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Car accident doctor for the Temora Shire: CTP injury care

Across Temora, Ariah Park and the grain farms between, our doctors assess car accident injuries by telehealth and complete the forms a CTP claim needs.

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Telehealth means a CTP consultation with our doctors can happen from a kitchen in Ariah Park, a house in Temora or a homestead out past Mimosa. That matters in a shire of around 6,000 people spread across grain farms, where a long drive with a sore neck or back is the last thing you need. During that call the doctor goes through each injury with you, prepares your Certificate of Fitness and works out a plan for care. If a hands-on examination is needed, we'll tell you and help organise it. If your claim runs into a dispute, we can point you to independent legal help.

Temora sits where the Burley Griffin Way crosses the Goldfields Way, so cars in town mix with grain trucks, freight and highway traffic. Further out, along Milvale Road towards Young or the back roads around Grogan and Combaning, people cover long distances at country speeds, often early or late in the day, and harvest brings slow farm machinery onto the same routes. Crashes at those speeds can cause neck, back and shoulder injuries that stiffen over the following days, as well as fractures and head knocks. Some people also notice poor sleep, nerves behind the wheel or low mood afterwards. Our physios and psychologists help with both.

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Local road safety

Where people are hurt on the roads in the Temora Shire

Transport for NSW figures spanning 2020 to 2024 show a little over 80 people injured or killed on Temora Shire roads. The Burley Griffin Way and the Goldfields Way were the roads that came up most often, and Trungley Hall Road, Moroneys Lane, Victoria Street and Hoskins Street each appeared a few times. Most crashes happened outside the towns, and more than two-thirds were on roads signed at highway speeds. Heavy vehicles were involved in roughly one in six, and motorcycles in about one in ten. For our doctors, that mix points to whiplash-type neck injuries, back and shoulder strains, fractures, and the heavier injuries that can follow a collision with a truck or a fall from a motorbike.

Crashes where someone was hurt in the Temora Shire, 2020 to 2024
YearCrashes where someone was hurtKilledSeriously injuredAll casualtiesAll recorded crashes (including tow-away crashes)
2020182102521
202114141720
20228031016
202317151921
20249061111
2020 to 2024664288289
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.Burley Griffin Way14 crashes
  2. 2.Goldfields Way10 crashes
  3. 3.Moroneys Lane3 crashes
  4. 4.Victoria Street3 crashes
  5. 5.Hoskins Street3 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.Temora36 crashes
  2. 2.Sebastopol5 crashes
  3. 3.Ariah Park5 crashes
  4. 4.Springdale4 crashes
  5. 5.Barmedman4 crashes

Road-user mix. Of the 66 crashes where someone was hurt in 2020 to 2024, 7 involved a motorcycle, 4 a pedestrian, 1 a bicycle and 11 a heavy vehicle (a crash can involve more than one). Of the 66, 46 happened in speed zones of 90 km/h or more.

Main roads through the Temora Shire

  • Burley Griffin Way
  • Goldfields Way
  • Mary Gilmore Way
  • Milvale Road (Temora to Young)

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 Temora Shire: getting checked and recorded

Two cars after a minor collision

Once everyone is safe, ring 000 if someone is injured. If no police attended, let them know about the crash and write down the event number. Swap details with the other driver, including the registration, and photograph the vehicles and the spot if you can. Then have your injuries checked and recorded, even if the pain seems mild at first. There's no need to drive in from Combaning for that: a video consult with our doctors puts your injuries on record from the start. The claim itself is handled by the CTP insurer covering 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 Temora Shire: your first appointment

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Pain from a highway impact on the Burley Griffin Way can take a while to show, and a record made early links your injuries to the crash for the insurer. It also gets care started sooner. At the first appointment, our doctors examine each injury, fill in the Certificate of Fitness, map out treatment and write the clinical notes a CTP insurer tends to request. Across the Temora Shire, that consult happens by telehealth, and physio, psychology and exercise physiology can be arranged by telehealth or as close to home as possible. Whiplash and back strain from high-speed impacts are what we expect most from this area's roads, along with heavier injuries after crashes involving trucks or motorcycles. 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 Temora 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 Temora 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.

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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 Temora 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 Temora Shire

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

  • Temora
  • Ariah Park
  • Springdale
  • Combaning
  • Grogan
  • Trungley Hall
  • Narraburra
  • Mimosa
  • Gidginbung
  • Quandary
  • Sebastopol
  • Bectric
  • Reefton

Neighbouring council areas: Bland, Coolamon, Junee, Cootamundra-Gundagai, Hilltops.

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

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