Road Safety Quarterly Statistics

The TAC Road Safety Quarterly Statistics Report contains statistical information on the lives lost and injuries* sustained on Victorian roads in transport accidents.

*Injuries requiring hospitalisation within 7 days of the accident.

See below for the latest Road Safety Quarterly Statistics report:

Key numbers from the report

For 12 months to December 2023:

  • A total of 295 people lost their lives on Victorian roads. This is a 22.4% increase (54 more lives lost) compared to the same period one year earlier (from January to December 2022).
  • Of the lives lost: 128 (43%) were drivers, 62 (21%) were passengers, 53 (18%) were motorcyclists, 44 (15%) were pedestrians, and 8 (3%) were bicyclists.
  • There were 261 fatal crashes on Victorian roads, which is 22 (9%) more than the 239 fatal crashes recorded during the same period one year earlier.
  • For every 100,000 people, 4.33 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 3.83 fatal crashes.
  • For every 10,000 vehicles, 0.55 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 0.48 fatal crashes.
  • Compared to other States and Territories, Victoria had the third lowest number of lives lost per 100,000 population (4.33), following by New South Wales (4.21), and ACT (0.86).
  • The LGA’s with the highest numbers of lives lost were Casey and Greater Shepparton (14 each), Moira (12), Greater Geelong, Wyndham, and Yarra Ranges (11 each), Greater Bendigo (8), Baw Baw, Frankston, Hepburn, and Strathbogie (7 each), and Bass Coast, Brimbank, Campaspe, Latrobe, Monash, Mornington Peninsula and Southern Grampians (6 each).
  • 10 LGAs recorded zero lives lost: Alpine, Ararat, Bayside, Central Goldfields Colac-Otway, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Mount Alexander, Port Phillip, and Queenscliffe.

For 12 months to June 2023 (latest available acute hospitalisation data):

*Hospital admissions were within 7 days of the crash date.

  • A total of 5,602 TAC claimants were admitted to the hospital after a crash. This represents an increase of 499 (10%) compared to the same period one year earlier (5103).
  • There were 664 (11.8%) claimants who were admitted to hospital for more than 14 days. This is an increase of 104 (19%) compared to the same period one year earlier.
  • There were more hospitalised claims resulting from crashes in Melbourne (3,653, up 12%) and in Rural Victoria (1,745, up 8%), compared to the same period one year earlier.
  • Greater Geelong (343), Casey (266), Hume (215), Whittlesea (193), Melbourne (191), Greater Dandenong (185), Brimbank (167), Wyndham (164), Monash (159), Mornington Peninsula (157) had a larger number of claimants hospitalised compared to other LGAs (based on raw data and not rate per population)
  • Greater Geelong and Monash (26 each), Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges (22 each), Casey (20), Whittlesea and Wyndham (19 each), Greater Dandenong, Hume and Mornington Peninsula (18 each), Darebin (17), Brimbank, East Gippsland, Knox, Melbourne, Melton and Moreland (16 each), had a larger number of claimants hospitalised more than 14 days compared to other LGA’s (based on raw data and not rate per population)
  • Single vehicle crashes accounted for a significant proportion of hospitalized claims (1,225; 22%), and the number of claims for this crash type increased by 7% compared to the same period one year earlier. Of the people hospitalized from a single vehicle crash, 13.9% (170) stayed in hospital for more than 14 days. In the same period one year earlier, only 11.7 % (134) of people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for an extended period.
  • 3 LGAs recorded zero cases for people in hospital for more than 14 days. These are Pyrenees, Queenscliffe and Swan Hill.

Tables in the report

Tables in the report include lives lost figures for the year to date and as a rolling 12-month total (broken down by gender, road user, accident location, age group, local government area (LGA) and accident type):

  • Serious casualties (broken down by gender, road user, accident location, age group, local government area (LGA) and accident type)
  • Victorian road lives lost by month since July 1951
  • Interstate lives lost

Graphs in the report

Graphs in the summary show the trends for:

  • Casualties per 10,000 vehicles and 100,000 population
  • Lives lost and serious casualties in urban and rural areas
  • Serious casualties in urban and rural areas by age groups
  • Lives lost and injuries* by road user class

Previous Road Safety Statistical Summary Reports

The TAC Road Safety Statistical Summary contains statistical information on the road toll, serious casualties, drink driving and police enforcement.

TAC Road Safety Quarterly Statistics reports prior to 2021