Australian Bureau of Statistics
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From 2001 to 2003, the number of road accident fatalities in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region decreased by 48.3% from 29 to 15. In 2003, some 7 of the fatalities were drivers, 5 were motor cyclists and 3 were passengers.

From 2001 to 2003, the number of injuries in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region decreased by 1.9% from 899 to 882. In 2003, some 436 (49.4%) of the road users injured were drivers and 259 (29.4%) were passengers.

ROAD-USER FATALITIES AND INJURIES, Greater Hobart-Southern Region(a)
User type	2001	2002	2003
FATALITIES
Driver	13	10	7
Passenger	9	-	3
Pedestrian	5	1	-
Motor cyclist	2	6	5
Bicyclist	-	-	-
Total	29	17	15
INJURIES
Driver	454	473	436
Passenger	229	211	259
Pedestrian	93	89	73
Motor cyclist	82	86	75
Bicyclist	23	24	27
Unknown	18	8	12
Total	899	891	882
- nil or rounded to zero (a) Location of accident.
Source: Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, Land Transport Safety Division. (Drawn off Traffic Accident Database on 17 March, 2004.)

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information on road safety visit the Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources web site at http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/.