Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14
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AIHW
AIHW: Henley & Harrison JE (2017) Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
APA
AIHW: Henley & Harrison JE. (2017). Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
AIHW: Henley & Harrison JE. Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14. AIHW, 2017.
Vancouver
AIHW: Henley & Harrison JE. Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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AIHW: Henley & Harrison JE 2017, Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents information on hospitalisations in Australia due to unintentional serious injury involving a train or tram for the 5-year period from 2009–10 to 2013–14. Over this 5-year period, there were 812 cases of serious injury involving a train (178 due to a level crossing collision), an average of 162 per year. Over the same period, there were 397 cases of serious injury involving a tram.
- ISSN: 2205-510X (PDF) 1444-3791 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-100-2
- Cat. no: INJCAT 177
- Pages: 41
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There were 812 cases of serious unintentional injury involving a train, an average of about 160 per year
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Of the 812 cases of injury involving a train, 178 people were seriously injured due to a level crossing collision
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Occupants of trains made up 71% of all injury cases, with most occurring while boarding or alighting the train
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There were 397 cases of serious unintentional injury involving a tram, an average of 80 per year