JANUARY 2019


Date of Issue: 18 Dec 2019


KEY FACTS:
  • 54 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2019, compared with 42 during 2018.


  • 54 people have been seriously injured in JANUARY 2019.


  • 40 serious injuries were males and 14 were females.


  • 23 were vehicle occupants, 17 were motorcycle riders, 7 were cyclists and 7 were pedestrians.


  • In JANUARY 2019, there were 23 serious injuries in the country and 31 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 47 serious injury crashes in JANUARY 2019, 27 involved a single vehicle and 20 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 43 crashes involved a single serious injury and 4 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2016 to 2019

5 Year Average 2016 2017 2018 2019
(2014 - 2018)
Month
January5556564254
February45503737
March71677760
April61725059
May61706542
June54595448
July53506044
August58544658
September50534657
October56684643
November50453734
December56484852
Total670692622576




 

Serious Injuries - 2018/2019 Comparison

JANUARY
2018
Year to Date
2018
JANUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
Road User
Driver21211616
Passenger9977
Motorcyclist551717
Pillion Passenger----
Bicyclist4477
Pedestrian3377
Total42425454
Age
0-153311
16-193322
20-243377
25-292233
30-396699
40-49101099
50-594499
60-697755
70+4499
Not known----
Total42425454
Sex
Male28284040
Female14141414
Unknown----
Total42425454
Location
Adelaide21213131
Country21212323
Total42425454



Serious Injuries - 2019 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-----11
16-191-1---2
20-24213--17
25-29--3---3
30-39512-1-9
40-49123-219
50-59112-329
60-69111-115
70+512--19
Unknown-------
Total16717-7754
Sex
Male11216-5640
Female551-2114
Total16717-7754
Location
Adelaide7310-5631
Country947-2123
Total16717-7754

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2018/2019 Comparison

JANUARY
2018
Year to Date
2018
JANUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
Location
Adelaide18182828
Country15151919
Total33334747
Vehicles
Single Vehicle18182727
Multiple Vehicles15152020
Total33334747
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury28284343
Multiple Injuries5544
Total33334747
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck1122
Rigid Truck2211
Bus----
Utility111188
Car28283434
Motorcycle661818
Bicycle4488
Total Vehicles Involved52527171



Serious Injury Crashes - 2019 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle141327
Multiple Vehicles14620
Total281947
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury271643
Multiple Injuries134
Total281947




Explanatory Notes
  1. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and are subject to revision when detailed Crash Reports are finalised.
  2. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to DPTI.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au
  1. A road serious injury occurs if a road crash results in the hospitalisation, but not death, within 30 days, of any person involved in the crash.
  2. A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries.
  3. In this publication, "Adelaide" refers to the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division.


Report also available on the TZT website - http://www.towardszerotogether.sa.gov.au/road_crash_facts