The AIHW as release its latest report on road crash trends. It shows that rates for people seriously injured due to a road traffic crash rose from 141.6 to 146.4 per 100,000 population between 2001 and 2010. Over a quarter of these sustained life-threatening injuries.
Rates of life-threatening injury involving motorcycle riders and pedal cycle riders rose significantly over this period, while rates involving passengers of motor vehicles and pedestrians fell.
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