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

Daily update of fatal crashes   PDF

Daily update of serious injury crashes   PDF

Daily update of casualties to midnight   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

Who is involved

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

Who are the people who die in road crashes?

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

Who are the people seriously injured in road crashes?

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

Road users involved in collisions 2011

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

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