ROAD CRASH SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVING
HEAVY VEHICLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA


AUGUST 2020


Date of Issue: 4 Jan 2021


DateTimeVehicle(s) InvolvedCrash TypeNo. Of
Serious Injuries
Post
code
Road
08/8/202010:10SemitrailerRollover15120THOMPSON ROAD, BUCKLAND PARK
08/8/202012:01Truck, Pedestrian on RoadHit Pedestrian15045BRIGHTON ROAD, GLENELG EAST



Heavy Vehicle Serious Injuries - 2017 to 2020
2017 2018 2019 2020
Month
January6254
February3244
March77103
April4321
May4371
June6321
July3265
August7292
September232
October134
November266
December187
Total464464




 

Serious Injury Crashes

AUGUST
2019
Year to Date
2019
AUGUST
2020
Year to Date
2020
Vehicles
Single Vehicle2926
Multiple Vehicles630-13
Total839219
Serious Inury Crashes
Single Injury733217
Multiple Injuries16-2
Total839219





Explanatory Notes
  1. This publication contains details of the number of serious injury road crashes involving Heavy Vehicles that occurred in South Australia during AUGUST 2020 together with comparable figures for some earlier periods. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and may be subject to revision.
  2. Caution should be exercised in interpreting the statistics in the publication in light of the size of the numbers and the short time period involved.
  1. A serious injury occurs if A person who sustains injuries and is admitted to hospital for a minimum period of an overnight stay as a result of a road crash and who does not die as a result of those injuries within 30 days of 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.
  4. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to DPTI.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au