Coronial

454 results for motor vehicle injury

SAcommunity2011-02-17

Coroner's Finding: WANGANEEN Derrick Terence Lee

24y · Male·upper cervical spinal crush injury due to motor vehicle accident

A 24-year-old male died from upper cervical spinal crush injury sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle crash while evading police. He had stolen a vehicle and drove reck…

forensic medicineneurologyalcohol
VIChospital2015-04-14

Finding into death of Bryan Joseph Clothier

74y · Male·Head injury in motor vehicle incident

A 74-year-old man using a motorised mobility scooter was struck by a motor vehicle at a T-intersection in Rye, Victoria. He sustained a se…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
VIC2016-10-28

Finding into death of Peter Edward Hall

71y · Male·Head and neck injury sustained in high-speed motor vehicle collision on racing c…

A 71-year-old experienced motor racing driver suffered fatal head and neck injuries when his Datsun collided with a stalled Lamborghini on…

emergency medicinetrauma surgerymorphine
VIChospital2015-12-15

Finding into death of Fay Dawn Rogers

64y · Female·Traumatic head injury sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)

A 64-year-old woman died from traumatic head injury sustained in a pedestrian motor vehicle incident. She stepped onto High Street from behind a light pole wh…

emergency medicineneurosurgery
TAS2017-09-25

Coroner's Finding: Jock, Chuak John

29y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

A 29-year-old male died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 29 April 2016. While driving home on a damp road, he lost control of his vehicle on a swe…

TAS2022-04-08

Coroner's Finding: Sykes, Andrew Philip

33y · Male·Traumatic brain injury

Andrew Sykes, aged 33, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Flinders Island. While driving home on a gravel road at dusk, he los…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
TAScommunity2021-11-12

Coroner's Finding: Pereira, Thomas

25y · Male·Bilateral pneumothoraxes due to or as a consequence of ejection from a motor veh…

25-year-old male died from bilateral pneumothoraxes sustained during ejection from a motor vehicle on a gravel farm road. He had consumed alcohol (blood alcohol level 0.119 g/100mL) and was not wea…

forensic medicinetrauma surgery
TAScommunity2022-11-15

Coroner's Finding: Hall, Robert John

80y · Male·multiple (spine, chest, pelvic and limb) injuries from single motor vehicle cras…

An 80-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash when his Toyota Hilux veered left, left the carriageway, and struck a tree head-on. He was no…

synthetic opioid analgesic
VIChome2013-02-22

Finding into death of William

1y · Male·Blunt head trauma (motor vehicle impact)

…inantly affecting children under six years, and that most drivers (85%) were unaware a child was near the vehicle. Clinical lessons relate to injury prevention through parental awareness and supervision rather than medi…

trauma surgeryemergency medicinesystem
VIC2011-08-25

Finding into death of Peter James

74y · Male·Severe head injury as a result of a motor vehicle incident (passenger)

A 74-year-old man died from severe head injury sustained as a front-seat passenger in a motor vehicle collision on the Hume Freeway. His wife was driving…

NTcommunity2025

Inquest into the death of Road Death 43 of 2024

41y · Female·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle collision

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 ma…

SAcommunity2011-05-12

Coroner's Finding: BAY-AN Cris Lupingay and PETERSONS Andrew Peter

Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision

Two men died in a motor vehicle collision on 30 August 2008 following a high-speed police pursuit. Andrew Petersons (30) was drivi…

alcohol
TAShome2022-07-22

Coroner's Finding: Brown, Elizabeth Mary

80y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash

Elizabeth Mary Brown, aged 80, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 13 September 2021 in Strahan, Tasmania. She failed to give way at an intersection while d…

QLDcommunity2018-11-05

Nguyen, Van Phuc – Non-inquest findings

50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)

Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane. The vehicle did not stop at the scene. Despite exten…

TAS2025-01-28

Coroner's Finding: Ward, Janet Robyn

62y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision

Janet Robyn Ward, aged 62, died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on 8 March 2022 when the other driver, James Jarman, crossed onto her lane while distrac…

TAScommunity2018-10-18

Coroner's Finding: Sheehan, Leon Dennis

Male·Positional asphyxia following traumatic injuries sustained in a single motor veh…

Leon Dennis Sheehan died from positional asphyxia after a single-vehicle motor accident. He was trapped upside down in his vehicle by the seat belt for at least 20 minutes before…

alcohol
TAS2020-07-20

Coroner's Finding: Borchi, Alessandro

21y · Male·traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash

Alessandro Borchi, a 21-year-old Italian working holidaymaker, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 January 2018 in Huonville, Tasmania. The vehicle, driven by Luca …

alcohol
QLD2014-05-01

C a motor racing participant - Non-inquest findings

66y · Male·multiple injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with multiple…

A 66-year-old experienced racing driver died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Lakeside Raceway. His vehicle's accelerator jammed, causing engine over-revving. He appli…

TAS2023-11-28

Coroner's Finding: Donohue, Jacob and Oliver, Will

19y · Male·Jacob Allan Donohue: multiple (head, trunk and limb) injuries sustained as drive…

Two 19-year-old males died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Midland Highway near Oatlands, Tasmania. The driver of a Kia SUV unintentionally …

diagnostic
TAScommunity2022-06-30

Coroner's Finding: Oates, Nigel

66y · Male·multiple head, neck, chest and limb injuries

A 66-year-old machinery operator died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on 10 December 2021. He was driving on the Murchison Highway when his vehicle veered …

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