Terms & conditions

The Victorian estimated resident population data (sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics) for calculating injury rates for the financial year 2022/23 are currently based on June 2022 estimates instead of December 2022 estimates, which will become available later this year. Once the December 2022 data become available we will update the calculated rates which may change slightly as a consequence

The Injury Atlas of Victoria (app) is presented by Monash University (Monash) for the purpose of disseminating de-identified aggregated information for the benefit of the public. Monash has taken great care to ensure the information on this app is as correct and accurate as possible. The information on this app is also updated regularly. However, Monash does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability whatsoever arising from, or connected to, the use of any material contained on this app or on any linked site. Monash recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with respect to their use of this app and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material on this app for their purposes. The information contained on this app does not represent the views or opinions of Monash. This app is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

Any material provided to users is provided on the condition that full acknowledgement for the provision of these data is given to the VICTORIAN INJURY SURVEILLANCE UNIT (VISU), MONASH UNIVERSITY in any publications or outputs resulting from use of the data.

Non-Monash data

This app may include data sourced from organisations other than Monash. The inclusion of non-Monash data does not constitute either an endorsement or a recommendation by Monash of this material. Where possible and appropriate, Monash will indicate non-Monash sourced data

Links to external websites

This app contains links to other websites that are external to Monash. Monash takes reasonable care in linking websites but has no direct control over the content of the linked sites, nor the changes that may occur to the content on those sites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites.

Links to external websites do not constitute an endorsement or a recommendation of any material on those sites or of any third party products or services offered by, from or through those sites. Users of links provided by this website are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the website they visit.

Security of the Monash website

Monash applies a range of security controls to protect its website from unauthorised access. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes, worms or other devices or defects.

Monash accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this app or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the user's computer system, software or data.

Email addresses on the Monash website

The presence of email addresses on the Monash website does not infer consent to send unsolicited commercial electronic messages (email) to those addresses.

Application of terms of use and Disclaimer Notice

Any person who uses this app (by any means including any robot, spider, other automatic device or agent, or any manual process) is deemed to have accepted the terms of use (incorporating the Disclaimer Notice).

These terms of use will apply in addition to any other terms that specifically apply to a particular part or page of this app. But if those other terms are inconsistent with these terms of use, those other terms will prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

Monash may amend these terms of use at any time. The update information (appearing at the bottom of this page) indicates the date on which these terms of use were last amended.