Injury
Volume 39, Supplement 5 , Pages S19-S23, December 2008

Understanding the extent and impact of Indigenous road trauma

  • Kathleen Clapham

      Affiliations

    • Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, The University of Wollongong, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Professor Kathleen Clapham. Director, Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia Tel.: +61 2 42214924; Fax: +61 2 42214244
    • ,
  • Teresa Senserrick

      Affiliations

    • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Rebecca Ivers

      Affiliations

    • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Marilyn Lyford

      Affiliations

    • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Mark Stevenson

      Affiliations

    • The George Institute for International Health, The University of Sydney, Australia

Summary 

While transport-related injuries represent a leading cause of death for all Australians, several disparities exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Compared to non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australians are more than twice as likely to have a transport-related fatal injury, with fatality risk remaining high with age while declining among the non-Indigenous community. Few studies and appropriate databases exist to elucidate the causes and solutions to this over-representation. This paper presents a summary of known risk factors, discusses the impact of road injury at multiple levels and suggests steps towards addressing this significant public health problem.

Keywords:  Indigenous , Road crashes , Injuries , Fatalities

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PII: S0020-1383(08)70025-1

doi:10.1016/S0020-1383(08)70025-1

Injury
Volume 39, Supplement 5 , Pages S19-S23, December 2008

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