❓ Ms. Quirk questions how accurate road safety data is collected for single vehicle crashes now that reporting is not mandatory. The answer details reporting requirements under the Road Traffic Act and supplementary data sources.
AnsweredQoN 6102Legislative Assembly
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(1) Given that single vehicle crashes no longer have to be reported to police, how can accurate data be collected in relation to potential areas of concern on the road network?
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Answered
18 October 2011
Responded by
Minister for Road Safety
Response time
40 days
(1) Section 56 of the
Road Traffic Act 1974
requires drivers to report any incidents occasioning bodily harm to another person to a police station. In addition to collisions between motor vehicles, reports are required for collisions between motor vehicles and cyclists/pedestrians, between two cyclists or between a cyclist and a pedestrian where injury occurs.
Section 56 also requires the driver to report any incidents where there is property damage over the prescribed amount of $3000. This includes the majority of single vehicle crashes except those single vehicle bicycle crashes where the bicycle or total damage is not worth more than $3000.
The mandatory reporting of these crashes through Police provides data on the crashes of most concern. Data on the injuries sustained by cyclists in single vehicle crashes is captured through the Hospital Morbidity Database, administered by the Department of Health, and are used to supplement the data captured through the police crash reports.
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Road Traffic Act 1974
requires drivers to report any incidents occasioning bodily harm to another person to a police station. In addition to collisions between motor vehicles, reports are required for collisions between motor vehicles and cyclists/pedestrians, between two cyclists or between a cyclist and a pedestrian where injury occurs.
Section 56 also requires the driver to report any incidents where there is property damage over the prescribed amount of $3000. This includes the majority of single vehicle crashes except those single vehicle bicycle crashes where the bicycle or total damage is not worth more than $3000.
The mandatory reporting of these crashes through Police provides data on the crashes of most concern. Data on the injuries sustained by cyclists in single vehicle crashes is captured through the Hospital Morbidity Database, administered by the Department of Health, and are used to supplement the data captured through the police crash reports.
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