HUNTER REGION

Road Trauma Overview

FATALITIES IN HUNTER REGION

68

48

43

59

72

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016p

P= preliminary figures

SERIOUS INJURIES IN HUNTER REGION

838 870

753 804

0

200

400

600

800

1000

2012 2013 2014 2015

* Serious Injuries shown are only those able to be matched to a Police crash report

FATALITIES BY ROAD USER CLASS

Driver 154

53%

Passenger 42

15%

Motorcyclist 53

18% Pedestrian

33 11%

Pedal Cyclist 8

3% Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY ROAD USER CLASS

Driver 1669 51%

Passenger 465 14%

Motorcyclist 751

23%

Pedestrian 235 7%

Pedal Cyclist 144 5%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES – BEHAVIOUR FACTORS

134

61 53

30

5 0

40

80

120

160

Excessive orInappropriate

Speed

Fatigue IllegalAlcohol

RestraintNon Usage

MotorcycleHelmet Non

Usage

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES –BEHAVIOUR FACTORS

994

472 354

73 28

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

Excessive orInappropriate

Speed

Fatigue Illegal Alcohol Restraint NonUsage

MotorcycleHelmet Non

Usage

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY ROAD CLASSIFICATION

Freeway/ motorway

8 3%

State highway

73 25%

Other classified

road 88

30% Unclassified

road 121

42%

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY ROAD CLASSIFICATION

Freeway/ motorway

140 4%

State highway

584 18%

Other classified

road 1099 34%

Unclassified road 144 44%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY SPEED LIMIT

40 km/h or less 6

2%

50 km/h 45

16%

60 km/h 49

17%

70 km/h 13 4%

80 km/h 72

25%

90 km/h 29

10%

100 km/h 62

21%

110 km/h 14 5%

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY SPEED LIMIT

13%

40 km/h or less 64 2%

50 km/h 812 25%

60 km/h 859 26%

70 km/h 219 7%

80 km/h 586 18%

90 km/h 196 6%

100 km/h 346 11%

110 km/h 172 5%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY CRASH TYPE

204

67

37

7

53

8

34

0

50

100

150

200

250

Car / CarDerivative

LightTruck

HeavyTruck

Bus Motorcycle PedalCycle

Pedestrian

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)} Note categories are not mutually exclusive and should not be added together

SERIOUS INJURIES BY CRASH TYPE

2410

546

178 27

765

146 244

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

Car / CarDerivative

Light Truck HeavyTruck

Bus Motorcycle PedalCycle

Pedestrian

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015 Note categories are not mutually exclusive and should not be added together

FATALITIES BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

3 8

23 25 23

38 35

23 19

24 5

10 5 2

6 6

9

6

20

0

10

20

30

40

50

0-4 5-16 17-20 21-25 26-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+

Male Female

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

8

126

230 243 180

331 317 284

190 218

8

58

148 114

72

134 141 142

128

186

0

100

200

300

400

500

0-4 5-16 17-20 21-25 26-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70+

Male Female

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

THANK YOU

For more information about the nature of roads crashes in NSW, please visit: http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/statistics/index.html

Note: throughout this presentation: A fatality refers to a person who dies within 30 days of a road traffic crash from injuries received in that crash. Fatality data covers the five year period from 2012 to 2016p, where the 2016 data are preliminary and are subject to change. A serious injury refers to a person who has been admitted to hospital as a result of injuries received in a road traffic crash but does not die from these injuries within 30 days of the crash. For the purposes of this presentation, serious injuries refer to those that are matched to persons detailed in a Police crash report. Serious injury data covers the four year period from 2012 to 2015.

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