Hospitalised injuries

Have you ever wondered how many people are hospitalised because of accidents on Australian roads each year?  

• There were 39,505 hospitalised injuries from road crashes in 2021. 
• Approximately 67% of hospitalised injuries occurred in major cities, 29% in regional areas and the remaining 3% were in remote locations. 
• The number of males hospitalised with injuries from road crashes was almost twice the number of females.  

About the data 

The interactive dashboard shows data on hospitalised injuries from road crashes in Australia from 2011 to 2021, including details on year, remoteness, road user and vehicle type, sex, age group and ‘counterparty’ which is the term used in collision events for the other party or object contributing to the injury of the person. 

A hospitalised injury is defined as an injury which results in the person being admitted to hospital, and subsequently discharged alive either on the same day or after one or more nights’ stay in a hospital bed (deaths are excluded).  

Data is sourced from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare(Opens in a new tab/window).  

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Hospitalised Injuries from Road Crashes(Opens in a new tab/window)

Limitations  

1. Published data is current to 2021, and in general has a publication lag of approximately 2 years.
2. Transfers between hospitals are only counted once in this dataset. However, patients who are transferred multiple times may be counted as separate admissions upon each transfer in the source data.