By NICOLE VALICEK
THE number of people hospitalised after a road accident in Hobsons Bay has dropped, but too many are still being hurt on local roads, according to Transport Accident Commission’s (TAC) Janet Dore.
According to the latest TAC serious injury crash data, the number of people hospitalised following road accidents in the municipality has fallen from 71 in the 2012 financial year to 50 last year.
Ms Dore, the TAC’s chief executive, said while the result was positive, too many people were still being injured on local roads.
“Any reduction in road trauma is pleasing but the fact is no-one should die or be seriously injured on Victorian roads,” Ms Dore said.
Claims involving acute hospitalisation of more than 14 days from 12 months to May 2013 dropped 9 per cent from 11 people in 2012 to 10 last year.
A total of 895 claims involving hospitalisation in Hobsons Bay were recorded from 1 July 2012 to 30 June last year with 149 of those hospitalised for more than 14 days.
“Hobsons Bay has seen a fairly dramatic fall in the number of hospitalisations but we can never celebrate a situation where 50 people have been hopsitalised and 10 of them were injured seriously enough to still be in hospital 14 days later.”
Ms Dore said reducing serious injuries was a key goal of the State Government’s Road Safety Strategy.
“Our vision is for every Victorian’s journey to be a safe one,” Ms Dore said.
