Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia 2007-08
This report presents findings on serious injury, due to land transport accidents in 2007-08. There is a focus on road vehicle traffic crashes which accounted for nearly two-thirds of all serious injury. Land transport accidents accounted for 0.7% of all hospitalisations and 10.9% of all hospitalisations due to injury in Australia during 2007-08. For traffic (on-road) accidents, 48.5% of those seriously injured were car occupants, 23.1% were motorcyclists and 14.8% were pedal cyclists.
ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978-1-74249-310-7; Cat. no. INJCAT 135; 51pp.; Internet Only
Publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Symbols
- Summary
- Body section
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Serious injury due to land transport accidents in 2007–08
- State and territory of usual residence
- Age and sex distribution
- Circumstances of serious injury for young children aged 0–4 years
- Circumstances of serious injury for children aged 5–17 years
- Road user group by state and territory of residence
- Mechanism of injury
- 3 Serious injury due to road vehicle traffic crashes, Australia, 2007–08
- Age and sex distribution
- Mechanism of injury
- Road user group
- Vehicle type by number of registered vehicles
- Road user group by state and territory of residence
- High threat to life injury by road user group and state and territory of residence
- Remoteness area of residence
- Length of stay in hospital
- Length of stay in hospital by road user group
- Body part injured
- Length of stay in hospital by body part injured
- End matter
- Appendix 1: Data issues
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
Recommended citation
Henley, G 2012. Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia 2007-08. Injury research and statistics series no. 59. Cat. no. INJCAT 135. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737421989>.