Samenvatting
The main points for 1997: a) There were 50,120 recorded road traffic accidents in New South Wales during 1997 resulting in 25,030 casualties, of which 576 were killed and 61477 were admitted to hospital; b) The estimated cost to the community of these road traffic accidents was $2,043 million; c) The number of persons killed was down by 5 (1%) on the previous year and was the equal lowest annual fatality total since 1949. The number of persons injured was down by 1,575 (6%); d) The number of pedestrians killed was the lowest since records began in 1938; e) The average number of persons killed per fatal accident was the lowest since 1967.