The purpose of this publication is to monitor the numbers of persons seriously injured due to road crashes in Australia and the types of injuries sustained. The publication is based on data obtained from the States and Territories and the ATSB gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Department of Health in each jurisdiction. Responsibility for the analysis rests solely with the ATSB. A ‘road crash’ is defined as a crash involving a road vehicle on a public road. ‘Road vehicles’ include motor vehicles, bicycles and trams. ‘Serious injury’ is defined as an injury which results in the person being admitted to hospital, spending at least one night in a hospital bed and subsequently discharged (i.e. deaths are excluded). This definition of serious injury is consistent with that used by other OECD countries in providing data to the International Road Traffic and Accident Database (IRTAD - please see the notes at the end of this report). (Author/publisher)
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