Hospitalised injury due to land transport crashes

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Release Date: 04 Jul 2018

Topic: Injury

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Hospitalised injury due to land transport crashes, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Hospitalised injury due to land transport crashes. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury due to land transport crashes. AIHW, 2018.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hospitalised injury due to land transport crashes. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.

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This fact sheet focuses on hospitalised cases where a person was injured in an unintentional crash involving types of transport that operate on land. In 2014–15, nearly 57,000 people were hospitalised as the result of injuries sustained in land transport crashes. Of the cases where the crash location was specified, around 36,000 (64%) occurred in on-road crashes, and over 14,000 (26%) happened off-road.

The fact sheet contains information about hospitalised injury cases due to land-transport crashes, particularly those that occurred on-road. This includes characteristics such as age and sex, type of road user and the main body regions affected.

ISBN: 978-1-76054-300-6
Cat. no: INJCAT 195
Pages: 7

Findings from this report:

In 2014–15 over 36,000 people were admitted to hospital due to non-fatal injuries sustained in road crashes
Over 14,000 people were hospitalised after being injured in off-road crashes
Males aged 15–24 had the highest rate of hospitalisation due to non-fatal road crashes

Summary

Quick facts

In 2014–15 over 36,000 people were admitted to hospital due to non-fatal injuries sustained in road crashes.
Over 14,000 people were hospitalised after being injured in off-road crashes. • In addition, there were about 6,000 injury cases due to non-fatal land transport crashes where it was not specified whether the crash occurred on-road or off-road.
Non-fatal male and female road crash cases were most likely to involve car occupants (rates of hospitalisation were 71 and 74 cases per 100,000 population, respectively).
Males aged 15–24 had the highest rate of hospitalisation due to non-fatal road crashes (321 cases per 100,000 population)

Fact sheet contents

Quick facts
All land transport crashes
- What are land transport crashes?
- How many people are hospitalised due to all land transport crashes?
On-road crashes
- How many people were hospitalised due to on-road crashes?
- Who is hospitalised as a result of on-road crashes?
- What type of road user was involved?
- What were the main body regions injured?
- How long did people stay in hospital?
- What were the most common mechanisms of injury?
- Remoteness of usual residence
Off-road crashes
What were the most common mechanisms of injury?