Aboriginal people are over-represented in road crashes in Western Australia. Using data from the Western Australian Road Injury Database, it will be shown that while injuries and deaths from road crashes involving non-Aboriginal people have been decreasing since 1971 in Western Australia, they have been increasing for Aboriginal people over this time period. This presentation will also show that the two most common types of crashes involving Aboriginal people in Western Australia are single vehicle crashes and crashes involving pedestrians. Possible reasons for this will be discussed. Other factors such as age, gender, area of residence, crash type, and road user type will also be examined. These results will be considered in the context of the Western Australian road safety strategy for Aboriginal road users. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E206263.
Samenvatting