This report presents tabulations of road deaths and road death rates for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations and Australian states and territories. The rates allow for a comparison of Australia’s road safety performance with that of other OECD nations by accounting for the differing levels of population, motorisation and distances travelled. In terms of annual deaths per 100,000 population in 2014: Australia’s rate of 4.92 was the 14th lowest rate out of the 32 nations with available data. The nations with the three lowest rates were — Iceland 1.23 — Sweden 2.80 — Netherlands 2.83 Between 2005 and 2014, the rate of annual road crash fatalities per 100,000 population in Australia declined by a total of 38.9 per cent. Over the same period the OECD median rate fell by 46.0 per cent. All Australian jurisdictions achieved reduction of at least 11.7 per cent. In terms of annual deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles in 2014: Australia’s rate of 0.66 was the 11th lowest rate out of the 26 nations with available data. The nations with the three lowest rates were — Iceland 0.15 — Norway 0.37 — Switzerland 0.41 Annual road deaths in Australia relative to vehicle ownership declined between 2005 and 2014 by a total of 44.0 per cent. During this period the median rate for OECD nations declined by 46.0 per cent. Australian jurisdictions all achieved reductions of at least 19.8 per cent. In terms of annual deaths per 100 million vehicle kilometres travelled in 2014: Australia’s rate of 0.48 was the 8th lowest rate out of 13 nations with available data. The nations with the three lowest rates were — Iceland 0.12 — Norway 0.33 — Sweden 0.34 Between 2005 and 2014, Australia’s rate declined by a total of 35.8 per cent whilst the OECD median declined by 49.8 per cent. For Australian jurisdictions, the reductions ranged from 3.1 per cent (Western Australia) to 64.9 per cent (Australian Capital Territory). The International Road Traffic Accident Database (IRTAD 2016) is the main source of fatality and exposure data in this report. IRTAD is maintained by the Joint Transport Research Centre of the OECD and the International Transport Forum. Each year member nations supply IRTAD with their most recent data, which may include revisions to historical data. Further information on IRTAD is available at <http://internationaltransportforum.org/irtadpublic/about.html>. In addition to the IRTAD database, other sources include OECD Stat Extracts (OECD 7 July, 2016) and in a small number of cases, a country’s relevant government website. Australian road fatality data in this report are based on two databases: the Australian Road Deaths Database (ARDD) and the National Crash Database (NCD). There are minor data differences between the two databases due to the timing differences in data receipt and ongoing validation by data providers. ARDD data are available at <http://www.bitre.gov.au/statistics/safety/fatal_road_crash_database.asp…;. ARDD data used in this report was current to June 2016 and NCD data to September 2015. Australian data for population and registered vehicles were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, (ABS 2016) and (ABS 2016b) respectively. Estimates of vehicle kilometres travelled were obtained from the Bureau of Infrastructure and Regional Economics (BITRE unpublished). (Author/publisher)
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