Road Safety Statistics

The TAC Road Safety Statistics Report contains statistical information on the lives lost and injuries* occurring on Victorian roads in transport accidents. The report is released on a six-monthly basis.

*Injuries requiring hospitalisation within 7 days of the accident.

See below for the latest Road Safety Statistics report:

Key numbers from the report

For the 12 months period ending June 2026:

  • A total of 267 people lost their lives on Victorian roads. This represents a 9.8% decrease compared with the previous 12-month period (July 2024 to June 2025), with twenty-nine fewer lives lost (267 compared with 296).
  • Of the lives lost: 113 (42.3%) were drivers, 48 (18%) were pedestrians, 43 (16.1%) were motorcyclists, 51 (19.1%) were passengers and 11 (4.1%) were bicyclists.
  • There were 248 fatal crashes on Victorian roads. This is thirty-one less than the 279 fatal crashes during the previous 12 months to the end of June 2025.
  • There were 3.73 road fatalities and 3.48 fatal crashes per 100,000 population.
  • There were 0.46 road fatalities and 0.43 fatal crashes per 10,000 registered vehicles.
  • Victoria recorded the second-lowest road fatality rate among Australian states and territories, with 3.73 fatalities per 100,000 population. Only the ACT recorded a lower rate (3.07 per 100,000 population).
  • The 20 LGAs with the highest number of road fatalities accounted for 56.2% of all lives lost on Victorian roads.
  • The LGAs with the highest number of road fatalities were Hume (12), Knox (11), Casey and Moira (10) each, Mildura and Monash (9) each, Greater Geelong, Melton, Wyndham (8) each, Macedon Ranges, Whittlesea and Yarra Ranges (7) each, Ararat, Campaspe, Greater Dandenong and Latrobe (6) each.
  • Ten LGAs recorded no road fatalities during the period: these were Banyule, Cardinia, Frankston, Mansfield, Maroondah, Queenscliffe, Stonnington, Surf Coast, Swan Hill, Warrnambool.

For a 12 months period to December 2025 (latest available hospitalisation data):

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

  • A total of 5,914 TAC claimants were admitted to hospital following a road crash. This was 620 (12%) more than in the same period in 2024 (5,294).
  • Of those admitted to hospital, 739 claimants (12.5%) stayed for more than two weeks. This represents 10% increase (66 additional claimants) compared with the previous 12 month period.
  • Hospital admissions increased in both Melbourne and Rural Victoria. Melbourne recorded 3,845 hospitalised claimants (up 16%), while Rural Victoria recorded 2,025 claimants (up 6% from 1,911).
  • Greater Geelong (360), Casey (305), Melbourne (234), Hume (231), Brimbank (190), Greater Dandenong (190), Melton (177), Merri-Bek (158), Whittlesea (158), Monash (139), Mornington Peninsula (132), Wyndham (131), Port Phillip (129), Stonnington (129), Yarra Ranges (118), Kingston (117), Moonee Valley (115), Frankston (104), Boroondara and Glen Eira (100) each recorded the highest numbers of hospitalised claimants among all LGAs (based on raw counts rather than population-adjusted rates)
  • Greater Geelong (39), Hume (34), Casey (31), Whittlesea (28), Melton (23), Yarra Ranges (21), Merri-Bek (20), Brimbank (19), Melbourne (19), Ballarat (18), Kingston (18), Wyndham (16), Greater Bendigo (15), Greater Dandenong (15), Monash (15), Mornington Peninsula (15), Boroondara (13) and Darebin (13) recorded the highest numbers of claimants hospitalised for more than 14 days among all LGAs (based on raw counts rather than population-adjusted rates)
  • Single-vehicle crashes were one of the leading crash types resulting in hospitalised claims, accounting for 1,224 admissions, a decrease of around 4% from the previous 12-month period. Of those admitted following a single-vehicle crash, 181 claimants (14.8%) stayed in hospital for more than 14 days. In the previous 12 months, 14.7% (186) of people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for more than 14 days.
  • Four LGAs recorded no claimants hospitalised for more than 14 days following a road crash. These LGAs are Hindmarsh, 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