Summary

The total number of road deaths in March 2005 was 156
- this is a 10.6% increase over the March 2004 figure.

The number of road deaths in 2005 to the end of March is 386
- this is a 5.4% decrease from the same 3 month period in 2004.

Summary

The total number of road deaths in July 2005 was 135
- this is a 2.9% decrease from the July 2004 figure.

The number of road deaths in 2005 to the end of July is 927
- this is a 0.7% decrease from the same 7 month period in 2004.

Summary

Any alcohol at all will affect your ability to drive. In Australia, it is an offence to drive while your blood alcohol concentrate (BAC) is 0.05 or above. In other words, the legal limit (the limit you must not exceed) is under 0.05. If you are a learner (L-Plate), provisional (P-plate) or professional driver, the legal limit is either zero or under 0.02.

Alcohol will:

Summary

The total number of road deaths in October 2005 was 126
- this is a 8.7% decrease from the October 2004 figure.

The number of road deaths in 2005 to the end of October is 1,358
- this is a 2.5% increase over the same 10 month period in 2004.

Summary

This broad profile of road safety among Indigenous Australians was prepared as a draft discussion paper for the Indigenous Road Safety Forum and Working Group held at Alice Springs, 27-28 September 2004. It comprises two distinct sections:

Summary

The total number of road deaths in April 2005 was 125
- this is a 1.6% increase over the April 2004 figure.

The number of road deaths in 2005 to the end of April is 516
- this is a 2.6% decrease from the same 4 month period in 2004.

Summary

The over-involvement of young drivers in road crashes is widely understood in Australia to be a most serious and to date largely intractable road safety problem. Young people aged 15-24 make up 15% of the population but account for 31% of fatalities.