ROAD CRASH SERIOUS INJURIES INVOLVING
HEAVY VEHICLES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

OCTOBER 2007

Date of Issue: 2 Jan 2008

Heavy Vehicle Serious Injuries - 2004 to 2007
		2004	2005	2006	2007
Month
	January	6	4	11	4
	February	2	5	8	4
	March	10	6	19	12
	April	6	6	12	16
	May	7	10	10	9
	June	13	8	6	5
	July	8	6	7	7
	August	6	7	13	10
	September	4	14	8	8
	October	4	6	10	3
	November	12	14	8
	December	3	5	14
Total		81	91	126

		OCTOBER 2006	Year to Date 2006	OCTOBER 2007	Year to Date 2007
Vehicles
	Single Vehicle	3	23	1	25
	Multiple Vehicles	6	61	2	43
Total		9	84	3	68
Serious Inury Crashes
	Single Injury	8	71	3	61
	Multiple Injuries	1	13	-	7
Total		9	84	3	68

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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 OCTOBER 2007 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 Adelaide Statistical Division. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to Road Crash Information Unit on (08) 8343 2854.