Road Toll In Australia Down 25 Percent Over Ten Years: BITRE

The Federal Government’s report into the 2013 road toll has been released, with a focus on the last decade finding fatalities have dropped by 25 percent.

Compiled by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), the Road Deaths Australia 2013 Statistical Summary also found Australia’s fatality rate per population is down 35 percent.

Australians are not only surviving collisions, but are crashing less-often as well, with the annual fatal crash rate decreasing by 23 percent.

The decline in road deaths from 2004-2008 inclusive eased nine percent, but improved by 17 percent from 2009-2013.