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Table 1 Annual RTC fatality rate data per 100,000 population: Australia and Australian states and territories, 1971-2009

From: Are we there yet? Australian road safety targets and road traffic crash fatalities

 

Australia

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

ACT

NT

1971

27.47

26.43

25.63

32.08

24.33

31.5

32.66

13.23

58.32

1972

25.72

22.77

24.99

30.13

25.69

31.42

26.48

20.03

57.56

1973

27.24

25.40

25.22

32.69

26.78

32.51

26.05

16.73

56.63

1974

26.03

26.05

21.46

29.33

30.77

29.62

27.33

16.65

42.75

1975

26.59

26.12

24.03

30.96

26.79

26.32

29.75

16.08

68.91

1976

25.53

25.49

24.62

27.19

24.1

26.14

26.19

18.29

51.92

1977

25.21

25.35

24.86

26.86

23.79

24.08

26.99

13.57

45.22

1978

25.8

27.39

22.49

28.18

22.45

28.1

25.38

13.76

61.83

1979

24.17

25.20

21.77

27.81

23.75

22.38

22.1

10.87

46.43

1980

22.27

25.20

16.78

24.58

20.56

23.09

23.61

13.38

53.28

1981

22.25

24.66

19.41

25.33

16.83

18.31

25.98

12.74

57.09

1982

21.42

23.63

17.76

24.83

20.28

17.63

22.33

11.16

46.04

1983

17.9

18.05

16.45

20.55

19.77

14.83

16.17

11.72

35.32

1984

18.11

19.19

16.12

20.01

17.06

15.89

18.96

15.1

35.17

1985

18.63

19.53

16.58

19.52

19.54

17.13

17.61

13.13

45.11

1986

18.03

18.60

16.05

18.33

20.83

15.63

20.38

12.36

45.98

1987

17.04

17.07

16.75

16.52

18.38

14.24

17.14

13.56

53.1

1988

17.46

18.17

16.45

19.67

15.87

14.98

16.62

11.39

32.07

1989

16.66

16.62

17.96

15.14

15.64

15.33

17.57

11.58

37.85

1990

13.66

13.66

12.52

13.76

15.78

12.15

15.36

9.21

41.53

1991

12.23

11.24

11.38

13.34

12.72

12.65

16.5

5.88

40.49

1992

11.28

10.88

8.89

13.73

11.33

12.06

15.75

6.79

32.13

1993

11.05

9.68

9.73

12.73

14.92

12.46

12.3

4.01

25.77

1994

10.8

10.66

8.4

13.12

10.84

12.39

12.48

5.64

23.65

1995

11.16

10.12

9.25

13.97

12.32

12.05

12.03

4.92

34.36

1996

10.76

9.36

9.14

11.53

12.28

13.99

13.49

7.46

39.59

1997

9.54

9.18

8.2

10.6

9.99

10.97

6.76

5.5

32.1

1998

9.38

8.77

8.41

8.09

11.28

12.23

10.17

7.1

36.34

1999

9.32

9.00

8.17

8.97

10.08

11.79

11.24

6.08

25.42

2000

9.49

9.30

8.58

8.9

11.03

11.31

9.12

5.71

26.08

2001

8.95

7.97

9.24

8.93

10.12

8.68

12.93

5.01

25.28

2002

8.73

8.46

8.16

8.67

10.12

9.3

7.83

3.1

27.58

2003

8.15

8.08

6.7

8.14

10.25

9.22

8.58

3.38

26.49

2004

7.86

7.60

6.88

7.97

9.02

8.98

12.01

2.75

17.31

2005

7.98

7.52

6.85

8.26

9.53

8.08

10.49

7.87

26.64

2006

7.72

7.28

6.57

8.19

7.46

9.86

11.23

3.89

19.94

2007

7.69

6.49

6.42

8.58

7.83

11.16

9.53

4.12

26.05

2008

6.73

5.35

5.7

7.64

6.17

9.63

8.04

4.05

34.12

2009

6.9

6.49

5.44

7.49

7.33

8.81

12.73

3.42

13.79

  1. Sources: [30, 47]