This information sheet collates the latest available national data on casualty road crashes involving older Australians.

Population data in Table 3 was amended in January 2016.

• Road safety of older Australians: recent statistics
  
  is_50_amended_2016_III.pdf
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This report presents detailed information on fatal crashes involving heavy vehicles and forms an important part of the evidence base. See also the Quarterly bulletins.

Latest Year: 2021

• hv_annual_2021.pdf
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• hv_annual_2021_tablesonly.xlsx
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• Road Trauma Involving Heavy Vehicles 2021 - Dashboard

2021 : At a glance

Annual counts of fatalities in crashes involving heavy trucks, 2012–2021

• In 2021, a total of 163 people were killed in crashes involving heavy trucks. This represents 15.4 per cent of total road deaths.
• Of the people killed in these fatal crashes, approximately 50 per cent are occupants in a light vehicle, 25 per cent are occupants in the heavy truck and 25 per cent are other road users (pedestrian, motorcyclist or pedal cyclist).
• The latest hospitalisation data (2019) shows that approximately 510 heavy truck occupants are hospitalised from road crashes each year.

Annual counts of fatalities in crashes involving a bus, 2012–2021

• There was a total of 15 people killed in crashes involving a bus. The trend over the last three years shows a reduction of 13.4 per cent per year.
• Of the people killed in these bus-involved fatal crashes, approximately 11 per cent are occupants of the bus, 33 per cent are occupants of a light vehicle and 57 per cent are other road users.
• Approximately 254 bus occupants are hospitalised from crashes each year.

Data presented in this publication was correct as at January 2023. Due to normal ongoing revisions in road deaths data, comparisons between this publication and later reports will result in minor discrepancies.

Archives

• Archived Road Trauma Involving Heavy Vehicles—Annual Summaries

This report provides an overview of the different patterns of road fatality and injury rates in 21 countries, and their determinants.

The main result of the study are models of road fatality rates as a function of seat belt wearing rates, enforcement activities regarding speed (using speed cameras) and alcohol (with random breath testing), and economic influences (principally unemployment). Experience from around the world also shows that laws lowering speed limits and legal blood alcohol limits are effective in saving lives.

• Road safety: modelling a global phenomenon
  
  report_141.pdf
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This information sheet presents latest available Australian and international statistics on the road safety of young adults.

• Young Adult Road Safety–A Statistical Picture
  
  is_051.pdf
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This report presents road deaths and road death rates for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations and Australia. The rates allow for a comparison of Australia’s road safety performance with that of other OECD nations by accounting for the differing levels of population, motorisation and distances travelled. The latest available international data is for 2023.

Fatalities per 100,000 population is the measure specified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Indicator 3.61) to monitor road crash trauma.

Latest year: 2023

Archives

• Archived International Road Safety Comparisons-Annual

This report is the latest in the BITRE series of annual road crash statistical reports. It presents annual counts of road deaths, injuries and standardised rates.

Latest Year: 2024

Archives

• Archived Road Trauma Australia—Annual Summaries

A quarterly publication tracking counts of fatalities in crashes that involve heavy vehicles.

Latest Quarter: Jul-Sep 2024

Archives

• Archived Road Deaths In Crashes Involving Heavy Vehicles–Quarterly Bulletins

Older issues of Road Deaths Australia are available below.

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• 2021
• 2020
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• 2017
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Latest summaries of road crash deaths and fatal road crashes are presented here. Updates are monthly and published on BITRE's website on or around the 14th of each month.

Data are sourced from the road traffic or police authorities in each jurisdiction. Data are preliminary and subject to revision.

Latest Month

• Monthly Bulletin and tables
  • Alternate link to Monthly Bulletin: Monthly road deaths | National Road Safety Data Hub
• Road Deaths Australia—Dashboard
• Australian Road Deaths Database—ARDD

Archives

• Archived Road Deaths Australia—Monthly Fatality Statistics

Paper given to the 31st Australasian Transport Research Forum, 2 October–3 October 2008, Gold Coast. Authors: Hema de Silva, Tim Risbey, Justin McEvoy, Joel Mallett

• Probability Based Estimation of Human Productivity Losses from Road Fatalities
  
  sp_002_deSilva_Risbey_McEvoy_Mallett.pdf
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