House of Assembly
Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
51
2
Parliament of South Australia
House of Assembly
published
Answers to Questions
P-Plate Drivers
P-PLATE DRIVERS
Dr McFETRIDGE
House of Assembly
Morphett
P-PLATE DRIVERS
317 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (20 November 2007). How many motor vehicle accidents involving P-plate drivers occurred in each year since 2000-01?
The Hon. P.F. CONLON
House of Assembly
Elder
Minister for Transport
Minister for Infrastructure
Minister for Energy
P-PLATE DRIVERS
The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy): The Minister for Road Safety has provided the following information:
The number of crashes that involved drivers with a provisional licence from 2000-07 are as follows:
| Year |
Number of fatal crashes |
Number of serious injury crashes |
| 2000 |
24 |
189 |
| 2001 |
17 |
185 |
| 2002 |
13 |
162 |
| 2003 |
17 |
162 |
| 2004 |
13 |
143 |
| 2005 |
16 |
120 |
| 2006 |
10 |
128 |
| 2007 |
15 |
162 |
The 2007 data is preliminary and subject to change, with serious injury crashes reported to the 31October 2007.