Flipped out of control: single-vehicle rollover accidents in the Northern Territory.

Objectives: To study the incidence of and factors associated with single-vehicle rollover (SVRO) accidents in the "Top End" of the Northern Territory (NT); to identify factors associated with major injury and death from SVRO accidents.

Design: Retrospective analysis of records from the NT Department of Transport and Works' police database, Royal Darwin Hospital's trauma database, coroner's records, and case notes from public hospitals in the Top End.

Study Population: All patients involved in SVRO accidents in the Top End between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997 whose accident was documented by the police, who attended a public hospital, or who died.