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 June 2024:

  • A total of 289 people lost their lives on Victorian roads. This is an 8.6% increase (23 more lives lost) from the same period in the previous 12-month period from July to the end of June 2024.
  • Of the lives lost: 117 (40.5%) were drivers, 67 (23.2%) were motorcyclists, 56(19.4%) were pedestrians, 41 (14.2%) were passengers and 8 (2.8%) were bicyclists.
  • There were 267 fatal crashes on Victorian roads. This is 20 more than the 247 fatal crashes during the previous 12 months to the end of June 2023.
  • For every 100,000 people, 4.18 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 3.86 fatal crashes.
  • For every 10,000 vehicles, 0.53 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 0.49 fatal crashes.
  • Compared to other States and Territories, Victoria ranked second lowest in fatalities per 100,000 population (4.18) followed by ACT with 1.70 lives lost per 100,000 population.
  • The LGA’s with the highest lives lost were Casey (13), Greater Shepparton (10), Greater Dandenong, Hepburn and Wyndham (9) each, Greater Bendigo, Mansfield, Mitchell and Yarra Ranges (8) each, Indigo and Latrobe (7) each, Baw Baw, Campaspe, Kingston and Monash (6) each.
  • 5 LGAs recorded zero lives lost: these were, Central Goldfields, Hindmarsh, Mount Alexander, Queenscliffe and Southern Grampians.
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For 12 months to December 2023 (latest available acute hospitalisation data):

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

  • A total of 5,473 TAC claimants were admitted to the hospital after a crash. This is 184 (3%) more than same period in the previous 12 months (5,289).
  • There were 655 (12%) of claimants who were admitted to hospital who stayed in hospital for more than 14 days.  This is an 8% increase (50 more) from the same period in the previous 12 months.
  • There were more hospitalised claims resulting from crashes in Melbourne (3,531, up 4%) and in Rural Victoria (1,760, up 6%), compared to the same period in the previous 12 months.
  • Greater Geelong (317), Casey (275), Hume (202), Whittlesea (202), Greater Dandenong (199), Melbourne (188), Wyndham (178), Mornington Peninsula (158), Monash (147), Brimbank (137), Yarra Ranges (132), Moreland (129), Port Phillip (124), Cardinia (119), Moonee Valley (114), Stonnington (105), Kingston (104), Ballarat (101) and Yarra (100) had a larger number of claimants hospitalised compared to other LGAs (based on raw data and not rate per population)
  • Greater Dandenong and Yarra Ranges (25) each, Monash and Whittlesea (24) each, Wyndham (21), East Gippsland (20), Greater Geelong and Whitehorse (19) each, Moreland (18), Ballarat, Brimbank, Greater Bendigo and Melbourne (17) each , Hume (15), Casey, Darebin, Kingston and Manningham (14) 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)
  • One of the largest accident types for hospitalised claims come from single vehicle crashes (1,115), although there was a 5.6% decrease from the previous 12 months. 13.9% (155) of the people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for more than 14 days. In the previous 12 months 12.4% (146) of people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for more than 14 days.
  • 3 LGAs recorded zero cases for people in hospital for more than 14 days. These are Ararat, Pyrenees and Queenscliffe.
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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