At least five posties are injured each week on Australia’s roads, according to data released by Australia Post as the service published video of collisions and urged motorists to “keep an eye out”.

More than 280 posties sustained broken limbs, concussions or serious trauma from third-party road crashes in the past financial year.

“Many of these incidents resulted in hospital treatment, time off work and ongoing psychological trauma,” Australia Post said on Tuesday.

The corporation’s general manager of safety, Russell Munro, said posties were on the road “delivering for Australians but, increasingly, they’re also being put at risk by unsafe driver behaviour”.

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