ROAD CRASH SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVING
HEAVY VEHICLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

OCTOBER 2015

Date of Issue: 6 Jan 2016

Heavy Vehicle Serious Injuries - 2012 to 2015
		2012	2013	2014	2015
Month
	January	4	3	5	1
	February	5	6	5	2
	March	4	5	2	3
	April	1	5	4	5
	May	11	5	3	3
	June	2	4	5	2
	July	4	5	1	3
	August	3	4	5	7
	September	4	2	5	2
	October	7	10	4	2
	November	4	6	3
	December	9	3	3
Total		58	58	45

		OCTOBER 2014	Year to Date 2014	OCTOBER 2015	Year to Date 2015
Vehicles
	Single Vehicle	-	7	-	11
	Multiple Vehicles	3	26	2	16
Total		3	33	2	27
Serious Inury Crashes
	Single Injury	2	29	2	24
	Multiple Injuries	1	4	-	3
Total		3	33	2	27

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Explanatory Notes

This publication contains details of the number of serious injury road crashes involving Heavy Vehicles:(Rigid trucks >4.5 tons, Articulated Semi trailers, B-doubles, Buses & other defined motor vehicles) that occurred in South Australia during OCTOBER 2015 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 serious injury occurs if a road crash results in the hospitalisation, but not death, within 30 days, of any person involved in the road crash. A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries. In this publication, "Adelaide" means the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to Safe Systems & Crash Investigation Unit on (08) 8343 2854.Safety Strategy Section.