FEBRUARY 2020


Date of Issue: 2 Jul 2020


KEY FACTS:
  • 128 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2020, compared with 103 during 2019.


  • 68 people have been seriously injured in FEBRUARY 2020.


  • 55 serious injuries were males and 13 were females.


  • 30 were vehicle occupants, 24 were motorcycle riders, 8 were bicycle or e-scooter riders and 6 were pedestrians.


  • In FEBRUARY 2020, there were 19 serious injuries in the country and 49 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 64 serious injury crashes in FEBRUARY 2020, 34 involved a single vehicle and 30 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 62 crashes involved a single serious injury and 2 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2017 to 2020

5 Year Average 2017 2018 2019 2020
(2015 - 2019)
Month
January5356425460
February4637374968
March72776082
April59505952
May63654272
June56544864
July55604460
August62465882
September56465768
October59464375
November55373485
December60485290
Total696622576833




 

Serious Injuries - 2019/2020 Comparison

FEBRUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
FEBRUARY
2020
Year to Date
2020
Road User
Driver14302655
Passenger29415
Motorcyclist17342437
Pillion Passenger11--
Bicyclist1017812
Pedestrian51269
Total4910368128
Age
0-153456
16-194627
20-24714410
25-29361116
30-3912211220
40-491101117
50-59817720
60-69611613
70+4131019
Not known11--
Total4910368128
Sex
Male35755589
Female14281339
Unknown----
Total4910368128
Location
Adelaide29604989
Country20431939
Total4910368128



Serious Injuries - 2020 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-21-216
16-19232---7
20-24514---10
25-29626-1116
30-397111-1-20
40-49913-4-17
50-59717-3220
60-69533--213
70+141--1319
Unknown-------
Total551537-129128
Sex
Male35435-10589
Female20112-2439
Total551537-129128
Location
Adelaide351026-10889
Country20511-2139
Total551537-129128

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2019/2020 Comparison

FEBRUARY
2019
Year to Date
2019
FEBRUARY
2020
Year to Date
2020
Location
Adelaide29574578
Country17361934
Total469364112
Vehicles
Single Vehicle27543456
Multiple Vehicles19393056
Total469364112
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury438662102
Multiple Injuries37210
Total469364112
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck4634
Rigid Truck-1-2
Bus---2
Utility614917
Car276154102
Motorcycle17352437
Bicycle1018913
Total Vehicles Involved6413599177



Serious Injury Crashes - 2020 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle322456
Multiple Vehicles461056
Total7834112
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury7131102
Multiple Injuries7310
Total7834112




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