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Road crashes reported to the South Australian Police are compiled and maintained by Transport SA. They are used to provide statistics to analyse current road safety programs and to assist in developing new road safety initiatives.

Statistics available for South Australia include:

• Daily update of deaths
• Monthly update of serious injuries
• Monthly reports
• Annual reports
• Analysis of South Australian trends in road deaths and serious injuries over particular periods.

What is the long term trend in road crash deaths in South Australia?

Since the early 1970s there has been a reduction in road deaths and injuries in South Australia. This reduction has been achieved despite increases in the population, licensed drivers and registered vehicles.

However road crashes still cause more than 150 deaths and over 9,800 injuries each year on our roads. Apart from the immeasurable suffering for victims, their family and friends, the financial cost to our community is more than $1 billion each year.

What were the rates in 2003?
In 2003, 156 people were killed on South Australia’s roads, 2 (1%) more than in 2002 (n=154) and 3 (2%) below the average number of fatalities for the previous 5 years.

The Australian road toll in 2003 was 1634, a decrease of 80 (5%) compared to 2002. South Australia’s fatality rate of 10.2 for every 100,000 people is 24% above the national average of 8.2.

Links
Daily update: South Australian Road Casualty Update
Monthly Report
Annual Road Crash Reports
National Statistics: The Australian Transport Safety Bureau provides extensive information on road crashes in Australia.