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released: 18 Jun 2012 author: AIHW media release

This report presents information on cases of serious injury resulting in hospitalisation due to transport accidents involving a train for the five year period 2004-05 to 2008-09. Over the 5-year period, 868 persons were seriously injured in Australia due to transport accidents involving a train, an average of 174 per year. Over the 5-year period, 248 persons were seriously injured in Australia due to a level crossing accident, an average of 50 per year.

ISSN 144-3791; ISBN 978-1-74249-312-1; Cat. no. INJCAT 144; 40pp.; 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 transport accidents involving a railway train
      • Number and rate of serious injury
        • Circumstances of injury
        • Length of hospital stay
    • 3 Serious injury due to level crossing accidents
      • Scope
        • Number and rate of serious injury
        • Circumstances of injury
        • Length of hospital stay
    • 4 Tables and charts
      • 4.1 Serious injury due to accidents involving a railway train
        • Number and rate of serious injury
        • Circumstances of injury
      • 4.2 Serious injury due to level crossing accidents
        • Number and rate of serious injury
        • Circumstances of injury
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Data issues
      • Serious injury counts by calendar year
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2012. Serious injury due to land transport accidents involving a railway train, Australia 2004-05 to 2008-09. Injury research and statistics series no. 68. Cat. no. INJCAT 144. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 12 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737422001>.