List of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year information
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
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
[15]
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