SYDNEY REGION: SOUTH AND WEST PRECINCTS

Road Trauma Overview

SYDNEY REGION – SOUTH & WEST PRECINCTS

North

CBD & East

South

West

FATALITIES IN SYDNEY REGION- SOUTH AND WEST PRECINCTS

68 63

59

81 80

0

20

40

60

80

100

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016p

P= preliminary figures

SERIOUS INJURIES IN SYDNEY REGION- SOUTH AND WEST PRECINCTS

2700 2734 2734

2420

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

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 110 31%

Passenger 48

14% Motorcyclist

69 20%

Pedestrian 111

31%

Pedal Cyclist 13 4%

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY ROAD USER CLASS

Driver 5,958 56%

Passenger 1,392 13%

Motorcyclist 1,610 15%

Pedestrian 1,231 12%

Pedal Cyclist 397 4%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES – BEHAVIOUR FACTORS

123

30 34

14 5

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

Excessive orInappropriate

Speed

Fatigue Illegal AlcoholRestraint NonUsage

MotorcycleHelmet Non

Usage

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES –BEHAVIOUR FACTORS

1634

913

512

131 58 0

400

800

1200

1600

2000

Excessive orInappropriate

Speed

Fatigue Illegal Alcohol Restraint NonUsage

MotorcycleHelmet Non

Usage

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY ROAD CLASSIFICATION

Freeway/ motorway

21 6%

State highway

40 11%

Other classified

road 142 41%

Unclassified road 148 42%

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY ROAD CLASSIFICATION

Freeway/ motorway

589 5%

State highway 1,269 12%

Other classified

road 3,566 34%

Unclassified road

5,164 49%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY SPEED LIMIT

40 km/h or less, 6, 2%

50 km/h 84

24%

60 km/h 125 36%

70 km/h 39

11%

80 km/h 65

19% 90 km/h, 7, 2%

100 km/h, 15, 4%

110 km/h, 9, 2%

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY SPEED LIMIT

13%

40 km/h or less, 168, 2%

50 km/h 3,733 35%

60 km/h 3,746 35%

70 km/h 1,345 13%

80 km/h 961 9% 90 km/h, 175, 2%

100 km/h, 288, 3%

110 km/h, 152, 1%

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY CRASH TYPE

256

60 63

11

72

13

111

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Car / CarDerivative

LightTruck

HeavyTruck

Bus Motorcycle PedalCycle

Pedestrian

Five year period 2012 to 2016(p)

SERIOUS INJURIES BY CRASH TYPE

9108

1678

639 169

1655

410 1257

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

Car / CarDerivative

LightTruck

HeavyTruck

Bus Motorcycle PedalCycle

Pedestrian

Matched serious injuries 2012 to 2015

FATALITIES BY AGE GROUP AND GENDER

3 16

35 28

20 29

35 24

18

43 2

5 7

5

10 9

14 14

33

0

20

40

60

80

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

52 288

739 794 558

1093 967 770

532 568 30

161

383 477

347

652 644

620

408 479

0

400

800

1200

1600

2000

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

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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.