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Car accident doctor for the Strathfield area: CTP injury care

Telehealth or in-person CTP consultations for people injured in crashes around Strathfield, Homebush and Greenacre, including the Certificate of Fitness.

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One of our CTP doctors can see you after a crash in Strathfield, Homebush or Flemington, by telehealth or in person, whether it happened in Parramatta Road traffic or on a quiet heritage street in Strathfield South. The first consultation covers how the crash happened, an assessment of every injury and a clear written record, which your claim leans on. The doctor then fills in your Certificate of Fitness and plans care, perhaps physio after a Liverpool Road rear-end crash, psychology or exercise physiology. 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.

This is a small municipality with a lot going on. Apartment blocks cluster near Homebush and Strathfield stations, heritage streets and many schools fill the middle, and produce trucks serve the Flemington markets. Commuters, school traffic, freight and motorcyclists all meet on Centenary Drive and Liverpool Road at peak hour. In our consultations, that mix tends to show up as neck and back injuries from rear-end crashes in queued traffic, shoulder and knee injuries from side impacts at intersections, and limb injuries for riders. Telehealth means you can start care at home instead of sitting in that traffic while you're sore.

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Local road safety

Where people are hurt on the roads in the Strathfield area

Across 2020 to 2024, Transport for NSW crash data lists more than 500 people injured or killed on local roads, about one in five of them seriously. Almost all of those crashes were on suburban streets and arterials rather than open road, the kind of setting where rear-end and side-impact collisions, and the soft tissue injuries that follow, are common. Centenary Drive, Parramatta Road and the Hume Highway are where crashes are recorded most, and by suburb the count is highest in Strathfield, then Homebush and Homebush West. Roughly one crash in seven involved a motorcycle, and nearly one in four happened in darkness, when visibility is lower for everyone.

Crashes where someone was hurt in the Strathfield area, 2020 to 2024
YearCrashes where someone was hurtKilledSeriously injuredAll casualtiesAll recorded crashes (including tow-away crashes)
202099031125143
20218302494124
20227401282118
202395020113128
202494229126133
2020 to 20244452116540646
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.Centenary Drive88 crashes
  2. 2.Great Western Highway65 crashes
  3. 3.Hume Highway64 crashes
  4. 4.Roberts Road21 crashes
  5. 5.Homebush Road20 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.Strathfield171 crashes
  2. 2.Homebush82 crashes
  3. 3.Homebush West81 crashes
  4. 4.Greenacre52 crashes
  5. 5.Strathfield South38 crashes

Road-user mix. Of the 445 crashes where someone was hurt in 2020 to 2024, 14% involved a motorcycle, 7% a pedestrian, 3% a bicycle, 8% 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 Strathfield area

  • M4 Western Motorway
  • Parramatta Road
  • Hume Highway (Liverpool Road)
  • Centenary Drive
  • Homebush Road

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 Strathfield area: getting checked and recorded

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Make sure everyone is safe, and call police if someone is hurt or a driver won't give their details. If no officers came, report the crash afterwards and write down the event number. Collect the other driver's name, rego and insurer details. Have your injuries checked and recorded soon, even if they feel minor, because neck and back pain after a jolt in Centenary Drive or Parramatta Road traffic can build later. While the at-fault car's insurer sets up your claim, you can talk to one of our doctors by video from home in Homebush or Greenacre.

  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 Strathfield area: your first appointment

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Getting injuries documented early matters. When your first clinical notes are written soon after a collision on Centenary Drive or at a Homebush intersection, it's easier for the insurer to see how the crash led to your symptoms. At that first appointment the doctor checks every injury, signs the Certificate of Fitness, plans treatment and writes up the notes a CTP insurer tends to request. In a compact, well-connected area like this, you can pick telehealth from home or an in-person visit when an examination matters. Given the road users in the local crash data, the injuries we expect to see include whiplash and lower back strain from rear-end crashes on the arterials, fractures, grazes and joint injuries for motorcyclists, and impact injuries for people on foot near the stations and shops. 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 Strathfield 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 Strathfield 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.

Heavy vehicles

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

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.

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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 Strathfield 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 Strathfield area

These are some of the suburbs and towns in the Strathfield 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: Parramatta, Canada Bay, Burwood, Cumberland, Canterbury-Bankstown.

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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 Strathfield area

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

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