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In Tasmania in 2002-03, there were 3,551 claims lodged at the Motor Accidents Insurance Board (MAIB). Some 3,193 (89.9%) were for head, leg, arm, neck, trunk or psychological injuries. Of these, injuries of the neck accounted for the largest number of claims, 1,318 (37.1% of total claims).

The Greater Hobart-Southern Region had the highest number of claims, with 53.8% of the total number of claims, followed by the Northern Region with 25.4% and Mersey-Lyell with 20.8%.

MAIB CLAIMS, Tasmanian Regions(a)(b) - 2002-03
	Greater Hobart-Southern	Northern	Mersey-Lyell	Tasmania(c)
Injury location	no.	no.	no.	no.
Fatalities	15	9	11	35
Head	150	91	92	333
Leg	184	109	99	392
Arm	179	116	127	422
Neck	818	300	200	1,318
Trunk	375	183	119	677
Psychological	27	9	15	51
Nil injury/checkup	164	85	74	323
Total	1,912	902	737	3,551
(a) Region where the injury occurred. (b) Some data included in this table were aggregated into regions from postcode data. As a result, the sum of the components may not always equal the total. The Greater Hobart-Southern Region contains postcodes 7000-7190 and 40% of 7215. The Northern Region contains 7209-7304 excluding 7256 and 60% of 7215. The Mersey-Lyell Region contains 7256, and 7305-7470. (c) Excludes Tasmanian registered vehicles involved in interstate accidents. Source: Motor Accidents Insurance Board.