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Unfortunately, thousands of Australians are injured or die in road crashes every year. And, as the number of road crash injuries escalates, so too does the personal and social cost of serious injuries. Associate Professor Angela Watson explains how the Queensland Government’s Road Safety Data Bureau is linking Queensland road safety data to boost road crash prevention efforts.

“We need to understand serious injury better, but we don’t currently measure it very well,” Associate Professor Watson explains. “We know from previous work that certain types of injuries and road users are systematically underreported to police. For example, three in four cyclists and half of all motorcycle riders admitted to hospital for serious road crash injuries, are not reported to police”.

Linking road crash, health and ambulance data will help the Bureau determine the extent of serious injury.

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