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Car accident doctor for the Narromine Shire: CTP injury care

Telehealth assessments, treatment plans and the Certificate of Fitness from our CTP doctors, for crashes on the Newell, the Mitchell and Narromine Shire farm roads.

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Wherever you live in the Narromine Shire, be it a property near Burroway or a house in Trangie, one of our CTP doctors can assess you by telehealth, so a sore back doesn't have to sit through a long drive. That assessment works through each injury, documents how the crash caused it, and can cover the Certificate of Fitness as well. Our doctors then put together a treatment plan, which may draw on physio, psychology or exercise physiology. When an injury needs examining in person, we'll work out the closest sensible option with you, often Narromine itself or a run east to Dubbo.

Distances shape everyday life here. Farm work follows the seasons across cotton, wheat and sheep country, and harvest brings headers and grain trucks onto the same highways as everyone else. Dubbo is the nearest regional city, a short drive east of Narromine but a longer one from Trangie or the mine near Tomingley. Recovering from a crash while keeping a farm or a job going is hard when every appointment means a drive. That's why our care plans can lean on telehealth reviews and home exercise programs built around your week.

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Local road safety

Where people are hurt on the roads in the Narromine Shire

In this shire, crashes that injure people mostly happen on the open road. Across 2020 to 2024, Transport for NSW's crash data puts roughly two-thirds of the shire's injury crashes on country roads beyond the town limits, and over four in ten on sections signed at 110 km/h. Motorcyclists were involved in about one in seven crashes, and heavy vehicles appear often as well. The Newell and Mitchell highways are the roads named most often, and Tomingley is the busiest locality after Narromine. Crashes involving pedestrians or cyclists were rare. At highway speed a single impact can affect the neck, back, chest and limbs at once, which is why a careful first examination matters here.

Crashes where someone was hurt in the Narromine Shire, 2020 to 2024
YearCrashes where someone was hurtKilledSeriously injuredAll casualtiesAll recorded crashes (including tow-away crashes)
202011271516
202113171921
2022221123425
202310131518
202419673021
2020 to 2024751136113101
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.Newell Highway20 crashes
  2. 2.Mitchell Highway15 crashes
  3. 3.Tomingley Road5 crashes
  4. 4.Dandaloo Street4 crashes
  5. 5.Burroway Road2 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.Narromine37 crashes
  2. 2.Tomingley24 crashes
  3. 3.Trangie9 crashes
  4. 4.Burroway3 crashes
  5. 5.Gin Gin2 crashes

Road-user mix. Of the 75 crashes where someone was hurt in 2020 to 2024, 11 involved a motorcycle, 1 a pedestrian, 1 a bicycle and 14 a heavy vehicle (a crash can involve more than one). Of the 75, 50 happened in speed zones of 90 km/h or more.

Main roads through the Narromine Shire

  • Mitchell Highway
  • Newell 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 Narromine Shire: getting checked and recorded

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Your health comes first. Once you're clear of passing traffic, ring 000 if anyone is injured, then have a doctor examine you and document every injury, including stiffness or headaches that seem small on the day, because symptoms after a high-speed crash on the Mitchell or Newell can take time to show. If police didn't come to the scene, contact them afterwards so the crash is recorded. Swap names, registration numbers and insurer details with the other driver, and take photos of both vehicles. The claim itself is made to the at-fault vehicle's CTP insurer, not necessarily your own.

  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 Narromine Shire: your first appointment

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Crashes in this shire often happen at highway speed, far from town, and injuries such as neck and back strain, concussion or a damaged shoulder are easy to overlook when you just want to get home. Seeing a doctor early gives the insurer a clear record linking each injury to the crash. The first telehealth appointment, from a Narromine kitchen or farm office near Gin Gin, covers the crash history, what can be assessed on video, the Certificate of Fitness and notes for the insurer. Later reviews can stay on telehealth from Trangie, Tomingley or the farm. Motorcycle crashes, which feature in the local data, tend to injure joints, limbs and skin, while a collision with a truck can cause spinal and chest injuries. 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.

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 Narromine Shire

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 Narromine Shire. Each of these groups has its own injury pattern:

Heavy vehicles

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

Motorcycles

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

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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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Distances in the Narromine Shire can be long, and a sore neck or back makes every kilometre feel longer. Telehealth means you can see one of our CTP doctors from home. Where an in-person examination is needed, we'll talk through the options when you book.

  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 Narromine Shire

These are some of the suburbs and towns in the Narromine Shire. We see people from all of them.

  • Narromine
  • Trangie
  • Tomingley
  • Burroway
  • Gin Gin
  • Dandaloo

Neighbouring council areas: Dubbo Regional, Gilgandra, Warren, Lachlan, Parkes, Cabonne.

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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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