Injury hospitalisations relating to transport was the third-most common type in Australia from June 2023-2024.
New data published by the Federal Government shows transport is the third-most common cause of injury hospitalisations across the nation.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reports that between June 2023 and 2024, a car occupant involved in a collision with a car, ute, or van was the most common type of transport-related injury hospitalisation, with 10,557 emergency department (ED) admissions.
This makes up about 16.2 per cent of all the 65,189 transport-related hospitalisation admissions reported.
In the same 12-month period, there were 9559 motorcycle riders in non-collision transport incidents resulting in ED admission, 4482 car occupants in a collision with a fixed/stationary object, and 3916 hospitalisations of a car occupant in a non-collision incident.
Furthermore, men made up 67 per cent of all transport-related injury hospitalisations, 43,929 of the total 65,189 admissions.
The age range with the highest rates of admissions was aged 25-44 at 19,687 admissions, followed by those aged 45-64 (16,056), and 15-24-year-olds (12,858).
However, transport-related hospitalisations still lag behind the leading cause of admissions, with falling identified as the number one cause of injury-related presentations.
From June 2023 to 2024, there were 248,211 hospitalisations due to fall-related injuries, almost four times the number of transport-related injuries, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare injury report.
The second leading cause was contact with objects (such as hand tools, machinery, or a foreign object entering the body).
There were 80,705 hospitalisations of this kind in those same twelve months, and the most common type was getting struck by an object, followed by an object entering an eye.
Ilana is a Melbourne-based journalist who was previously a copywriter in the Big Apple. Having moved to Melbourne for her Master of Journalism, she has written articles about food, farm machinery, fashion, and now the fast and furious. Her dream car has been a Mini Cooper since the fifth grade, eyeing its style and petite size.
