Serious injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train, Australia 2002-03 to 2006-07

Geoffrey Henley
James E Harrison

December 2009
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Canberra
AIHW cat. no. INJCAT 130

This report presents national statistics on serious non-fatal injury due to transport accidents involving a railway train in Australia during the period from 2002-03 to 2006-07. Victoria and New South Wales accounted for over 71% of hospitalisations due to transport injury involving a train, while Victoria accounted for just over half of level-crossing hospitalisations during this period.

The risk of serious injury, based on kilometres travelled, is more than 10 times greater for passengers travelling by car, compared with passengers travelling by rail.

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