition later stabilized. Although the date and the sequence of events align with the circulating footage, the reported location—New Taipei City—differs from the Guishan District of Taoyuan City, as cited in the original source.
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