ROAD FATALITIES INVOLVING HEAVY VEHICLES
IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

OCTOBER 2020

Date of Issue: 1 Dec 2020

Heavy Vehicle Fatalities - 2017 to 2020
		2017	2018	2019	2020
Month
	January	1	1	6	1
	February	1	0	0	1
	March	1	3	4	0
	April	1	2	6	1
	May	0	0	1	0
	June	1	0	0	0
	July	3	1	0	3
	August	0	0	4	2
	September	0	0	0	1
	October	1	0	2	1
	November	2	1	3
	December	0	2	4
Total		11	10	30

		OCTOBER 2019	Year to Date 2019	OCTOBER 2020	Year to Date 2020
Vehicles
	Single Vehicle	2	6	1	1
	Multiple Vehicle	-	15	-	8
Total		2	21	1	9
Fatalities
	Single Fatality	2	19	1	8
	Multiple Fatalities	-	2	-	1
Total		2	21	1	9

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Explanatory Notes

This publication contains details of the number of road fatalities and road fatal crashes involving Heavy Vehicles that occurred in South Australia during OCTOBER 2020 together with comparable figures for some earlier periods. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and may be subject to revision. Caution should be exercised in interpreting the statistics in the publication in light of the size of the numbers and the short time period involved.

A fatal road crash occurs if a road crash results in the death of any person involved in the crash. A fatal crash is any road crash which results in one or more fatalities. In this publication, "Adelaide" refers to the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to DPTI.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au