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Car accident doctor for the Inner West Council area: CTP injury care

After a rear-end collision on Parramatta Road or a bike crash in Newtown, see our doctors for a CTP consultation on video or in person.

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Our doctors see people injured in motor vehicle accidents across the Inner West, by telehealth or in person where that suits the injury. Whether you were rear-ended on Parramatta Road at Leichhardt or knocked down near Enmore, a CTP consultation goes further than a quick check-up. The doctor assesses each injury, notes how the crash caused it, completes the Certificate of Fitness and sets out a treatment plan. Physio, psychology and exercise physiology can follow through our team. The CTP insurer generally pays for treatment that is reasonable and necessary for your accident injuries. It decides what's approved, and its decisions can be reviewed.

Terrace streets, apartments and busy strips like Marrickville Road mean plenty of locals walk, cycle or ride a motorbike instead of driving. So when people here are hurt in a crash, it is often as a pedestrian, a cyclist or a rider, and those injuries tend to differ from a car occupant's. Common examples are wrist and collarbone fractures from coming off a bike, knee damage, or a head knock from a fall onto the road. Telehealth saves you a trip across Petersham or Annandale with a sore neck or a strapped arm. When a hands-on examination matters, an in-person consultation is there instead.

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Local road safety

Where people are hurt on the roads in the Inner West Council area

Between 2020 and 2024, Transport for NSW crash data puts Marrickville ahead of every other suburb in the area for casualty crashes, followed by Ashfield, Leichhardt, Rozelle, Haberfield and Petersham. Parramatta Road, recorded as the Great Western Highway, tops the street list, ahead of the Princes Highway, Victoria Road and New Canterbury Road. Unprotected road users stand out. Motorcycles feature in about one in five crashes, pedestrians in about one in seven and bicycles in about one in eight. Nearly all crashes happen in lower speed zones, so injuries more often come from impacts at junctions, falls from bikes and people on foot being struck than from high-speed collisions.

Crashes where someone was hurt in the Inner West Council area, 2020 to 2024
YearCrashes where someone was hurtKilledSeriously injuredAll casualtiesAll recorded crashes (including tow-away crashes)
2020304274344434
2021287273329418
2022259677305428
2023258271304388
2024276265295424
2020 to 20241,384143601,5772,092
Crashes where someone was hurt are police-reported crashes in which at least one person was killed or injured. All casualties counts everyone killed, seriously injured, moderately injured or with minor or other injuries. The last column, for context, also counts crashes where no one was hurt but a vehicle was towed away. Injury severities are as recorded in this police-reported dataset; Transport for NSW's hospital-linked serious injury statistics are a different, higher series.

Roads and streets with the most crashes where someone was hurt

  1. 1.Great Western Highway143 crashes
  2. 2.Princes Highway96 crashes
  3. 3.Victoria Road77 crashes
  4. 4.New Canterbury Road61 crashes
  5. 5.City West Link Road51 crashes

Localities where people were hurt most often

Localities as recorded by Transport for NSW. A crash near the council boundary can carry the name of a locality next door.

  1. 1.Marrickville188 crashes
  2. 2.Ashfield136 crashes
  3. 3.Leichhardt109 crashes
  4. 4.Rozelle107 crashes
  5. 5.Haberfield94 crashes

Road-user mix. Of the 1,384 crashes where someone was hurt in 2020 to 2024, 21% involved a motorcycle, 14% a pedestrian, 13% a bicycle, 4% a heavy vehicle and under 1% an e-scooter (a crash can involve more than one). Crashes in speed zones of 90 km/h or more made up under 1% of the total.

Main roads through the Inner West Council area

  • Parramatta Road
  • WestConnex (M4 East tunnels and Rozelle Interchange)
  • City West Link
  • Victoria Road
  • Princes Highway
  • Liverpool Road (Hume Highway)

Source: Transport for NSW, NSW Road Crash Data 2020 to 2024 (open data). Casualty crashes by LGA of crash. View the dataset (opens in a new tab)

First steps

After a crash in the Inner West Council area: getting checked and recorded

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Once you're out of the traffic on the City West Link or a side street in Annandale, call 000 if someone is badly hurt. If police didn't attend, let them know about the crash and note the event number. Swap details with the other driver, including the registration, and take photos. Then have one of our doctors or your GP check your injuries, even ones that seem small. Neck and back pain often builds after a crash, and early notes become part of your claim record. Your CTP claim goes to the insurer of the vehicle at fault.

  1. Get safe, then get help

    Call 000 if anyone is seriously hurt or in danger. For police attendance when it isn't an emergency, the Police Assistance Line is 131 444.

  2. Report it and keep the event number

    Report the crash to police if anyone was hurt, a driver left the scene or a car was towed. Keep the event number: the claim form asks for it.

  3. Swap details and take photos

    Get names, phone numbers, licence details and registration plates from every driver, and witnesses' details before they leave. Photograph the scene when it's safe.

  4. See a doctor early

    Ideally within a day or two, even if you feel fine. Pain often builds over the following days. An early appointment records your injuries and starts your Certificate of Fitness.

  5. Which CTP insurer handles your claim

    You claim with the CTP (green slip) insurer of the vehicle most at fault, worked out from its registration. If that vehicle can't be identified, the claim may go to the Nominal Defendant.

  6. Lodge the claim form

    The form is the Application for Personal Injury Benefits, backed by your Certificate of Fitness. Our step-by-step lodging guide walks through it.

Time limits

A claim served within 28 days of the accident can have benefits backdated to the accident date. A common reference point for lodging is three months from the accident. Your circumstances can change the dates, so confirm yours with SIRA or a solicitor.

CTP injury care

Car accident injury care for the Inner West Council area: your first appointment

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Queues on Parramatta Road and Victoria Road can mean rear-end crashes, and the neck and back strain that follows is easy to brush off at first. Motorcycle riders and pedestrians, who show up often in this area's crash data, can have injuries that need careful follow-up. Getting assessed early gives the insurer a clear medical record linking each injury to the crash. At that first visit, say after a motorbike spill at Rozelle, the doctor examines each injury, signs your Certificate of Fitness, maps out your care and writes up the records the insurer relies on. Because the area is compact and close to the city, you can pick telehealth from home or an in-person appointment where that suits. Physio, psychology and exercise physiology through our team can then follow on. If your claim runs into a dispute, we can point you to independent legal help.

Our CTP doctors see people injured in motor vehicle accidents across NSW. The first appointment does four jobs, and each one feeds the claim:

  1. A proper assessment

    The doctor takes a history of the crash, examines you and records a diagnosis for each injured area, including the ones that seem minor today.

  2. Your Certificate of Fitness

    The main medical document in a NSW CTP claim. It records your injuries, your capacity for work and what you can and can't do. The first one must come from a medical practitioner, and each one generally covers up to 28 days, so it's renewed as you recover. See what a Certificate of Fitness should include.

  3. A treatment plan

    What you need next, such as physiotherapy, psychology or exercise physiology, with clear reasons the insurer can act on.

  4. The records the insurer asks for

    Dated notes, referrals and reports that link your symptoms to the crash. Insurer decisions lean on them, so they need to be specific.

More detail: the CTP medical assessment, and physiotherapy, psychology and exercise physiology under CTP.

CTP injury care

Common injuries after crashes in the Inner West Council area

Every crash is different, but some injuries come up again and again after car crashes. Many don't show their full extent on the day:

Our guide to car accident injuries and their symptoms covers the warning signs.

The road-user mix above shows who else gets hurt on the roads in the Inner West Council area. Each of these groups has its own injury pattern:

Motorcycles

Riders have little protection, so fractures and wrist, knee and ankle injuries are more common. See motorcycle accidents in NSW.

Pedestrians

A person struck by a vehicle can have leg, pelvic and head injuries, often more than one at once. See pedestrian hit by a car.

Bicycles

Cyclists often land on a shoulder, wrist or hip. See shoulder injuries and cyclist hit by a car.

Heavy vehicles

Crashes with trucks involve more force, so injuries tend to be more serious, and the shock can linger. See psychological injury.

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CTP benefits

What CTP pays for, and weekly payments

Approved treatment is generally arranged through the CTP scheme rather than paid by you directly. Depending on your injuries, it can include:

  • Appointments with our CTP doctors, and specialist care where it's needed.
  • Physiotherapy, psychology and exercise physiology with our allied health team.
  • X-rays, scans and other imaging when they're clinically justified.
  • Medication prescribed for your accident injuries.
  • Reasonable travel to approved treatment, where the insurer agrees. Check its process first.

If your injuries stop you working, or cut your hours, weekly payments may be paid where the scheme rules allow. The amount is based on your pre-accident earnings, it steps down at set points, and there's a cap. Your Certificate of Fitness records your capacity for work, so keep it current. Being mostly at fault, or having an injury classified as minor, shortens how long some benefits run. See CTP weekly payments, minor vs non-minor injury and CTP benefits in NSW.

Booking

Telehealth or in person: how to book

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We see people from the Inner West Council area by telehealth, which suits many appointments, or in person where that's clinically appropriate. Tell us what's easiest when you book, especially if you're not driving yet or getting around is hard.

  1. Book online or call

    Use the booking form or call (02) 7238 7379.

  2. We confirm by phone

    We call to confirm the time, whether it's telehealth or in person, and what to bring.

  3. Bring what you have

    Photo ID, the police event number, a claim number if you already have one, any scans or hospital letters, and a list of your medications.

New to telehealth? Here's what to expect from a telehealth CTP appointment.

Around the area

Suburbs and towns across the Inner West Council area

These are some of the suburbs and towns in the Inner West Council area. We see people from all of them. Where we have a local page, the name is linked.

Across the wider area: Car accident doctors across Sydney

Neighbouring council areas: Sydney, Bayside, Canterbury-Bankstown, Burwood, Canada Bay.

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General information, not legal advice. CTP Doctor is a medical clinic, not a law firm or an insurer, and this page isn't medical advice for your situation. For the scheme rules, see SIRA.

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Next step

See a CTP doctor after a crash in the Inner West Council area

Often seen within the week. Telehealth across NSW, or in person where appropriate. No claim number needed to start.

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