Road deaths in Australia 1925–2008
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Author / Source: Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Contributor: thinkingtransport
Records of road crash deaths in Australia commenced in 1925, a time when motor vehicle ownership was just starting its steady rise to the more than 15 million motor vehicles on the road in Australia today. As the number of vehicles on the road increased, so too did the number of road crash deaths, until the 1970s when concerted government action stopped and reversed the rise in numbers of people killed each year.
This report provides up to date statistics on road deaths from beginning of records to 2008.
