ESTIMATING ROAD TRAUMA IN THE AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS POPULATION

This report compares the annual road death rate of both indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in three jurisdictions, which currently collect this information, and then estimates the indigenous road toll Australia-wide. Two conclusions can be drawn from the analyses in this report. First, road crashes account for a greater proportion of road deaths in the indigenous population than the non-indigenous population. Secondly, based on the Australian indigenous road death estimates, the road death rate in the indigenous population may be three times higher than that of the non-indigenous population. It is estimated that in 1997 there were 31 indigenous deaths per 100,000 population. This is three times the estimate for the non-indigenous population (10 deaths per 100,000 population). (a)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Transport Safety Bureau

  P.O. Box 967, Civic Square
  Canberra ACT 2608,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • McFadden, M
  • MCKIE, K
  • MWESIGYE, S-E
• Publication Date: 2000-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 17 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: OR 22

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crashes; Fatalities; High risk drivers; Statistics
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2279: Accident proneness; 1612: Accident rate; 8006: Australia; 1602: Fatality; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00804076
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-642-25597-0
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 5 2001 12:00AM