Queensland Road Crash Weekly Report

Report No: 1065 Data Extracted: 4 Jun 2018

Fatalities: Year to Date to Sunday, 3 June 2018

Table 1: Comparative Queensland Road Toll
Variation in 2018
Variation in 2018
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 from the
from 2017
2013 to 2017 Avg
Year to Date to 3 June no. % no.* %
Total fatal crashes 120 80 92 92 90 90 0 0.0% -5 -5.1%
Total fatalities 134 88 102 98 95 97 2 2.1% -6 -6.2%
Driver fatalities 68 41 49 41 36 50 14 38.9% 3 6.4%
Passenger fatalities 30 20 19 17 22 17 -5 -22.7% -5 -21.3%
Motorcycle/Moped rider and pillion fatalities 24 13 23 23 23 16 -7 -30.4% -5 -24.5%
Bicycle rider and pillion fatalities 3 5 2 5 2 1 -1 -50.0% -2 -70.6%
Pedestrian fatalities 9 9 9 12 12 13 1 8.3% 3 27.5%
Other fatalities^ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 -
Fatalities involving heavy freight vehicles^^ 21 19 19 15 13 18 5 38.5% 1 3.4%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
^ Includes other fatalities such as horse riders and train drivers and passengers.
^^ Includes all fatalities as a result of crashes involving heavy freight vehicles. These figures are also included in the road user type breakdown above (e.g.
drivers, passengers, etc).

During 1 January to 3 June 2018, there were 97 fatalities as a result of crashes within Queensland, which
is two fatalities (or 2.1%) greater than the same period for the previous year and six fatalities (or 6.2%)
fewer than the previous five year average for the same period (Table 1).

Figure 1: Cumulative Daily Road Toll, Queensland

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Number of fatalities

200

150

100

50

Month
2013 to 2017 Average 2017 2018

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Table 2: Fatalities by Police Region
Variation in 2018
Variation in 2018
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 from the
Police Region from 2017
2013 to 2017 Avg
Year to Date to 3 June no. % no.* %
Northern 21 17 26 16 17 16 -1 -5.9% -3 -17.5%
Central 45 20 29 27 34 24 -10 -29.4% -7 -22.6%
Southern 40 29 27 28 18 24 6 33.3% -4 -15.5%
South Eastern 17 12 12 7 19 19 0 0.0% 6 41.8%
Brisbane 11 10 8 20 7 14 7 100.0% 3 25.0%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
Where Police Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 3: Fatalities by TMR Customer Services Branch Region

Variation in 2018
Variation in 2018
Transport and Main Roads 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 from the
from 2017
Customer Services Branch Region 2013 to 2017 Avg
Year to Date to 3 June no. % no.* %
Central 22 8 16 11 12 10 -2 -16.7% -4 -27.5%
Northern 20 17 26 16 17 16 -1 -5.9% -3 -16.7%
SEQ North 30 9 27 17 22 11 -11 -50.0% -10 -47.6%
SEQ South 34 24 18 28 23 36 13 56.5% 11 41.7%
Southern 28 30 15 26 21 24 3 14.3% 0 0.0%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
Where CSB Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 4: Fatalities by TMR Program Delivery and Operations Region

Variation in 2018
Variation in 2018
Transport and Main Roads 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 from the
from 2017
Program Delivery and Operations Region 2013 to 2017 Avg
Year to Date to 3 June no. % no.* %
North Queensland 20 17 26 16 17 16 -1 -5.9% -3 -16.7%
Central Queensland 22 8 16 11 12 10 -2 -16.7% -4 -27.5%
North Coast and Wide Bay/Burnett 40 15 31 28 34 22 -12 -35.3% -8 -25.7%
Downs South West 24 24 10 11 5 12 7 140.0% -3 -18.9%
Metropolitan 9 11 7 22 7 16 9 128.6% 5 42.9%
South Coast 19 13 12 10 20 21 1 5.0% 6 41.9%
Note
Figures are preliminary.
Where PDO Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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Fatalities: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2017 and Year to Date to 31 January 2018

Table 5: Fatalities by characteristic

Behaviour / Characteristic: Variation in 2017
Variation in 2017 Year to Date to
Fatalities as a result of crashes 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 from the 2012 to
from 2016 31 January 2018
2016 Avg
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2017
and Year to Date to 31 January 2018 no. no. no. no. no. no. % no. % no.* % no. %

All fatalities 280 271 223 243 251 247 - -4 -1.6% -7 -2.6% 17 -
Involving speeding drivers/riders 59 47 65 62 64 50 20.2% -14 -21.9% -9 -15.8% 3 17.6%
Involving drink drivers/riders 45 64 43 57 46 63 25.5% 17 37.0% 12 23.5% 3 17.6%
Fatigue related crashes (involving drivers/riders) 48 41 31 28 33 23 9.3% -10 -30.3% -13 -36.5% 2 11.8%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 to 24 years 84 70 55 53 61 73 29.6% 12 19.7% 8 13.0% 1 5.9%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 years 8 1 0 0 1 1 0.4% 0 0.0% -1 -50.0% 0 0.0%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 17 to 20 years 52 39 31 29 20 28 11.3% 8 40.0% -6 -18.1% 0 0.0%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 21 to 24 years 32 30 25 25 42 46 18.6% 4 9.5% 15 49.4% 1 5.9%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 60 to 74 years 54 41 35 36 47 58 23.5% 11 23.4% 15 36.2% 7 41.2%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 75 years or over 17 25 11 31 26 24 9.7% -2 -7.7% 2 9.1% 2 11.8%
Involving learner drivers/riders 22 11 2 3 4 9 3.6% 5 125.0% 1 7.1% 0 0.0%
Involving provisional/P1/P2 drivers/riders 47 35 25 28 37 28 11.3% -9 -24.3% -6 -18.6% 1 5.9%
Involving unlicensed drivers/riders 31 22 31 30 24 20 8.1% -4 -16.7% -8 -27.5% 0 0.0%
Involving heavy freight vehicles 73 53 41 49 40 33 13.4% -7 -17.5% -18 -35.5% 4 23.5%
Involving motorcycles (excluding mopeds) 59 42 37 54 64 50 20.2% -14 -21.9% -1 -2.3% 4 23.5%
Involving mopeds 1 3 0 0 0 1 0.4% 1 - 0 25.0% 0 0.0%
Involving buses 7 6 1 2 3 10 4.0% 7 233.3% 6 163.2% 1 5.9%
Child road user fatalities, aged 16 years or younger^ 15 24 13 8 8 6 2.4% -2 -25.0% -8 -55.9% 1 5.9%
Young adult road user fatalities, aged 17 to 24 years^ 60 51 42 39 45 47 19.0% 2 4.4% 0 -0.8% 2 11.8%
Mature adult road user fatalities, aged 25 to 59 years^ 146 139 119 135 132 126 51.0% -6 -4.5% -8 -6.1% 7 41.2%
Senior adult road user fatalities, aged 60 to 74 years^ 35 30 35 26 29 33 13.4% 4 13.8% 2 6.5% 5 29.4%
Senior adult road user fatalities, aged 75 years or over^ 24 27 14 35 37 35 14.2% -2 -5.4% 8 27.7% 2 11.8%
Vehicle occupant fatalities 183 192 158 164 144 153 - 9 6.3% -15 -9.0% 11 -
Vehicle occupant fatalities, where restraint use was known 110 122 102 128 117 123 - 6 5.1% 7 6.2% 8 -
Unrestrained vehicle occupant fatalities# 23 35 36 35 18 31 25.2% - 63.8%# - -0.7%# 0 0.0%
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 30 April 2018
Table 6: Fatalities per 100,000 population, by state
May 2016 to April 2017 May 2017 to April 2018
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
Oct 2016 population Oct 2017 population
Queensland 241 4,872.9 4.95 260 4,955.5 5.25 6.1%
New South Wales 354 7,781.1 4.55 410 7,907.5 5.18 14.0%
Victoria 280 6,222.4 4.50 241 6,370.8 3.78 -15.9%
South Australia 82 1,716.4 4.78 102 1,728.0 5.90 23.6%
Western Australia 189 2,566.0 7.37 163 2,589.4 6.29 -14.5%
Tasmania 24 518.5 4.63 42 522.4 8.04 73.7%
Northern Territory 43 245.7 17.50 38 246.1 15.44 -11.8%
Australian Capital Territory 12 405.8 2.96 6 413.4 1.45 -50.9%
Rest of Australia 984 19,460.5 5.06 1,002 19,782.2 5.07 0.2%
Australian Total 1,225 24,333.4 5.03 1,262 24,737.6 5.10 1.3%
Data source:
Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics - Catalog 3101.0
Interstate fatalities: Relevant State Authority
Note:
Figures are preliminary

Figure 2: Road fatalities per 100,000 population, Australia

Road fatalities per 100,000 population
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Fatalities per 100,000 population

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Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18
12 months ending
NSW VIC SA WA TAS ACT QLD

For the 12 month period, 1 May 2017 to 30 April 2018:

• There were 260 fatalities within Queensland, which is 19 fatalities (or 7.9%) greater than the
previous 12 month period (241).
• The road fatality rate for Queensland was 5.25 fatalities per 100,000 population which is 6.1%
higher than the previous 12 month period (4.95) and is fourth behind the Australian Capital
Territory (1.45), Victoria (3.78) and New South Wales (5.18).
• There were 1,262 fatalities within Australia, which is 37 fatalities (or 3.0%) greater than the
previous 12 month period (1,225).
• The road fatality rate for Australia was 5.10 fatalities per 100,000 population which is 1.3% higher
than the previous 12 month period (5.03).

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Hospitalised Casualties: Year to Date to Thursday, 30 November 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 30 November no. % no.* %
Total hospitalisation crashes 4,959 5,223 4,982 4,613 4,768 4,818 50 1.0% -91 -1.9%
Total hospitalised casualties 6,065 6,346 6,086 5,647 5,792 5,909 117 2.0% -78 -1.3%
Driver hospitalised casualties 3,352 3,567 3,323 3,058 3,155 3,228 73 2.3% -63 -1.9%
Passenger hospitalised casualties 1,186 1,209 1,166 1,057 1,065 1,087 22 2.1% -50 -4.4%
Motorcycle/Moped rider and pillion hospitalised
854 886 924 915 893 880 -13 -1.5% -14 -1.6%
casualties
Bicycle rider and pillion hospitalised casualties 319 330 325 282 303 368 65 21.5% 56 18.0%
Pedestrian hospitalised casualties 352 352 327 319 363 334 -29 -8.0% -9 -2.5%
Other hospitalised casualties^ 2 2 21 16 13 12 -1 -7.7% 1 11.1%

Hospitalised casualties involving heavy freight

427 478 414 391 386 406 20 5.2% -13 -3.1%
vehicles^^
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
^ Includes other hospitalised casualties such as horse riders and train drivers and passengers.
^^ Includes all hospitalised casualties as a result of crashes involving heavy freight vehicles. These figures are also included in the road user type
breakdown above (e.g. drivers, passengers, etc).

During 1 January to 30 November 2017, there were 5,909 hospitalised casualties as a result of crashes
within Queensland, which is 117 hospitalised casualties (or 2.0%) greater than the same period for the
previous year and 78 hospitalised casualties (or 1.3%) fewer than the previous five year average for the
same period (Table 7).

Figure 3: Cumulative Daily Hospitalised Casualties, Queensland

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 30 November no. % no.* %
Northern 801 818 846 760 752 802 50 6.6% 7 0.8%
Central 1,428 1,578 1,441 1,289 1,450 1,344 -106 -7.3% -93 -6.5%
Southern 1,198 1,118 1,190 1,140 1,044 1,120 76 7.3% -18 -1.6%
South Eastern 968 1,033 1,018 972 1,041 1,141 100 9.6% 135 13.4%
Brisbane 1,661 1,782 1,587 1,485 1,505 1,502 -3 -0.2% -102 -6.4%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
Where Police Region was known.
* Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Table 9: Hospitalised Casualties by TMR Customer Services Branch Region

Variation in 2017
Variation in 2017
Transport and Main Roads 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 from the
from 2016
Customer Services Branch Region 2012 to 2016 Avg
Year to Date to 30 November no. % no.* %
Central 751 826 691 597 679 655 -24 -3.5% -54 -7.6%
Northern 791 811 843 756 751 796 45 6.0% 6 0.7%
SEQ North 1,646 1,648 1,647 1,412 1,483 1,423 -60 -4.0% -144 -9.2%
SEQ South 2,018 2,176 2,054 2,049 2,081 2,216 135 6.5% 140 6.8%
Southern 850 868 847 832 798 819 21 2.6% -20 -2.4%
Note:
Figures are preliminary.
Where CSB 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 30 November no. % no.* %
North Queensland 791 811 843 756 751 796 45 6.0% 6 0.7%
Central Queensland 751 826 691 597 679 655 -24 -3.5% -54 -7.6%
North Coast and Wide Bay/Burnett 1,350 1,408 1,467 1,271 1,346 1,316 -30 -2.2% -52 -3.8%
Downs South West 478 455 461 461 402 408 6 1.5% -43 -9.6%
Metropolitan 1,700 1,787 1,588 1,572 1,555 1,557 2 0.1% -83 -5.1%
South Coast 986 1,042 1,032 989 1,059 1,177 118 11.1% 155 15.2%
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 30 November 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 30 November 2017
2015 Avg
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2016
and Year to Date to 30 November 2017 no. no. no. no. no. no. % no. % no.* % no. %

All hospitalised casualties 6,388 6,553 6,936 6,620 6,175 6,313 - 138 2.2% -221 -3.4% 5,909 -
Involving speeding drivers/riders 276 344 295 322 301 267 4.2% -34 -11.3% -41 -13.2% 264 4.5%
Involving drink drivers/riders 629 586 576 552 477 513 8.1% 36 7.5% -51 -9.0% 576 9.7%
Fatigue related crashes (involving drivers/riders) 467 522 478 544 447 440 7.0% -7 -1.6% -52 -10.5% 353 6.0%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 to 24 years 2,209 2,233 2,366 2,185 1,966 2,080 32.9% 114 5.8% -112 -5.1% 1,882 31.8%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 16 years 62 52 52 35 43 50 0.8% 7 16.3% 1 2.5% 49 0.8%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 17 to 20 years 1,196 1,216 1,271 1,146 1,068 1,114 17.6% 46 4.3% -65 -5.5% 958 16.2%
Involving young adult drivers/riders, aged 21 to 24 years 1,074 1,082 1,134 1,128 941 1,019 16.1% 78 8.3% -53 -4.9% 957 16.2%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 60 to 74 years 1,012 1,117 1,180 1,171 1,129 1,150 18.2% 21 1.9% 28 2.5% 1,090 18.4%
Involving senior adult drivers/riders, aged 75 years or over 420 374 407 376 390 419 6.6% 29 7.4% 26 6.5% 405 6.9%
Involving learner drivers/riders 257 279 230 175 180 184 2.9% 4 2.2% -40 -17.9% 187 3.2%
Involving provisional/P1/P2 drivers/riders 1,207 1,257 1,392 1,187 1,191 1,217 19.3% 26 2.2% -30 -2.4% 1,105 18.7%
Involving unlicensed drivers/riders 416 449 408 672 479 444 7.0% -35 -7.3% -41 -8.4% 398 6.7%
Involving heavy freight vehicles 508 459 514 448 413 416 6.6% 3 0.7% -52 -11.2% 406 6.9%
Involving motorcycles (excluding mopeds) 794 890 931 931 965 966 15.3% 1 0.1% 64 7.1% 852 14.4%
Involving mopeds 52 65 80 79 42 46 0.7% 4 9.5% -18 -27.7% 57 1.0%
Involving buses 138 129 130 148 122 116 1.8% -6 -4.9% -17 -13.0% 119 2.0%
Child road user hospitalised casualties, aged 16 years or younger^ 514 421 468 465 483 431 6.8% -52 -10.8% -39 -8.3% 445 7.6%
Young adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 17 to 24 years^ 1,536 1,576 1,647 1,552 1,336 1,402 22.3% 66 4.9% -127 -8.3% 1,269 21.5%
Mature adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 25 to 59 years^ 3,410 3,546 3,762 3,574 3,347 3,435 54.5% 88 2.6% -93 -2.6% 3,200 54.3%
Senior adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 60 to 74 years^ 608 700 738 717 684 720 11.4% 36 5.3% 31 4.4% 672 11.4%
Senior adult road user hospitalised casualties, aged 75 years or over^ 298 295 304 296 308 309 4.9% 1 0.3% 9 2.9% 305 5.2%
Vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties 4,857 4,886 5,215 4,913 4,513 4,618 - 105 2.3% -259 -5.3% 4,315 -
Vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties, where restraint use was known 3,886 3,866 4,074 4,035 3,799 3,793 - -6 -0.2% -139 -3.5% 3,563 -
Unrestrained vehicle occupant hospitalised casualties# 167 170 155 166 152 178 4.7% - 17.3%# - 13.9%# 163 4.6%
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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