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Monthly Fatalities Graph
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Annual Fatalities Graph
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Deaths by Age and Sex
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Deaths by Road User Type
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Every year on Australian roads there are:
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600,000 reported road crashes;
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200,000 reported injuries as a result of road crashes;
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22,000 serious as a result of road crashes requiring long term care and
treatment; and
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1,750 people killed in road crashes.
The road toll is not just a
statistic. It involves sudden loss, pain, suffering and financial
hardship. It changes the lives of thousands of Australian families
forever.
Our roadsides are littered with
memorials to loved ones lost.
More than 30 years ago,
Australia's road toll began a dive from over 3,000 deaths every year, to
around 1,750. Around 7 years ago that trend stopped and since then, the
road toll has been basically stagnant.
In 2003, people most commonly
killed on the roads were young people, particularly males. In
fact,
road crashes are the biggest killer of people aged between 18 and 25
years.
While the population of males and females in Australia is similar,
males are more than 2.5 times more likely to be killed on the roads.
The most commonly killed people on the roads are drivers and passengers,
followed by pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists.
Research shows that nearly 40%
of deaths on Australian roads are the result of vehicles hitting
roadside objects such as trees or poles - things which are easily
protected using guard rails.
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