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This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year. It shows the annual number of road fatalities (road deaths or Road toll) per capita per year, per vehicle and per vehicle-km in the year the data was collected. The list includes all road users such as drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists.
*An additional four deaths occurred in NSW as a result of vehicle accidents on wet roads. [395] Bushfire: Esperance, Western Australia: 4: 2015 Nov 17: Three of the dead were foreign nationals. [396] Air accident: Barwon Heads, Victoria: 4: 2016 Jan 29: Light aircraft en route to King Island crashed into ocean near Victorian coast. [397 ...
The bus driver pleaded guilty to dangerous and negligent driving occasioning death, and was sentenced to 32 years in prison with a non-parole period of 24 years. It was the worst Australian road crash since 1994 when twelve people were killed when a bus overturned near Boondall, Queensland. [1] [2]
The Kembla Grange derailment occurred early on the morning of 20 October 2021 near Kembla Grange railway station, New South Wales, Australia, when a passenger train collided with an abandoned van and derailed.
In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [5] There are large disparities in road traffic death rates between ...
Another pedestrian was severely injured in 2016 when he was hit by a car one block east of Woodbine. In 2021, a cyclist was severely injured on Florin Road 200 yards away from the fatal January crash.
Klages pleaded guilty in May to two counts of operating under the influence causing death in connection with the Aug. 26, 2023 crash. Both of the girls who died were students at Mason High School.
Casualty crash rates on the Kings Highway are 85% higher than the NSW average and road fatalities are 8% higher. A 2005 NRMA road survey found: [ 3 ] [ 22 ] The rate of people hospitalised after crashes on the Kings Highway is well over the national average. 877 crashes were recorded on Kings Highway over a 10-year period, an average of about ...