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- Accidents and injury - reducing the risks.
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Related information on other websites
Road Trauma Support Services.
Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
References used for this fact sheet
- The shocking truth about road trauma, Nova, Australian Academy of Science. More information here.
- Drivers and road trauma (78kb, pdf), Road Trauma Support Services. More information here.
- Road deaths Australia: 2007 statistical summary , Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. More information here.
- $17 billion annual bill for road trauma [online], The University of Queensland. More information here.
- Serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia, 2005–06, Flinders University Research Centre for Injury Studies SA. More information here.
- Road trauma in perspective, Monash University Accident Research Centre. More information here.
- External causes of death data analysis [online], Australian Bureau of Statistics. More information here.
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