ROAD CRASH SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVING
HEAVY VEHICLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 

DECEMBER 2015

 

Date of Issue: 1 Mar 2016


Date

Time

Vehicle(s) Involved

Crash Type

No. Of
Serious Injuries

Post
code

Road

03/12/2015

16:45

Semitrailer

Rollover

2

5222

KINGSCOTE - PENNESHAW K. , PELICAN LAGOON

05/12/2015

09:10

Car Sedan, Semitrailer

Right Turn

1

5106

CROSS KEYS - SALISBURY ROAD, SALISBURY SOUTH

16/12/2015

09:45

Station Wagon, Bdouble

Head On

1

5261

DUKES HIGHWAY, COOMANDOOK

21/12/2015

10:45

Car Sedan, Semitrailer

Right Angle

1

5340

STURT HIGHWAY, PIKE RIVER


 

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

4

June

2

4

5

2

July

4

5

1

3

August

3

4

5

7

September

4

2

5

2

October

6

10

4

2

November

4

6

3

8

December

9

3

3

5

      Total

57

58

45

44

 


 

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Serious Injury Crashes

DECEMBER
2014

Year to Date
2014

DECEMBER
2015

Year to Date
2015

         Vehicles

Single Vehicle

-

7

1

13

Multiple Vehicles

1

30

3

27

         Total

1

37

4

40

         Serious Inury Crashes

Single Injury

-

32

3

36

Multiple Injuries

1

5

1

4

        Total

1

37

4

40




Explanatory Notes

 

1.       This publication contains details of the number of serious injury road crashes involving Heavy Vehicles that occurred in South Australia during DECEMBER 2015 together with comparable figures for some earlier periods. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and may be subject to revision.

2.       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.

3.       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.

4.       A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries.

5.       In this publication, "Adelaide" means the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division.

6.       Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed Safety Systems & Crash Investigation Unit on 83432854, Safety Strategy Section.