Coronial

454 results for motor vehicle injury

TAS2021-08-23

Coroner's Finding: Groves, Justin Thomas

20y · Male·Blunt trauma injury to the head sustained in a motor vehicle crash

Justin Thomas Groves, aged 20, died from blunt head trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Stonehouse Road, Tasmania on 18 August 2019. The vehicle, driven by Luke Foster (who was …

SAhospital2001-09-04

Coroner's Finding: CHESTER George Spencer

18y · Male·multiple injuries

… Decres Bay Road after failing to negotiate a bend while being pursued by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. Fi…

emergency medicinetrauma surgery
VICcommunity2024-04-24

Finding into death of Leslie Wallace Taylor

61y · Male·head injury sustained on impact by a car

… Taylor, a 61-year-old man with intellectual disability who could not communicate verbally, died from head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle on Ballarat Road, Sunshine on 1 October 2022. Mr Taylor stepped o…

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VICcommunity2023-11-17

Finding into death of Jon Gorr

62y · Male·head, chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a cycle versus car motor vehicle in…

… No errors in medical management were identified; the paramedic response was appropriate and Mr Bennett's vehicle was mechanically sound. The death resulted from unavoidable traffic circumstances rather than preventable…

emergency medicineparamedicine
TAS2023-10-25

Coroner's Finding: Conley, Graham Rex

75y · Male·blunt trauma of the thorax sustained in a single motor vehicle crash

A 75-year-old male died from blunt thoracic trauma sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision with a power pole. The coroner fo…

VIC2024-11-20

Finding into death of Lorraine Marie Breen

73y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (passenger)

A 73-year-old woman died as a front-seat passenger in a motor vehicle collision on the Hume Freeway. The Subaru she was travelling in failed to give way at an intersect…

WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Keannita SAMSON

13y · Female·Chest and Head Injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash

A 13-year-old Aboriginal girl was a passenger in a stolen vehicle that was pursued by Western Australian police. The vehicle driver, also aged 13 and inexperienced, lost c…

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TAS2018-01-04

Coroner's Finding: Elias, Nebras

43y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

Dr E., a 43-year-old medical practitioner, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 8 November 2017. He was driving a Holden Commodore downhill on Golconda Road when it drif…

VIChospital2011-10-06

Finding into death of John Alan Hemingway

62y · Male·Brain swelling associated with cerebral infarction; drainage acute on chronic su…

John Hemingway, a 62-year-old man with cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy, sustained a head injury when a vehicle rolled backward and struck him while he was in a wheelchair. The driver, an international s…

neurosurgerygeneral medicineproceduralsystem
VIC2020-06-30

Finding into death of Vladimir Mark Makovnik

27y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)

A 27-year-old male died from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision while performing a U-turn in his work utility vehicle. He was directing traffic signage …

VIC2025-02-18

Finding into death of Cornelia Styner-Bolliger

57y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident

A 57-year-old Swiss tourist died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on a rural Victorian road. She was a passenger in a Winnebago camper van driven by her h…

NThospital2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 32 of 2024

78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…

A 78-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force chest injuries sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle run-off crash on a remote road in the Northern Territory. She was wearing a seatbelt and the crash was lo…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAShospital2020-08-12

Coroner's Finding: Maynard, Grant Godfrey

60y · Male·multi-organ failure due to injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident, specifi…

…significant comorbidities (cardiomyopathy, cirrhosis, renal failure, diabetes) presented to ED following a motor vehicle accident at low speed. Despite chest imaging showing pleural effusion and the patient having rib p…

emergency medicinegeneral medicinediagnosticdelaydoxycycline
NSWcommunity2015-08-28

Inquest into the death of Leif James

18y · Male·Head injury sustained in motor vehicle collision during police pursuit

An 18-year-old man died from head injuries sustained as a passenger in a stolen vehicle that was being pursued by police. The vehicle reached 135kph in an 80kph zone, lost control on a bend and…

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ACTcommunityNew2026-06-05

Inquest into the death of Alexis Saaghy

16y · Female·head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident

A 16-year-old girl died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on a residential street in Canberra. The driver, a P-plate driver with less than 12 months e…

TAS2019-06-28

Coroner's Finding: Smith, David Alan

Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

David Alan Smith died in a motor vehicle crash on the Midlands Highway, Tasmania, when struck head-on by another vehicle. Mr Smith was driv…

NSWcommunity2024-04-23

Inquests into the deaths of Mona Lisa and Jacinta Smith

Female·Mona: multiple internal injuries (including head and lung injuries) sustained in…

… Lisa Smith (16) and Jacinta 'Cindy' Rose Smith (15), Aboriginal girls from Bourke, NSW, died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 6 December 1987 when a Toyota utility driven by Alexander Grant rolled over on …

forensic medicinediagnosticsystemalcohol
TAScommunity2023-03-06

Coroner's Finding: Oates, Adam Grant

22y · Male·Extensive head injuries sustained in a single vehicle motor accident

A 22-year-old male died from extensive head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash after consuming alcohol to excess (blood alcohol 0.214 g/100mL, over 4 times the legal limit) and u…

alcohol
VIChospital2014-06-20

Finding into death of Rosalie Anne King

29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury

A 29-year-old Aboriginal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Ele…

trauma surgeryintensive care
VICcommunity2013-10-10

Finding into death of Vontharasmey Ban

25y · Male·Atlanto-occipital dislocation

A 25-year-old male died in a high-speed motor vehicle collision following a police pursuit. He was driving at 204 kph when he lost control and crashed i…

forensic medicine
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