AUSTRALIAN ACCIDENT REGISTER IS NOW AUSTRALIA-WIDE

www.accidentregister.info

21 January 2007

The Australian Accident Register website records accurate details of accidents
and serious
near misses in the outdoors and adventure community. The reports are carefully
researched and are assembled with input from emergency and medical services and
where
possible the victims and/or others present.

Names are not listed on the site and the wording is non-judgmental. The purpose
is to
encourage those involved to step forward with accurate information so that the
resulting
reports are a useful educational tool for readers.

The site is widely referenced by educational groups, commercial operators,
recreational
climbers, canyoners, paddlers, bushwalkers and mountain bikers.

The site is also used by the media and has helped improve the accuracy of their
reporting
of past accidents.

Until recently the site was being run on a volunteer basis and covered accidents
in the Blue
Mountains.

The site has now been set up to cover national accidents and a site manager has
been
appointed to help assemble and write the reports. All reports will be checked by
the
editorial committee.

For details on the site, the editorial committee and how it is funded please
visit http://
www.accidentregister.info

Anyone with an accident report can do so via the report page at http://
www.accidentregister.info/repinfo.html

Accident reports can be viewed here
http://www.accidentregister.info/listsmain.html