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released: 18 Jun 2012 author: AIHW media release

This report presents findings on serious injury, due to land transport accidents in 2008-09. 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 9.8% of all hospitalisations due to injury in Australia during 2008-09. For traffic (on-road) accidents, 47.1% of those seriously injured were car occupants, 24.0% were motorcyclists and 15.4% were pedal cyclists.

ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978-1-74249-308-4; Cat. no. INJCAT 143; 55pp.; 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 2008–09
    • 3 Serious injury due to road vehicle  traffic crashes, Australia, 2008–09
    • 4 Tables and charts
      • 4.1 Overview of all serious injury due to transport
      • 4.2 Serious injury due to land transport accidents in 2008–09
      • 4.3 Serious injury due to road vehicle traffic crashes, Australia, 2008–09
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Data issues
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2012. Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia 2008-09. Injury research and statistics series no. 67. Cat. no. INJCAT 143. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 January 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737421997>.