Traffic accidents
Alternative labels
Car accidents
Motor vehicle accidents
Road accidents
Report
International road safety comparisons 2014: statistical report
This report presents tabulations of road deaths and road death rates for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations and Australian states and territories. The rates allow for a comparison of Australia's road safety performance with that of other OECD nations by accounting for the differing levels of populations, motorisation and distances travelled. In...
Report
Trends in serious injury due to road vehicle traffic crashes, Australia: 2001 to 2010
Summary This report presents estimates of trends in the number and rate of persons seriously injured in Australia due to road vehicle traffic crashes. Serious injury is defined as cases where a person was admitted to hospital for an injury and was discharged alive. Cases involving types of injury that are life-threatening are the main...
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Do many more people die by suicide than in road accidents?
Lifeline Australia chairman John Brogden claims Australia's road toll has decreased significantly to less than half the number of deaths by suicide.
Report
Major driving offences: current sentencing practices
Examines sentencing in Victorian courts over the seven years to July 2013 for culpable driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, negligently causing serious injury (where driving related), and dangerous driving causing serious injury.
Journal article
A comparison of health outcomes in older versus younger adults following a road traffic crash injury: a cohort study
Given the ageing demographics of most developed countries, understanding the public health impact of mild/moderate road traffic crash injuries in older adults is important. This article aims to determine whether health outcomes (pain severity and quality of life measures) over 24 months differ significantly between older (65+) and younger adults (18–64).