ROAD CRASH SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVING
HEAVY VEHICLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

APRIL 2019

Date of Issue: 20 Dec 2019

Heavy Vehicle Serious Injuries - 2016 to 2019
		2016	2017	2018	2019
Month
	January	2	6	2	5
	February	3	3	2	4
	March	4	7	7	10
	April	3	4	3	2
	May	6	4	3
	June	5	6	3
	July	3	3	2
	August	1	7	2
	September	4	2	3
	October	4	1	3
	November	6	2	6
	December	4	1	8
Total		45	46	44

		APRIL 2018	Year to Date 2018	APRIL 2019	Year to Date 2019
Vehicles
	Single Vehicle	-	3	-	3
	Multiple Vehicles	3	9	2	15
Total		3	12	2	18
Serious Inury Crashes
	Single Injury	3	11	2	15
	Multiple Injuries	-	1	-	3
Total		3	12	2	18

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Explanatory Notes

This publication contains details of the number of serious injury road crashes involving Heavy Vehicles that occurred in South Australia during APRIL 2019 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 person who sustains injuries and is admitted to hospital for a minimum period of an overnight stay as a result of a road crash and who does not die as a result of those injuries within 30 days of the crash. A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries. 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