Transport deaths, Australia 1993 2. Nearly one-third of injury deaths were transport injuries. The rate of transport-related injury deaths was highest in young adults and the elderly. Male rates were much higher than female rates, particularly for young adults. Transport injury death rates declined between 1992 and 1993, continuing the marked downward trend since 1970.
Male rates remain much higher than female rates.
Male and female rates have each declined by about half since 1979. State and Territory differences Transport injury death rates were much higher in the NT than elsewhere in 1993 and throughout the period 1979-93. The rate for the ACT has been noticeably lower than the national rate since 1988. Elsewhere, rates were relatively close to the national value. An aircraft crash in Queensland during WWII claimed 20 lives.