The road toll for 2010 showed that 405 people died on NSW roads, down from 453 in 2009 (down by 11%). This is the second lowest annual figure since 1944.
Over the last four years the road toll has averaged around 417 – representing a saving of many hundreds of lives compared with recent decades. Despite a growing population, the average road toll over the 2000’s was 500, compared to 625 in the 90’s, 1,090 in the 80’s and 1,265 in the 70’s.
There were 367 fatalities over the 2010/11 financial year, 78 (18%) fewer fatalities than for the previous financial year (provisional road toll). This is the lowest number of fatalities for a financial year since 1933/34 (with 319 fatalities recorded).
As at 1 December 2011, there were 39 fatalities during November 2011, one fatality more than November 2010.
In addition, please note that there is a tendency for the preliminary number of fatalities in a month to increase in the following weeks after the end of that month as persons may die some days later from injuries received in a crash occurring in that month.
There were 343 fatalities during the first eleven months of 2011, 37 (10 %) fewer fatalities than for the same period in 2010. The 2011 result is the second lowest January to November total since 1944 (with 340 fatalities). In 2008 there were 338 fatalities for the January to November period.