From 2001 to 2003, the number of road accident fatalities in Tasmania decreased by 32.8% from 61 to 41. In 2003, some 39.0% of the state's fatalities occurred in the Mersey-Lyell Region, followed by the Greater Hobart-Southern Region (36.6%) and Northern Region (24.4%)
From 2001 to 2003, the number of road accident injuries in Tasmania decreased by 0.3% from 1,843 to 1,837. In 2003, some 48.0% of the state's injuries occurred in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, followed by the Northern Region (28.0%) and then Mersey-Lyell (24.0%).
ROAD-USER FATALITIES AND INJURIES, Tasmanian regions(a)
| Region | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|
FATALITIES |
|
| Greater Hobart-Southern | 29 | 17 | 15 |
| Northern | 11 | 16 | 10 |
| Mersey-Lyell | 21 | 4 | 16 |
| Tasmania | 61 | 37 | 41 |
|
INJURIES |
|
| Greater Hobart-Southern | 899 | 891 | 882 |
| Northern | 503 | 529 | 515 |
| Mersey-Lyell | 441 | 423 | 440 |
| Tasmania | 1,843 | 1,843 | 1,837 |
|
(a) Location of accident.
Source: Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, Land Transport Safety Division. (Drawn from Traffic Accident Database on 17 March, 2004.)
This page last updated 1 November 2007
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