"The report....presents findings on the number and rate of people seriously enough injured to be admitted to hospital for at least one night, but not dying."

‘Although there has been a distinct downward trend in the number of road deaths over this 8-year period, the rates of people seriously injured in a road traffic crash rose by an average of 1.7% each year.’

‘Motor vehicle drivers, motorcyclists and pedal cyclists all recorded significant increases in life-threatening injuries over the period.'

Reference: AIHW 2011. Trends in serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia. Injury research and statistics series no. 54. Cat. no. INJCAT 132. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 7 April 2011

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