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Road Statistics

Road crash statistics are updated by Traffic Support Branch daily.  These are preliminary statistics.

Daily update of fatal crashes  PDF icon PDF

Daily update of serious injury crashes  PDF icon PDF

Daily update of casualties to midnight  PDF icon PDF

 

Historical crash statistics

Fatal crashes 2011

Fatal crashes 2010

Fatal crashes 2009

  Fatalities Fatal Crashes Serious Injuries Serious Injury Crashes
2011 103 95 981 837
2010 118 105 1,050 886
2009 119 104 1,109 829
2008 99 87 1,218 996
2007 125 108 1,361 1,083
2006 117 104 1,357 1,091
2005 147 126 1,291 994
2004 139 128 1,329 1,071

 

Other sources

Transport SA also give a daily update of fatalities and serious injuries on South Australian roads as well as monthly road crash reports.

http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety/road_crash_facts/sa_crashes

Where and how do collisions occur?

  • In 2011 60% of all fatalities occurred on rural roads

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Who is involved

  • In 2011 74% of the people that died in a crash were male  

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Who are the people who die in road crashes?

  • Drivers 39%
  • Passengers 22%
  • Pedestrians 17%
  • Motorcyclists 19%
  • Cyclists 3%

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Who are the people seriously injured in road crashes?

  • Drivers 63%
  • Passengers 22%
  • Pedestrians 8%
  • Cyclists 6%

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Road users involved in collisions 2011

Road User Death Seriously Injured
Males 76 622
Females 27 357
Total 103 981

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What are the causes?

Seat belts

  • In 2011 43% of  drivers who died were not wearing a seatbelt 
  • In 2011 17% of passengers who died were not wearing a seatbelt 

 

Data based on 2011 statistics. Sourced from SAPOL crash data

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Road crashes on South Australian roads

  • kill a person every 2 to 3 days;
  • injure 24 people each day;
  • admit 4 people to hospital every day; and
  • cause serious damage to over 200 vehicles each day.

 

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