1384.6 - Statistics - Tasmania, 2005

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Contents >> Transport >> Transport safety >> Road accidents involving fatalities

Between 2001 and 2003 the number of road accident fatalities in Tasmania fell by 32.8%, from 61 to 41. Of all fatalities, more drivers were killed than any other road user, with 20 (48.8%) driver fatalities in 2003, compared to 17 (45.9%) in 2002 and 27 (44.3%) in 2001. The number of motor cycle fatalities rose to 11 in 2003 from 10 in 2002 and 7 in 2001.

ROAD ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES, Tasmania
User type	2001	2002	2003
FATALITIES
Driver	27	17	20
Passenger	16	4	7
Pedestrian	10	6	3
Motor cyclist	7	10	11
Bicyclist	1	-	-
Unknown	-	-	-
Total	61	37	41
INJURIES
Driver	900	975	930
Passenger	508	447	492
Pedestrian	149	162	131
Motor cyclist	195	191	204
Bicyclist	49	55	59
Unknown	42	13	21
Total	1,843	1,843	1,837
- nil or rounded to zero Source: Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, Transport Division. (Drawn off Traffic Accident Database on 17 March, 2004.)