Claims Involving Hospitalisation Annual

Calendar year to midnight 31 December 2023

Claims data was extracted on 3 February 2025

2022 claims involving hospitalisation 2023 claims involving hospitalisation
5,290 5,495 (up 3.9%)
Claims involving hospitalisation
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 5 year
average
8,120 8,044 5,451 5,790 5,290 6,539
Sex
strTitle 2022 2023 Change % change 5 year
average
Female 2,221 2,218 -3 -0% 2,768
Male 3,060 3,251 191 6% 3,762
Unknown 9 26 17 189% 8
Road user
strTitle 2022 2023 Change % change 5 year
average
Bicyclist 353 377 24 7% 447
Driver 2,517 2,553 36 1% 3,202
Motorcyclist* 923 1,040 117 13% 1,099
Passenger 740 730 -10 -1% 931
Pedestrian 617 620 3 0% 641
Unknown 140 175 35 25% 219
Location
strTitle 2022 2023 Change % change 5 year
average
Melbourne 3,397 3,536 139 4% 4,029
Rural vic 1,665 1,778 113 7% 2,023
Unknown 228 181 -47 -21% 486
Age Group
strTitle 2022 2023 Change % change 5 year
average
0 to 17 245 291 46 19% 328
18 to 25 871 915 44 5% 1,231
26 to 39 1,337 1,295 -42 -3% 1,644
40 to 59 1,432 1,554 122 9% 1,785
60 and over 1,405 1,440 35 2% 1,552
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