MARCH 2020


Date of Issue: 2 Jul 2020


KEY FACTS:
  • 196 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2020, compared with 185 during 2019.


  • 68 people have been seriously injured in MARCH 2020.


  • 47 serious injuries were males and 21 were females.


  • 35 were vehicle occupants, 23 were motorcycle riders, 8 were bicycle or e-scooter riders and 2 were pedestrians.


  • In MARCH 2020, there were 28 serious injuries in the country and 40 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 57 serious injury crashes in MARCH 2020, 26 involved a single vehicle and 31 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 54 crashes involved a single serious injury and 3 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2017 to 2020

5 Year Average 2017 2018 2019 2020
(2015 - 2019)
Month
January5356425460
February4637374968
March7277608268
April59505952
May63654272
June56544864
July55604460
August62465882
September56465768
October59464375
November55373485
December60485290
Total696622576833




 

Serious Injuries - 2019/2020 Comparison

MARCH
2019
Year to Date
2019
MARCH
2020
Year to Date
2020
Road User
Driver34642580
Passenger17261025
Motorcyclist20542259
Pillion Passenger3411
Bicyclist724820
Pedestrian113211
Total8218568196
Age
0-1548511
16-1917411
20-24418818
25-291016420
30-391637727
40-4910201128
50-5915321535
60-691021720
70+1124726
Not known12--
Total8218568196
Sex
Male5613147136
Female26542160
Unknown----
Total8218568196
Location
Adelaide5611640129
Country26692867
Total8218568196



Serious Injuries - 2020 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-33-4111
16-19236---11
20-24954---18
25-29738-1120
30-3910214-1-27
40-49121617128
50-5912213-5335
60-69755-1220
70+211--1326
Unknown-------
Total80255912011196
Sex
Male49956-166136
Female3116314560
Total80255912011196
Location
Adelaide511436-1810129
Country29112312167
Total80255912011196

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2019/2020 Comparison

MARCH
2019
Year to Date
2019
MARCH
2020
Year to Date
2020
Location
Adelaide4710437115
Country16522054
Total6315657169
Vehicles
Single Vehicle21752682
Multiple Vehicles42813187
Total6315657169
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury5213854156
Multiple Injuries1118313
Total6315657169
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck39-4
Rigid Truck3424
Bus1113
Utility1125825
Car6312455157
Motorcycle24592057
Bicycle725821
Total Vehicles Involved11224794271



Serious Injury Crashes - 2020 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle473582
Multiple Vehicles681987
Total11554169
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury10749156
Multiple Injuries8513
Total11554169




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