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During 1 January to 3 December 2017, there were 225 fatalities as a result of crashes within Queensland,
which is one fatality (or 0.4%) fewer than the same period for the previous year and 11 fatalities (or 4.7%)
fewer than the previous five year average for the same period (Table 1).
300
250
Number of fatalities
200
150
100
50
Month
2012 to 2016 Average 2016 2017
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Fatalities: 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2016 and Year to Date to 31 August 2017
All fatalities 269 280 271 223 243 251 - 8 3.3% -6 -2.4% 159 -
Involving speeding drivers/riders 48 59 47 65 62 64 25.5% 2 3.2% 8 13.9% 34 21.4%
Involving drink drivers/riders 56 45 64 43 57 46 18.3% -11 -19.3% -7 -13.2% 42 26.4%
Fatigue related crashes (involving drivers/riders) 41 48 41 31 28 33 13.1% 5 17.9% -5 -12.7% 15 9.4%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 to 24 years 79 84 70 55 53 61 24.3% 8 15.1% -7 -10.6% 42 26.4%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 years 6 8 1 0 0 1 0.4% 1 - -2 -66.7% 1 0.6%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 17 to 20 years 38 52 39 31 29 20 8.0% -9 -31.0% -18 -47.1% 15 9.4%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 21 to 24 years 35 32 30 25 25 42 16.7% 17 68.0% 13 42.9% 27 17.0%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 60 to 74 years 40 54 41 35 36 47 18.7% 11 30.6% 6 14.1% 43 27.0%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 75 years or over 17 17 25 11 31 26 10.4% -5 -16.1% 6 28.7% 16 10.1%
Involving learner drivers/riders 6 22 11 2 3 4 1.6% 1 33.3% -5 -54.5% 6 3.8%
Involving provisional/P1/P2 drivers/riders 44 47 35 25 28 37 14.7% 9 32.1% 1 3.4% 19 11.9%
Involving unlicensed drivers/riders 26 31 22 31 30 24 9.6% -6 -20.0% -4 -14.3% 17 10.7%
Involving heavy freight vehicles 54 73 53 41 49 40 15.9% -9 -18.4% -14 -25.9% 24 15.1%
Involving motorcycles (excluding mopeds) 44 59 42 37 54 64 25.5% 10 18.5% 17 35.6% 34 21.4%
Involving mopeds 2 1 3 0 0 0 0.0% 0 - -1 -100.0% 1 0.6%
Involving buses 8 7 6 1 2 3 1.2% 1 50.0% -2 -37.5% 10 6.3%
Child road user fatalities, aged 16 years or younger^ 29 15 24 13 8 8 3.2% 0 0.0% -10 -55.1% 4 2.5%
Young adult road user fatalities, aged 17 to 24 years^ 49 60 51 42 39 45 17.9% 6 15.4% -3 -6.6% 27 17.0%
Mature adult road user fatalities, aged 25 to 59 years^ 140 146 139 119 135 132 52.6% -3 -2.2% -4 -2.8% 83 52.2%
Senior adult road user fatalities, aged 60 to 74 years^ 31 35 30 35 26 29 11.6% 3 11.5% -2 -7.6% 20 12.6%
Senior adult road user fatalities, aged 75 years or over^ 20 24 27 14 35 37 14.7% 2 5.7% 13 54.2% 25 15.7%
Vehicle occupant fatalities 181 183 192 158 164 144 - -20 -12.2% -32 -18.0% 98 -
Vehicle occupant fatalities, where restraint use was known 112 110 122 102 128 117 - -11 -8.6% 2 1.9% 78 -
Unrestrained vehicle occupant fatalities# 33 23 35 36 35 18 15.4% - -43.7%# - -45.5%# 20 25.6%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
^ Where age was known.
# Restraint use is not applicable for all road user types (i.e. pedestrians, motorcycle riders/pillions, etc) and is not always known. Therefore the variation in unrestrained vehicle occupant casualties is
measured as a change in the percentage of all vehicle occupant casualties, instead of the change in number, where restraint use was known.
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Fatalities per 100,000 population: 12 months to 31 October 2017
Table 6: Fatalities per 100,000 population, by state
November 2015 to October 2016 November 2016 to October 2017
Percentage
Population Fatalities Population Fatalities
difference in rate
State ('000) per ('000) per
Fatalities Fatalities with previous 12
as at 100,000 as at 100,000
month period
Apr 2016 population Apr 2017 population
Queensland 238 4,837.8 4.92 260 4,915.6 5.29 7.5%
New South Wales 387 7,722.7 5.01 373 7,851.1 4.75 -5.2%
Victoria 276 6,153.9 4.48 248 6,306.3 3.93 -12.3%
South Australia 83 1,711.5 4.85 100 1,722.3 5.81 19.7%
Western Australia 187 2,558.0 7.31 161 2,578.7 6.24 -14.6%
Tasmania 36 517.2 6.96 32 520.5 6.15 -11.7%
Northern Territory 44 245.0 17.96 35 245.0 14.29 -20.4%
Australian Capital Territory 15 402.5 3.73 6 410.1 1.46 -60.7%
Rest of Australia 1,028 19,314.3 5.32 955 19,638.4 4.86 -8.6%
Australian Total 1,266 24,152.1 5.24 1,215 24,554.0 4.95 -5.6%
Data source:
Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Catalog 3101.0
Interstate fatalities: Relevant State Authority
Note:
Figures are preliminary
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12 months ending
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Hospitalised Casualties: Year to Date to Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Table 7: Comparative Queensland Hospitalised Casualties
Variation in 2017
Variation in 2017
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 from the
from 2016
2012 to 2016 Avg
Year to Date to 31 May no. % no.* %
Total hospitalisation crashes 2,220 2,174 2,230 2,155 2,041 2,078 37 1.8% -86 -4.0%
Total hospitalised casualties 2,722 2,642 2,763 2,658 2,456 2,591 135 5.5% -57 -2.2%
Driver hospitalised casualties 1,500 1,456 1,538 1,419 1,349 1,426 77 5.7% -26 -1.8%
Passenger hospitalised casualties 522 522 541 513 440 477 37 8.4% -31 -6.0%
Motorcycle/Moped rider and pillion hospitalised
389 370 396 426 383 372 -11 -2.9% -21 -5.3%
casualties
Bicycle rider and pillion hospitalised casualties 141 138 155 149 127 165 38 29.9% 23 16.2%
Pedestrian hospitalised casualties 170 156 127 142 153 144 -9 -5.9% -6 -3.7%
Other hospitalised casualties^ 0 0 6 9 4 7 3 75.0% 3 84.2%
During 1 January to 31 May 2017, there were 2,591 hospitalised casualties as a result of crashes within
Queensland, which is 135 hospitalised casualties (or 5.5%) greater than the same period for the previous
year and 57 hospitalised casualties (or 2.2%) fewer than the previous five year average for the same
period (Table 7).
7,000
6,000
Number of hospitalised casualties
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
Month
2012 to 2016 Average 2016 2017
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Table 8: Hospitalised Casualties by Police Region
Variation in 2017
Variation in 2017
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 from the
Police Region from 2016
2012 to 2016 Avg
Year to Date to 31 May no. % no.* %
Northern 339 360 351 344 317 347 30 9.5% 5 1.4%
Central 621 653 680 586 593 573 -20 -3.4% -54 -8.6%
Southern 542 486 554 560 433 498 65 15.0% -17 -3.3%
South Eastern 427 452 437 453 457 522 65 14.2% 77 17.3%
Brisbane 789 686 741 714 656 648 -8 -1.2% -69 -9.6%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
Where Police Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
Table 10: Hospitalised Casualties by TMR Program Delivery and Operations Region
Variation in 2017
Variation in 2017
Transport and Main Roads 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 from the
from 2016
Program Delivery and Operations Region 2012 to 2016 Avg
Year to Date to 31 May no. % no.* %
North Queensland 333 356 351 344 317 347 30 9.5% 7 2.0%
Central Queensland 300 329 335 267 311 252 -59 -19.0% -56 -18.3%
North Coast and Wide Bay/Burnett 630 601 688 616 517 599 82 15.9% -11 -1.9%
Downs South West 221 208 203 230 170 181 11 6.5% -25 -12.3%
Metropolitan 799 689 744 741 677 672 -5 -0.7% -58 -7.9%
South Coast 435 454 442 459 464 537 73 15.7% 86 19.1%
Note
Figures are preliminary.
Where PDO Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
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Hospitalised Casualties: 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2016 and Year to Date to 31 May 2017
Table 11: Hospitalised Casualties by Characteristic
Behaviour / Characteristic: Variation in 2016
Variation in 2016 Year to Date to
Hospitalised casualties as a result of crashes 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 from the 2011 to
from 2015 31 May 2017
2015 Avg
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2016
and Year to Date to 31 May 2017 no. no. no. no. no. no. % no. % no.* % no. %
All hospitalised casualties 6,388 6,553 6,936 6,626 6,165 6,308 - 143 2.3% -226 -3.5% 2,591 -
Involving speeding drivers/riders 276 344 295 322 301 268 4.2% -33 -11.0% -40 -12.9% 95 3.7%
Involving drink drivers/riders 629 586 576 553 477 515 8.2% 38 8.0% -49 -8.7% 258 10.0%
Fatigue related crashes (involving drivers/riders) 467 522 478 544 444 440 7.0% -4 -0.9% -51 -10.4% 134 5.2%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 to 24 years 2,209 2,233 2,366 2,186 1,962 2,077 32.9% 115 5.9% -114 -5.2% 810 31.3%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 years 62 52 52 35 43 50 0.8% 7 16.3% 1 2.5% 20 0.8%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 17 to 20 years 1,196 1,216 1,271 1,146 1,065 1,112 17.6% 47 4.4% -67 -5.7% 400 15.4%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 21 to 24 years 1,074 1,082 1,134 1,129 937 1,018 16.1% 81 8.6% -53 -5.0% 433 16.7%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 60 to 74 years 1,012 1,117 1,180 1,170 1,128 1,148 18.2% 20 1.8% 27 2.4% 470 18.1%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 75 years or over 420 374 407 378 390 419 6.6% 29 7.4% 25 6.4% 179 6.9%
Involving learner drivers/riders 257 279 230 175 177 184 2.9% 7 4.0% -40 -17.7% 79 3.0%
Involving provisional/P1/P2 drivers/riders 1,207 1,257 1,392 1,189 1,190 1,214 19.2% 24 2.0% -33 -2.6% 471 18.2%
Involving unlicensed drivers/riders 416 449 408 673 479 442 7.0% -37 -7.7% -43 -8.9% 182 7.0%
Involving heavy freight vehicles 508 459 514 448 412 416 6.6% 4 1.0% -52 -11.1% 167 6.4%
Involving motorcycles (excluding mopeds) 794 890 931 932 964 963 15.3% -1 -0.1% 61 6.7% 367 14.2%
Involving mopeds 52 65 80 79 42 46 0.7% 4 9.5% -18 -27.7% 24 0.9%
Involving buses 138 129 130 149 122 116 1.8% -6 -4.9% -18 -13.2% 45 1.7%
Child road user hospitalised casualties, aged 16 years or younger^ 514 421 468 465 482 431 6.8% -51 -10.6% -39 -8.3% 206 8.0%
Young adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 17 to 24 years^ 1,536 1,576 1,647 1,553 1,333 1,402 22.3% 69 5.2% -127 -8.3% 552 21.4%
Mature adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 25 to 59 years^ 3,410 3,546 3,762 3,576 3,342 3,432 54.5% 90 2.7% -95 -2.7% 1,413 54.8%
Senior adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 60 to 74 years^ 608 700 738 718 683 718 11.4% 35 5.1% 29 4.1% 270 10.5%
Senior adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 75 years or over^ 298 295 304 298 308 309 4.9% 1 0.3% 8 2.8% 139 5.4%
Vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties 4,857 4,886 5,215 4,917 4,504 4,616 - 112 2.5% -260 -5.3% 1,903 -
Vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties, where restraint use was known 3,886 3,866 4,074 4,039 3,790 3,793 - 3 0.1% -138 -3.5% 1,558 -
Unrestrained vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties# 167 170 155 167 152 178 4.7% - 17.0%# - 13.7%# 70 4.5%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
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