Police are appealing for information on a January 31 traffic accident in Central, in which a 56-year-old man was injured and later died.

At about 11.20am that day, a 37-year-old woman was driving a public light bus westbound on Caine Road. At the junction with Elgin Street, the bus reportedly knocked down the man as he was crossing the road.

He was sent to Queen Mary Hospital, where he was certified dead at 10.27pm on February 2.