@article{ref1,
title="Estimating fatality rates in occupational light vehicle users using vehicle registration and crash data",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of public health",
year="2010",
author="Stuckey, Rwth and Lamontagne, Anthony D. and Glass, Deborah C. and Sim, Malcolm Ross",
volume="34",
number="2",
pages="142-145",
abstract="Objective: To estimate occupational light vehicle (OLV) fatality numbers using vehicle registration and crash data and compare these with previous estimates based on workers' compensation data. Method: New South Wales (NSW) Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) vehicle registration and crash data were obtained for 2004. NSW is the only Australian jurisdiction with mandatory work-use registration, which was used as a proxy for work-relatedness. OLV fatality rates based on registration data as the denominator were calculated and comparisons made with published 2003/04 fatalities based on workers' compensation data. Results: Thirty-four NSW RTA OLV-user fatalities were identified, a rate of 4.5 deaths per 100,000 organisationally registered OLV, whereas the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC), reported 28 OLV deaths Australia-wide. Conclusions: More OLV user fatalities were identified from vehicle registration-based data than those based on workers' compensation estimates and the data are likely to provide an improved estimate of fatalities specific to OLV use. Implications: OLV-use is an important cause of traumatic fatalities that would be better identified through the use of vehicle-registration data, which provides a stronger evidence base from which to develop policy responses.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1326-0200",
doi="10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00498.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00498.x"
}