Marine Safety Research in Western Australia

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Marine Safety Research in Western Australia
Terri Pikora PhD Marine Safety Research
Program Injury Research Centre School of
Population Health The University of Western
Australia
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Acknowledgments Funded by Department for
Planning Infrastructure Staff at IRC - Heather
Williams, Matthew Legge, Present past staff at
DPI WAWP
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Why do Marine Safety research?
Background What do we know? What do we need to
know more about? What are we doing/planning?
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Background

• 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)

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What 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)

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Boating-related fatalities, injuries incidents
in WA
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• 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

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• 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

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New hospital admissions due to boating injury by
year of separation, WA 1989-2003
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• 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

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Marine-related incidents reported to DPI, WA
2000-2003
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• 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

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What else do we know?
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Number of registered recreational vessels in WA
1989 to 2003
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Other Water Safety Issues in WA
annual averageHendrie (2004)
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What 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

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What do we need?

• Boater behaviour information
• Evaluate marine safety education programs
• Monitor effects of design technical changes
• Costs (community personal) associated with
  injuries incidents

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What 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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