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Australia Road Toll 2026 by State

Quick answer: The latest national count with one date for every state is 666 deaths from January to June 2026, against 650 a year earlier (+2%). Each state counts to its own date: NSW 288 (to 1 Nov 2026, 282 a year earlier); Victoria 229 (to 1 Nov 2026, 247 a year earlier); Queensland 153 (to 30 Jun 2026, 136 a year earlier); WA 111 (to 30 Jun 2026, 102 a year earlier); SA 90 (to 1 Nov 2026, 76 a year earlier); Tasmania 17 (to 30 Jun 2026, 24 a year earlier); NT 28 (shown 2 Nov 2026, 36 a year earlier); ACT 12 (to 22 Sep 2026).

Updated . "Road toll" here means people killed in road crashes, not toll-road fees.

Each state to its own date

Road deaths in 2026 so far, by state

The states publish on different days (and Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania are shown from the national bulletin), so the counts are not added up. The bulletin table further down gives a national total with one date for every state.

State2026 so farSame date 2025ChangeCounted toPer 100k*
New South Waleslive 288282 +2% 1 November 20264.1
Victoriamanual 229247 -7% 1 November 20263.8
Queenslandmanual 153136 +13% 30 June 20265.7
Western Australiamanual 111102 +9% 30 June 20266.3
South Australiamanual 9076 +18% 1 November 20265.6
Tasmaniamanual 1724 -29% 30 June 20266.2
Northern Territorylive 2836 -22% at least 8 October 2026 (the page is undated; read 2 November 2026)12.0
Australian Capital Territorymanual 12— — 22 September 20263.1

"Live" counts are read from the state's official page every 6 hours; "manual" ones are the latest official figure we could confirm, with its date. *Deaths per 100,000 people over the 12 months to June 2026 (BITRE, ABS population). Same-date figures for last year are the state's own; SA's comes from the SAPOL daily report and is shown only for the date it was read; ACT Policing publishes no same-date figure.

BITRE · January to June · same dates nationwide

National road toll, January to June 2026

666 people died on Australian roads from 1 January to 30 June 2026, against 650 in the same months of 2025 (+2%). This is the latest national figure in which every state is counted to the same day.

StateJan–Jun 2026Jan–Jun 2025Change12 months to June 2026Per 100k
New South Wales177178-1%3504.1
Victoria126148-15%2693.8
Queensland153136+13%3235.7
Western Australia111102+9%1936.3
South Australia5838+53%1075.6
Tasmania1724-29%366.2
Northern Territory1521-29%3212.0
Australian Capital Territory93+200%153.1
Australia666650+2%1,3254.8

Source: BITRE, Road Deaths Australia - June 2026 (CC BY 3.0 AU), tables 2.2, 2.3 and 3.1. Recent months are preliminary.

BITRE · calendar years

Australian road deaths, 2021–2025, and rate per 100,000 by state

YearAustralia deathsNSWVICQLDWASATASNTACTAustralia
20251,3094.14.15.46.04.67.414.31.94.7
20241,2913.94.15.46.34.75.423.02.34.7
20231,2524.14.35.05.56.35.812.00.84.7
20221,1823.43.65.66.33.98.720.53.94.5
20211,1293.43.55.36.05.56.214.12.44.4

State columns are deaths per 100,000 people in each calendar year (BITRE, Road Deaths Australia, table 3.2; ABS population). The Northern Territory's rate is three to four times the national rate in most years.

ARDD · 1989–2022

Road deaths by state and year, 1989–2022

Every year in the Australian Road Deaths Database copy we could download. Deaths fell from 2,800 in 1989 to 1,097 in 2020.

YearNSWVICQLDWASATASNTACTAustralia
2022281240297175715147181,180
2021275231277166993635111,130
202028421127815593383171,097
2019353266219163114293661,186
201834721324515980325091,135
2017389259247160100323151,223
2016380290251195863745101,294
20153502522431611023449151,206
20143072482231821083339101,150
201333324327116198363771,186
2012369282280183943149121,300
2011364287269179103244561,277
20104052882491931183150191,353
20094542903311911196331121,491
2008374303328205993975141,437
20074353323602351244558141,603
20064963373352001175545131,598
20055083463301631485155261,627
2004510343311178139583591,583
20035393303101801574153111,621
20025613973221791543755101,715
20015244443241651536150161,737
20006034073172121664351181,817
19995773833142181515349191,764
19985563902792231684869221,755
19975763773601971483260171,767
19965814173852471816472231,970
19956204184562091815761152,017
19946463774182111595941171,928
19935814353962092185844121,953
19926493964162001657454201,974
19916635033952071847767172,113
19907975483991962267168262,331
19899597764282422228061322,800

The ARDD copy on data.gov.au runs to October 2023, so complete years stop at 2022; the current ARDD is on bitre.gov.au. BITRE has since revised some years slightly (for example 2022: 1,182 in the 2026 bulletin, 1,180 in this copy).

BITRE · 12 months to June 2026

Who dies on Australian roads

Road userDeathsShare
Drivers57744%
Passengers21817%
Pedestrians19615%
Motorcyclists26320%
Cyclists534%

Motorcyclists and cyclists include pillion passengers. The national total for the period (1,325) also includes people whose road user type is unknown.

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Questions

Australia road toll — FAQ

How many people have died on Australian roads in 2026?
The latest national count with one date for every state is 666 deaths from January to June 2026, against 650 a year earlier (+2%). Each state counts to its own date: NSW 288 (to 1 Nov 2026, 282 a year earlier); Victoria 229 (to 1 Nov 2026, 247 a year earlier); Queensland 153 (to 30 Jun 2026, 136 a year earlier); WA 111 (to 30 Jun 2026, 102 a year earlier); SA 90 (to 1 Nov 2026, 76 a year earlier); Tasmania 17 (to 30 Jun 2026, 24 a year earlier); NT 28 (shown 2 Nov 2026, 36 a year earlier); ACT 12 (to 22 Sep 2026).
Which state has the highest road toll?
By number, the largest states: New South Wales 350, Queensland 323, Victoria 269 deaths in the 12 months to June 2026. By population, the Northern Territory has by far the highest rate (12 per 100,000 people) and the ACT the lowest (3.1), against 4.8 nationally (BITRE).
How many people died on Australian roads in 2025?
1,309 people, according to BITRE's Road Deaths Australia bulletin, against 1,291 in 2024. The national toll fell from 2,800 in 1989 to a low of 1,097 in 2020 and has risen since.
Why is there no single national figure for today?
Each state publishes its own count, to its own date, and some only weekly or monthly. Adding counts taken on different dates would understate the total, so we show each state with its date, and the national BITRE figure, which uses one date for every state.
What counts as a road death?
A person who dies within 30 days of a crash on a public road, where the crash was not deliberate. All Australian states use this national definition.
Sources and method

Where these numbers come from