NOVEMBER 2019


Date of Issue: 20 May 2020


KEY FACTS:
  • 743 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2019, compared with 524 during 2018.


  • 85 people have been seriously injured in NOVEMBER 2019.


  • 52 serious injuries were males and 33 were females.


  • 54 were vehicle occupants, 17 were motorcycle riders, 9 were bicycle or e-scooter riders and 5 were pedestrians.


  • In NOVEMBER 2019, there were 25 serious injuries in the country and 60 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 73 serious injury crashes in NOVEMBER 2019, 33 involved a single vehicle and 40 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 67 crashes involved a single serious injury and 6 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2016 to 2019

5 Year Average 2016 2017 2018 2019
(2014 - 2018)
Month
January5556564254
February4550373749
March7167776082
April6172505952
May6170654272
June5459544864
July5350604460
August5854465882
September5053465768
October5668464375
November5045373485
December56484852
Total670692622576




 

Serious Injuries - 2018/2019 Comparison

NOVEMBER
2018
Year to Date
2018
NOVEMBER
2019
Year to Date
2019
Road User
Driver1425335310
Passenger2811992
Motorcyclist88517177
Pillion Passenger-6-5
Bicyclist547985
Pedestrian552574
Total3452485743
Age
0-15-26225
16-19-46155
20-24457988
25-295451071
30-3926813117
40-494751083
50-5987313106
60-69547892
70+4711997
Not known216-9
Total3452485743
Sex
Male2134052514
Female1318433229
Unknown----
Total3452485743
Location
Adelaide2128860495
Country1323625248
Total3452485743



Serious Injuries - 2019 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-61121525
16-1925421-3255
20-24411225-4688
25-293562133371
30-39511431-129117
40-4932720-22283
50-59361029-247106
60-6938724-101392
70+52205141597
Unknown-6--129
Total3109217758574743
Sex
Male1933516817344514
Female11757941230229
Total3109217758574743
Location
Adelaide1825111918161495
Country12841584413248
Total3109217758574743

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2018/2019 Comparison

NOVEMBER
2018
Year to Date
2018
NOVEMBER
2019
Year to Date
2019
Location
Adelaide2125455449
Country1318718200
Total3444173649
Vehicles
Single Vehicle1824633326
Multiple Vehicles1619540323
Total3444173649
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury3438967589
Multiple Injuries-52660
Total3444173649
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck616219
Rigid Truck-15-17
Bus15-8
Utility59022109
Car2640868591
Motorcycle99117187
Bicycle549991
Total Vehicles Involved526741181022



Serious Injury Crashes - 2019 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle193133326
Multiple Vehicles25667323
Total449200649
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury419170589
Multiple Injuries303060
Total449200649




Explanatory Notes
  1. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and are subject to revision when detailed Crash Reports are finalised.
  2. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to DPTI.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au
  1. A road serious injury occurs if a road crash results in the hospitalisation, but not death, within 30 days, of any person involved in the crash.
  2. A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries.
  3. In this publication, "Adelaide" refers to the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division.


Report also available on the TZT website - http://www.towardszerotogether.sa.gov.au/road_crash_facts