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 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 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 3,25221.4 39 25.6 1983 2,75517.9 32 1984 2,82218.1 32 1985 2,941 18.63 32.3 20.9 1986 2,88818.0 31 1987 2,77217.0 30 1988 2,88717.5 30 18.8 1989 2,80116.7 29 1990 2,331 13.66 23.1 1991 2,11312.2 21 14.1 1992 1,974 11.28 19 1993 1,95311.05 19 1994 1,92810.80 18.0 1995 2,017 11.16 18.412.1 1996 1,970 10.7617.3 1997 1,7679.5415.1 1998 1,755 9.38 14.5 10.5 1999 1,7649.32 14.4 2000 1,817 9.49 14.69.8 2001 1,737 8.95 13.99.1 2002 1,715 8.7313.48.9 2003 1,621 8.1512.38.0 2004 1,5837.86 11.78.0 2005 1,6277.98 11.77.9 2006 1,5987.72 11.27.7 2007 1,6037.6210.87.4 2008 1,4376.6896.5 2009 1,4916.78, or 6.86Road Deaths Australia : December 2013 Monthly Bulletin; Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics106.7 2010 1,3536.06, or 6.14 8.46.1 20111,277 5.71, or 5.725.55.5 20121,300 5.78, or 5.73 5.4 5.5 20131,187 5.16 4.6 5.0 2014 1,150 4.914.5 4.8 Road Deaths Australia : December 2015 Monthly Bulletin; Bureau of Infrastructure & Transport Research Economics 20151,209 5.08 5.0 20161,293 5.34 5.0 20171,225 4.98 5.0 2018 1,135 4.60 4.0 2019 1,194 4.3 https://app.powerbi.com/ 2020 1,095 4.3 4.4 2021 1,123 4.4 2022 1,194 4.6 2023 1,266 4.8 2024 1,300 4.8 2025 1,314 4.8
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See also List of motor vehicle deaths in Iceland by year List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year List of motor vehicle deaths in Thailand by year Motor vehicle fatality rate in U.S. by year
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