Police will hold a Hong Kong-wide safe cycling campaign from tomorrow to October 21.

Officers will distribute publicity leaflets in areas frequented by cyclists, including cycling tracks, railway stations and shops using bicycles to deliver fast food, for the first three days of the campaign, then stringent enforcement action will be taken against offenders from October 18.

There were 1,015 traffic accidents involving bicycles in the first eight months of the year, up 1.7% on the same period last year. Of the 921 casualties involving cyclists, three died and 103 were seriously injured.

Cyclists, especially fast food delivery workers and their employers, are obliged to obey traffic laws which apply to drivers as they are also subject to the Road Traffic Ordinance once they are on the road.