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released: 10 Oct 2007 author: Flood L, Berry JG & Harrison J media release

This report presents national statistics on serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train that resulted in admission to hospital in Australia during the five-year period 1999-00 to 2003-04. It examines variables such as mode of transport, gender and age group. It also focuses on level crossing accidents.

ISSN 1444-3791; ISBN 978 1 74024 722 1; Cat. no. INJCAT 104; 25pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Publication

Publication table of contents

  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
    • Major railway disasters
    • Train-pedestrian collisions
      • Suicide and attempted suicide
      • Railway trespassers
    • Level crossing accidents
    • Other injury
      • Boarding and alighting injuries
  • 2 Main findings
    • Serious injury involving a train
    • Serious injury due to level crossing accidents
  • 3 Serious injury involving a train
    • Number and rate of hospitalisation
    • Circumstances of hospitalisation
    • Length of stay
  • 4 Serious injury due to level crossing accidents
    • Introduction
      • Train collisions with a road vehicle
      • Collisions with pedestrians
      • Scope
    • Number and rate of hospitalisation
    • Circumstances of hospitalisation
    • Length of stay
  • Data issues
    • Serious injury
      • Population and other denominators
      • Suppression of small cell counts in tables
      • Comparability with other ATSB reports
  • References
  • List of figures
  • List of tables

Recommended citation

Flood L, Berry JG & Harrison J 2007. Serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train, Australia 1999-00 to 2003-04. Injury research and statistics series no. 37. Cat. no. INJCAT 104. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 13 June 2013 <http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=6442468031>.