Table 5 Australian state and territory road safety strategies and targets

NSW

halve the road toll, saving 2,000 lives by 2010

• reference year = 1998 during which there were 556 RTC fatalities

• thus, target is assumed to be no more than 253 fatalities in 2010

• average no. of fatalities 2007-2009 = 423

Vic.

save an extra 100 lives per year by the end of 2017, prevent over 2,000 serious injuries per year and reduce the severity of serious injuries

• reference year (assumed to be) 2007 during which there were 332 fatalities

• thus, target assumed to be no more than 232 fatalities in 2017

Qld

less than 5.6 deaths per 100,000 by 2011

• fatality rate 2009 = 7.5 per 100,000

SA

does not identify a state-specific target but refers to the national target of 5.6 deaths per 100,000 by the end of 2010

• fatality rate 2009 = 7.3 per 100,000

WA

11,000 fewer people killed or seriously injured by 2020 (if strategy fully implemented)

• represents a 40% ↓ on the average number of people killed or seriously injured each year between 2005 & 2007

Tas.

a 20% ↓ by 2010 in serious injuries & fatalities from 2005

a 20% ↓ by 2015 in serious injuries & fatalities from 2010

a 20% ↓ by 2020 in serious injuries & fatalities from 2015

• reference year = 2005 during which there were 51 fatalities

• a 20% ↓ would be ≈ no more than 41 fatalities in 2010

• average no. of fatalities 2007-2009 = 50

ACT

achieve better than the national target of 5.6 fatalities per 100,000

• fatality rate 2009 = 3.4 per 100,000

NT

no more than 15 fatalities per 100,000 in 2010

• represents more than a 40% ↓ on current levels

• reference year = 2003 during which there were 26.5 fatalities per 100,000

• fatality rate 2009 = 13.8 per 100,000;

• however, average fatality rate 2007-2009 = 24.7 per 100,000