Inquest into the death of Road Death 43 of 2024
Demographics
41y, female
Date of death
2024-08-16
Finding date
2025
Cause of death
Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle collision
AI-generated summary
A 41-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force head injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision. The driver (her mother) failed to stop at a remote intersection marked with warning and stop signs, colliding with another vehicle at approximately 60 km/h. The deceased was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The driver did not ensure passengers were adequately restrained before departure. No mechanical defects, excessive speed, alcohol, or adverse weather contributed to the incident. The collision resulted in vehicle rollover with fatal consequences. The preventability of this death hinged on two modifiable factors: the driver's momentary inattention at the intersection and the deceased's failure to wear a seatbelt. Both represented breaches of road safety rules that, had they been observed, would likely have prevented this tragedy in a remote Northern Territory location.
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Contributing factors
- Driver failed to stop at stop sign at intersection
- Driver momentary lapse of attention
- Deceased was not wearing a seatbelt
- Driver did not ensure passenger was restrained before departure
- Unregistered vehicle being operated
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