This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year. It shows the annual number of road fatalities (road deaths or Road toll) per capita per year, per vehicle and per vehicle-km in the year the data was collected. The list includes all road users such as drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists.
Year | Total road fatalities | Road fatalities per 100,000 population per year | Road fatalities per 100,000 motor vehicles | Road fatalities per 1 billion vehicle-km | Source |
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1925 | 700 | 11.8 | 229 | [1] | |
1926 | 901 | 14.9 | 231 | ||
1927 | 943 | 15.3 | 190 | ||
1928 | 1,003 | 15.9 | 177 | ||
1929 | 1,145 | 17.9 | 181 | ||
1930 | 1,054 | 16.3 | 161 | ||
1931 | 916 | 14.0 | 152 | ||
1932 | 818 | 12.4 | 139 | ||
1933 | 914 | 13.8 | 148 | ||
1934 | 952 | 14.3 | 148 | ||
1935 | 1,100 | 16.4 | 160 | ||
1936 | 1,350 | 19.9 | 182 | ||
1937 | 1,387 | 20.3 | 175 | ||
1938 | 1,483 | 21.5 | 173 | ||
1939 | 1,426 | 20.5 | 159 | ||
1940 | 1,558 | 22.1 | 174 | ||
1941 | 1,298 | 18.3 | 149 | ||
1942 | 1,297 | 18.1 | 173 | ||
1943 | 1,340 | 18.5 | 173 | ||
1944 | 1,089 | 14.9 | 133 | ||
1945 | 1,011 | 13.7 | 118 | ||
1946 | 1,270 | 17.0 | 137 | ||
1947 | 1,346 | 17.8 | 133 | ||
1948 | 1,348 | 17.5 | 122 | ||
1949 | 1,424 | 18.0 | 116 | ||
1950 | 1,643 | 20.1 | 118 | ||
1951 | 1,926 | 22.9 | 122 | ||
1952 | 2,054 | 23.8 | 116 | ||
1953 | 1,856 | 21.1 | 101 | ||
1954 | 1,976 | 22.0 | 101 | ||
1955 | 2,042 | 22.2 | 96 | ||
1956 | 2,119 | 22.5 | 94 | ||
1957 | 2,113 | 21.9 | 89 | ||
1958 | 2,146 | 21.8 | 86 | ||
1959 | 2,264 | 22.5 | 85 | ||
1960 | 2,468 | 24.0 | 87 | ||
1961 | 2,542 | 24.1 | 86 | ||
1962 | 2,535 | 23.6 | 82 | ||
1963 | 2,598 | 23.7 | 79 | ||
1964 | 2,966 | 26.6 | 84 | ||
1965 | 3,164 | 27.8 | 85 | ||
1966 | 3,242 | 27.9 | 83 | ||
1967 | 3,166 | 26.8 | 77 | ||
1968 | 3,382 | 28.2 | 79 | ||
1969 | 3,502 | 28.6 | 78 | ||
1970 | 3,798 | 30.4 | 80 | [2] | |
1971 | 3,590 | 27.7 | 71 | 44 | |
1972 | 3,422 | 26.0 | 64 | ||
1973 | 3,679 | 27.5 | 66 | ||
1974 | 3,572 | 26.3 | 60 | ||
1975 | 3,694 | 26.6 | 59 | ||
1976 | 3,583 | 25.5 | 54 | 35.5 | |
1977 | 3,578 | 25.2 | 52 | ||
1978 | 3,705 | 25.8 | 52 | ||
1979 | 3,508 | 24.2 | 48 | 31.5 | |
1980 | 3,272 | 22.3 | 43 | ||
1981 | 3,321 | 22.3 | 42 | ||
1982 | 3,252 | 21.4 [3] | 39 | 25.6 | |
1983 | 2,755 | 17.9 | 32 | [3] | |
1984 | 2,822 | 18.1 | 32 | [3] | |
1985 | 2,941 | 18.63 | 32.3 | 20.9 | |
1986 | 2,888 | 18.0 | 31 | [3] | |
1987 | 2,772 | 17.0 | 30 | [3] | |
1988 | 2,887 | 17.5 | 30 | 18.8 | [3] |
1989 | 2,801 | 16.7 | 29 | [3] | |
1990 | 2,331 | 13.66 | 23.1 | ||
1991 | 2,113 | 12.2 | 21 | 14.1 | [3] |
1992 | 1,974 | 11.28 | 19 | ||
1993 | 1,953 | 11.05 | 19 | ||
1994 | 1,928 | 10.80 | 18.0 | ||
1995 | 2,017 | 11.16 | 18.4 | 12.1 | |
1996 | 1,970 | 10.76 | 17.3 | ||
1997 | 1,767 | 9.54 | 15.1 | ||
1998 | 1,755 | 9.38 | 14.5 | 10.5 | |
1999 | 1,764 | 9.32 | 14.4 | ||
2000 | 1,817 | 9.49 | 14.6 | 9.8 | |
2001 | 1,737 | 8.95 | 13.9 | 9.1 | |
2002 | 1,715 | 8.73 | 13.4 | 8.9 | |
2003 | 1,621 | 8.15 | 12.3 | 8.0 | |
2004 | 1,583 | 7.86 | 11.7 | 8.0 | |
2005 | 1,627 | 7.98 | 11.7 | 7.9 | |
2006 | 1,598 | 7.72 | 11.2 | 7.7 | |
2007 | 1,603 | 7.62 | 10.8 | 7.4 | |
2008 | 1,437 | 6.68 | 9 | 6.5 | [3] [4] |
2009 | 1,491 | 6.78, or 6.86 [5] | 10 | 6.7 | [3] |
2010 | 1,353 | 6.06, or 6.14 [5] | 8.4 | 6.1 | [2] [3] [6] |
2011 | 1,277 | 5.71, or 5.72 [5] | 5.5 | 5.5 | [3] [7] |
2012 | 1,300 | 5.78, or 5.73 [5] | 5.4 | 5.5 | [7] [8] |
2013 | 1,187 | 5.16 | 4.6 | 5.0 | [5] [7] |
2014 | 1,150 | 4.91 | 4.5 | 4.8 | [7] [9] |
2015 | 1,209 | 5.08 | 5.0 | [10] | |
2016 | 1,293 | 5.34 | 5.0 | [10] | |
2017 | 1,225 | 4.98 | 5.0 | [10] | |
2018 | 1,135 | 4.60 | 4.0 | [10] | |
2019 | 1,194 | 4.3 | [11] | ||
2020 | 1,095 | 4.3 | 4.4 | [12] | |
2021 | 1,123 | 4.4 | [13] | ||
2022 | 1,194 | 4.6 | [14] | ||
2023 | 1,266 | 4.8 | |||
2024 | 1,300 | 4.8 | [16] |
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