Claims Involving Hospitalisation Annual

Calendar year to midnight 31 December 2022

Claims data was extracted on 2 September 2023

2021 claims involving hospitalisation 2022 claims involving hospitalisation
5,789 5,281 (down 8.8%)
Claims involving hospitalisation
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 5 year
average
7,763 8,123 8,042 5,451 5,789 7,034
Gender
strTitle 2021 2022 Change % change 5 year
average
Female 2,409 2,216 -193 -8% 2,992
Male 3,374 3,056 -318 -9% 4,034
Unknown 6 9 3 50% 8
Road user
strTitle 2021 2022 Change % change 5 year
average
Bicyclist 417 350 -67 -16% 478
Driver 2,860 2,511 -349 -12% 3,430
Motorcyclist* 996 921 -75 -8% 1,172
Passenger 787 734 -53 -7% 1,022
Pedestrian 547 618 71 13% 675
Unknown 182 147 -35 -19% 256
Location
strTitle 2021 2022 Change % change 5 year
average
Melbourne 3,621 3,388 -233 -6% 4,262
Rural vic 1,931 1,661 -270 -14% 2,139
Unknown 237 232 -5 -2% 632
Age Group
strTitle 2021 2022 Change % change 5 year
average
0 to 17 305 243 -62 -20% 358
18 to 25 1,082 868 -214 -20% 1,370
26 to 39 1,526 1,331 -195 -13% 1,754
40 to 59 1,585 1,431 -154 -10% 1,942
60 and over 1,291 1,408 117 9% 1,610
Unknown 0 0 0 0% 0
The above table is based on claims accepted by the TAC from people with injuries sustained in transport accidents in Victoria, where the injured person was admitted to hospital within 7 days of crash. Excluded are denied and pending claims, and claims related to crashes occurring interstate.
* includes pillion riders
Note: Data is updated monthly from TAC claims databases. A six-month reporting lag is applied to the data, allowing for claims to be lodged and processed, and hospital invoices to be received and processed. Claims are reported by claim acceptance date. Data is subject to revision as additional information about known claims is received, and as new claims are received and processed.
5 year average rounded to nearest whole number