Serious unintentional injury involving a railway train or tram, Australia, 2009–10 to 2013–14

This report presents information on hospitalisations in Australia due to unintentional serious injury involving a train or tram for the 5-year period from 2009–10 to 2013–14. Over this 5-year period, there were 812 cases of serious injury involving a train (178 due to a level crossing collision), an average of 162 per year. Over the same period, there were 397 cases of serious injury involving a tram.

• Record URL:
  http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=60129559170
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9781760541002
• Supplemental Notes:
  • INJCAT 177
• Authors:
  • Henley, G
  • Harrison, J E
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 44p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crashes; Hospitals; Injuries; Injury rates; Injury severity; Railroad trains; Statistics; Trolley cars
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Hospital; Injury rate; Injury severity; Train; Tram
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01635179
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9781760541002
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 24 2017 1:42PM