Title: Marine Safety Research in Western Australia
1Marine Safety Research in Western Australia
Terri Pikora PhD Marine Safety Research
Program Injury Research Centre School of
Population Health The University of Western
Australia
2Acknowledgments Funded by Department for
Planning Infrastructure Staff at IRC - Heather
Williams, Matthew Legge, Present past staff at
DPI WAWP
3Why do Marine Safety research?
Background What do we know? What do we need to
know more about? What are we doing/planning?
4Background
- State level
- Auditor Generals WA report (June, 2003)
- data collection analysis
- evaluation of safety programs
- marine safety measures training
- National level
- NMSC reports fatalities (2002) non-fatal
injuries (2004)
5What do we know?
- Number of fatalities, serious injuries,
incidents from existing data sources - Number of vessels registered
- Comparison with other water safety issues (eg,
drowning)
6Boating-related fatalities, injuries incidents
in WA
7- Fatalities Data source Morbidity records
(WAMD) ICD coding for water transport injury - Results 99 deaths 1989-2002Average 7 deaths
per year94 were male ages 20 to 34
yearsDeaths result of drowning/submersion
8- Hospitalisations Data source Hospital records
(HMDS) new admissions ICD coding water
transport injury - Results Total 1,911 new hospital admissions
1989-2003 - Average 127 new admissions per year
- 80 were male ages 15 to 39 years
- Result of other accidents
9New hospital admissions due to boating injury by
year of separation, WA 1989-2003
10- Marine-related incidents Data source Marine
Incident Database (DPI) NMSC definition - Results 235 incidents reported 2000-2003
- Average 59 incidents per year
- 56 were commercial vessels ½ of which were
fishing vessels - Majority no personal injuries minor/moderate
vessel damage
11Marine-related incidents reported to DPI, WA
2000-2003
12- Marine Search Rescue incidents Data source
DPI MS (until July 03) WA Water Police through
FESA (from July 03) - Results Total of 10,835 MSAR incidents
1995-2003 - Average of 1,354 MSAR incidents per year
- Majority vessel breakdowns vessel assists
13What else do we know?
14Number of registered recreational vessels in WA
1989 to 2003
15Other Water Safety Issues in WA
annual averageHendrie (2004)
16What do we need?
- Data
- Health fatal serious injury less serious
injuries - distinguish recreational commercial vessels
recent changes in coding - Marine-incident improve reporting (currently
lt½) - Marine Search Rescue more detailed information
- Link data sets together
- Exposure data vs registered vessels
17What do we need?
- Boater behaviour information
- Evaluate marine safety education programs
- Monitor effects of design technical changes
- Costs (community personal) associated with
injuries incidents
18What are we doing/planning?
- Marine Safety Research conference
- Piloting data collection methods for exposure
- Exploring possibility of linking data sets
- Recreational boater survey Summer 05/06
- Costs when data more complete
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