FEBRUARY 2019


Date of Issue: 18 Dec 2019


KEY FACTS:
  • 103 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2019, compared with 79 during 2018.


  • 49 people have been seriously injured in FEBRUARY 2019.


  • 35 serious injuries were males and 14 were females.


  • 18 were motorcycle riders, 16 were vehicle occupants, 10 were cyclists and 5 were pedestrians.


  • In FEBRUARY 2019, there were 20 serious injuries in the country and 29 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 46 serious injury crashes in FEBRUARY 2019, 27 involved a single vehicle and 19 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 43 crashes involved a single serious injury and 3 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2016 to 2019

5 Year Average 2016 2017 2018 2019
(2014 - 2018)
Month
January5556564254
February4550373749
March71677760
April61725059
May61706542
June54595448
July53506044
August58544658
September50534657
October56684643
November50453734
December56484852
Total670692622576




 

Serious Injuries - 2018/2019 Comparison

FEBRUARY
2018
Year to Date
2018
FEBRUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
Road User
Driver19401430
Passenger-929
Motorcyclist11161734
Pillion Passenger--11
Bicyclist481017
Pedestrian36512
Total377949103
Age
0-151434
16-192546
20-2425714
25-293536
30-394101221
40-49717110
50-59610817
60-6929611
70+812413
Not known2211
Total377949103
Sex
Male23513575
Female14281428
Unknown----
Total377949103
Location
Adelaide23442960
Country14352043
Total377949103



Serious Injuries - 2019 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-1---34
16-193-3---6
20-24316-3114
25-291-41--6
30-39717-4221
40-49123-3110
50-59416-4217
60-69313-2211
70+822--113
Unknown----1-1
Total3093411712103
Sex
Male20330-15775
Female106412528
Total3093411712103
Location
Adelaide12321-15960
Country1861312343
Total3093411712103

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2018/2019 Comparison

FEBRUARY
2018
Year to Date
2018
FEBRUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
Location
Adelaide22402957
Country13281736
Total35684693
Vehicles
Single Vehicle18362754
Multiple Vehicles17321939
Total35684693
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury34624386
Multiple Injuries1637
Total35684693
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck-146
Rigid Truck24-1
Bus----
Utility617614
Car28562761
Motorcycle12181735
Bicycle481018
Total Vehicles Involved5210464135



Serious Injury Crashes - 2019 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle292554
Multiple Vehicles281139
Total573693
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury563086
Multiple Injuries167
Total573693




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