OCTOBER 2020


Date of Issue: 1 Dec 2020


KEY FACTS:
  • 71 people have been killed on South Australian roads to date during 2020, compared with 88 during 2019.


  • 7 people have been killed to date in OCTOBER 2020.


  • 5 fatalities were males and 2 were females.


  • 5 were vehicle occupants, 1 was a motorcycle rider and 1 was a pedestrian.


  • To date in OCTOBER 2020, there was 1 fatality in the country and 6 in Adelaide.
  • Of the 7 fatal crashes to date in OCTOBER 2020, 7 involved a single vehicle and 0 involved more than one vehicle.

  • All 7 crashes involved a single fatality.


  • The heavy vehicle fatal crash involved Truck/Guard Rail.


  • The motorcycle fatal crash involved Motorcycle/Tree.



Fatalities - 2017 to 2020

5 Year Average 2017 2018 2019 2020
(2015 - 2019)
Month
January955148
February44338
March98111314
April987117
May857127
June89582
July6114810
August915385
September761033
October109487
November11111213
December89913
Total9810080114


 

Fatalities - 2019/2020 Comparison

OCTOBER
2019
Year to Date
2019
OCTOBER
2020
Year to Date
2020
Road User
Driver345434
Passenger-7112
Motorcyclist115115
Pillion Passenger---2
Bicyclist-2-1
Pedestrian41917
Total888771
Age
0-1513-2
16-19-618
20-24-9110
25-29-6-8
30-39315313
40-49-12-8
50-5921016
60-69-6-5
70+221111
Not known----
Total888771
Sex
Male564552
Female324219
Unknown----
Total888771
Location
Adelaide536631
Country352140
Total888771



Fatalities - 2020 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-2----2
16-19-161--8
20-246211--10
25-295-1--28
30-39525--113
40-4941--128
50-59311--16
60-69311---5
70+82---111
Unknown-------
Total34121521771
Sex
Male286151-252
Female66-11519
Total34121521771
Location
Adelaide15481-331
Country198711440
Total34121521771

 

Fatal Crashes - 2019/2020 Comparison

OCTOBER
2019
Year to Date
2019
OCTOBER
2020
Year to Date
2020
Location
Adelaide536629
Country349136
Total885765
Vehicles
Single Vehicle751738
Multiple Vehicle134-27
Total885765
Fatal Crashes
Single Fatality882759
Multiple Fatalities-3-6
Total885765
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck118-4
Rigid Truck1414
Bus-2-1
Utility314-14
4WD----
Car264554
Motorcycle217117
Bicycle-4-1
Total Vehicles Involved9123795



Fatal Crashes - 2020 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle172138
Multiple Vehicle121527
Total293665
Fatalities
Single Fatality273259
Multiple Fatalities246
Total293665




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 fatality occurs if a road crash results in the death, within 30 days, of any person involved in the crash.
  2. A fatal crash is any road crash which results in one or more fatalities.
  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