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Car accident doctor for the Northern Beaches area: CTP injury care

Hurt on a Northern Beaches road: our doctors see you by telehealth or in person, record your injuries and provide your Certificate of Fitness.

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Wherever you live on the Northern Beaches, from Seaforth near the Spit Bridge to Avalon Beach, our doctors see people hurt in car accidents over video, or face to face when an injury has to be examined properly. The consultation focuses on your accident injuries and on the paperwork your CTP claim relies on, including the Certificate of Fitness. From there, our doctors can set out a treatment plan and refer you to our physios, psychologists or exercise physiologists where that fits. 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.

Plenty of people here get around on the B-Line bus, the Manly ferry, a bike or on foot, and that mix shows up in the injuries our doctors see. Stop-start traffic through Dee Why and Brookvale is a common setting for rear-end crashes and the neck and back pain that can follow. Motorcyclists and cyclists can come away with fractures and shoulder injuries, and pedestrians are hurt around busy centres such as Manly. If sitting in a car or on a bus is painful after a crash, a telehealth review spares you the trip along Pittwater Road or over the Spit Bridge.

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Local road safety

Where people are hurt on the roads in the Northern Beaches area

Transport for NSW's records for 2020 to 2024 put most of the peninsula's injury crashes on slower suburban streets and around its beach and shopping centres, with barely any on high-speed roads. Dee Why recorded the most, closely followed by Manly and Frenchs Forest, with Brookvale, Mona Vale and Balgowlah next. Pittwater Road and Warringah Road are the streets named most often. Riders feature strongly in the figures. Motorcycles were part of roughly one in five injury crashes, and bicycles about one in seven. Pedestrians were involved in about one in ten, a reminder that plenty of people here are on foot between bus stops, beaches and shops. Each of those groups tends to come away with different injuries from people inside a car, so our doctors ask exactly how the crash happened.

Crashes where someone was hurt in the Northern Beaches area, 2020 to 2024
YearCrashes where someone was hurtKilledSeriously injuredAll casualtiesAll recorded crashes (including tow-away crashes)
2020263456293389
2021252454281350
2022249255270353
2023243359280362
2024312580361433
2020 to 20241,319183041,4851,887
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.Pittwater Road239 crashes
  2. 2.Warringah Road114 crashes
  3. 3.Mona Vale Road71 crashes
  4. 4.Wakehurst Parkway59 crashes
  5. 5.Barrenjoey Road49 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.Dee Why103 crashes
  2. 2.Manly97 crashes
  3. 3.Frenchs Forest91 crashes
  4. 4.Brookvale76 crashes
  5. 5.Mona Vale67 crashes

Road-user mix. Of the 1,319 crashes where someone was hurt in 2020 to 2024, 19% involved a motorcycle, 10% a pedestrian, 14% a bicycle, 3% a heavy vehicle and 1% an e-scooter (a crash can involve more than one). Crashes in speed zones of 90 km/h or more made up 1% of the total.

Main roads through the Northern Beaches area

  • Pittwater Road
  • Mona Vale Road
  • Warringah Road
  • Wakehurst Parkway
  • Barrenjoey Road
  • Condamine Street
  • Forest Way

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 Northern Beaches area: getting checked and recorded

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Once you're safe, have your injuries checked, even if the pain seems mild. Neck and back symptoms after a rear-end crash on Warringah Road or Pittwater Road can surface later, and an early record helps. Tell the doctor exactly how the crash happened so it's written down. Get the other car's plate and its driver's contact details too. If police didn't attend, contact NSW Police to report it and keep the event number. Your CTP claim is made to the insurer of the vehicle at fault, and our doctors can complete the Certificate of Fitness that insurer asks for.

  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 Northern Beaches area: your first appointment

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Early records carry weight with the insurer. When a doctor notes your symptoms soon after the crash and links them to it, the connection is on file if questions come up later. Whether you were hurt in Balgowlah or Mona Vale, the first appointment covers an examination, the Certificate of Fitness, a care plan and the records insurers tend to request. On the Northern Beaches, telehealth spares you the drive along Pittwater Road for reviews, and in-person visits are there when an examination matters. The local mix of road users points to familiar patterns. Whiplash and back strain can follow rear-end crashes in the queues on Warringah Road and Condamine Street. Riders who come off a motorbike or bicycle on the Wakehurst Parkway or Mona Vale Road can have wrist, collarbone or knee injuries. 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 Northern Beaches 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 Northern Beaches 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.

Bicycles

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

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.

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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 Northern Beaches 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 Northern Beaches area

Across the wider area: Car accident doctors across Sydney

Neighbouring council areas: Mosman, Willoughby, Ku-ring-gai, Hornsby.

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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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See a CTP doctor after a crash in the Northern Beaches area

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

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