New South Wales Road Toll 2026
Quick answer: 288 people have died on NSW roads in 2026, to 1 November 2026, against 282 by the same date in 2025 (+2%). Over the 12 months to June 2026 the death rate was 4.1 per 100,000 people (national 4.8).
Updated . "Road toll" here means people killed in road crashes, not toll-road fees.
Source: Transport for NSW, Centre for Road Safety statisticsread every 6 hours.
Over the last 12 months, 353 people died on NSW roads (352 in the 12 months before).
New South Wales road toll by year
Deaths in each calendar year. The highest year shown is 1989 (959). Rates per 100,000 people are BITRE's (ABS population).
| Year | Deaths | Per 100k | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | not confirmed | 4.1 | BITRE (rate only) |
| 2024 | not confirmed | 3.9 | BITRE (rate only) |
| 2023 | not confirmed | 4.1 | BITRE (rate only) |
| 2022 | 281 | 3.4 | ARDD |
| 2021 | 275 | 3.4 | ARDD |
| 2020 | 284 | — | ARDD |
| 2019 | 353 | — | ARDD |
| 2018 | 347 | — | ARDD |
| 2017 | 389 | — | ARDD |
| 2016 | 380 | — | ARDD |
| 2015 | 350 | — | ARDD |
| 2014 | 307 | — | ARDD |
| 2013 | 333 | — | ARDD |
| 2012 | 369 | — | ARDD |
| 2011 | 364 | — | ARDD |
| 2010 | 405 | — | ARDD |
| 2009 | 454 | — | ARDD |
| 2008 | 374 | — | ARDD |
| 2007 | 435 | — | ARDD |
| 2006 | 496 | — | ARDD |
| 2005 | 508 | — | ARDD |
| 2004 | 510 | — | ARDD |
| 2003 | 539 | — | ARDD |
| 2002 | 561 | — | ARDD |
| 2001 | 524 | — | ARDD |
| 2000 | 603 | — | ARDD |
| 1999 | 577 | — | ARDD |
| 1998 | 556 | — | ARDD |
| 1997 | 576 | — | ARDD |
| 1996 | 581 | — | ARDD |
| 1995 | 620 | — | ARDD |
| 1994 | 646 | — | ARDD |
| 1993 | 581 | — | ARDD |
| 1992 | 649 | — | ARDD |
| 1991 | 663 | — | ARDD |
| 1990 | 797 | — | ARDD |
| 1989 | 959 | — | ARDD |
ARDD = Australian Road Deaths Database (BITRE), copy on data.gov.au with complete years to 2022. Where the state publishes its own yearly table (South Australia from 2005, the ACT from 2000, the Northern Territory's last full year) that figure is used. "Not confirmed": the full-year count for that year is in the current ARDD on bitre.gov.au, which we could not download.
Road deaths in New South Wales by road user
| Year | Drivers | Passengers | Motorcyclists | Pedestrians | Cyclists | Other or unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 127 | 44 | 53 | 49 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 | 133 | 29 | 63 | 41 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | 135 | 40 | 48 | 48 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 166 | 60 | 68 | 45 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018 | 158 | 57 | 54 | 69 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 186 | 82 | 59 | 54 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 183 | 54 | 67 | 71 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 155 | 60 | 67 | 61 | 7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 153 | 43 | 59 | 41 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 155 | 49 | 71 | 44 | 14 | 0 |
Motorcyclists include pillion passengers.
Deaths in New South Wales over the Christmas period, 23 December to 3 January (ARDD): 2022-23: 8 · 2021-22: 8 · 2020-21: 7 · 2019-20: 10 · 2018-19: 8 · 2017-18: 21 · 2016-17: 12 · 2015-16: 12 · 2014-15: 7 · 2013-14: 8. See double demerit dates and the Christmas road toll.
Road toll in other states and territories
| State | 2026 so far | Same date 2025 | Counted to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | 229 | 247 | 1 November 2026 |
| Queensland | 153 | 136 | 30 June 2026 |
| Western Australia | 111 | 102 | 30 June 2026 |
| South Australia | 90 | 76 | 1 November 2026 |
| Tasmania | 17 | 24 | 30 June 2026 |
| Northern Territory | 28 | 36 | at least 8 October 2026 (the page is undated; read 2 November 2026) |
| Australian Capital Territory | 12 | — | 22 September 2026 |
Related: double demerits dates and Christmas road toll · road toll for all states · Australia accident news · driving laws in Australia · US and Ireland deaths so far this year · all statistics.
New South Wales road toll — FAQ
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Where these numbers come from
- Running counts: Transport for NSW, TAC Victoria, SA Police (CC BY 4.0), ACT Policing, NT Police; read every 6 hours. Counts are facts reported with attribution; each state revises its figures as investigations finish.
- Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania: latest figure from the BITRE monthly bulletin, because their own running counts are a Word file behind a bot check (TMR), a Power BI dashboard (WA Road Safety Commission) or not published as a dated count we could read (Tasmania).
- National figures and rates: BITRE, Road Deaths Australia monthly bulletin, CC BY 3.0 AU.
- History: Australian Road Deaths Database (BITRE), CC BY 3.0 AU, complete years 1989–2022.
- We do not add counts taken on different dates. A road death is a person who dies within 30 days of a crash on a public road. See the methodology.