ROAD FATALITIES INVOLVING HEAVY VEHICLES
IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

AUGUST 2019

Date of Issue: 19 Sep 2019

Heavy Vehicle Fatalities - 2016 to 2019
		2016	2017	2018	2019
Month
	January	0	1	1	6
	February	1	1	0	0
	March	3	1	3	4
	April	5	1	2	6
	May	3	0	0	1
	June	1	1	0	1
	July	1	3	1	0
	August	1	0	0	4
	September	0	0	0
	October	3	1	0
	November	2	2	1
	December	1	0	2
Total		21	11	10

		AUGUST 2018	Year to Date 2018	AUGUST 2019	Year to Date 2019
Vehicles
	Single Vehicle	-	1	1	4
	Multiple Vehicle	-	6	2	16
Total		-	7	3	20
Fatalities
	Single Fatality	-	7	2	18
	Multiple Fatalities	-	-	1	2
Total		-	7	3	20

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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 AUGUST 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 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 Safe Systems and Crash Investigation Unit at DPTI.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au, Safety Strategy Section.