Title

Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport 2001-02 to 2005-06

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2008

Subject Area

Location - Remote, Modes of Transport - Car - Driving, Modes of Transport - Pedestrian, Population - Indigenous people - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Abstract

This report looks at the death and serious injury of Indigenous persons in Australia due to transport accidents in the five-year period 2001-02 to 2005-06. It focuses on the four jurisdictions of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland and examines variables such as mode of transport, gender, age group and remoteness from an urban centre.