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 12 months period to December 2025:

  • A total of 290 people lost their lives on Victorian roads. This is an 2.1% increase (6 additional lives were lost) from the same period in the previous 12-month period from January 2025 to the end of December 2025.
  • Of the lives lost: 123 (42.4%) were drivers, 60 (20.7%) were motorcyclists, 52 (17.9%) were pedestrians, 45 (15.5%) were passengers and 9 (3.1%) were bicyclists.
  • There were 267 fatal crashes on Victorian roads. This is 4 less than the 271 fatal crashes during the previous 12 months to the end of December 2024.
  • For every 100,000 people, 4.10 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 3.77 fatal crashes.
  • For every 10,000 vehicles, 0.50 lives were lost in road accidents, and there were 0.47 fatal crashes.
  • Compared to other States and Territories, Victoria ranked second lowest in fatalities per 100,000 population (4.10) followed by ACT with 1.86 lives lost per 100,000 population.
  • Top 20 LGAs accounted for 53.4% of all lives lost.
  • The LGA’s with the highest lives lost were Wyndham (15), Knox (12), Moira (10), Ararat, Hume and Yarra Ranges (9) each, Casey, Corangamite and Whittlesea (8) each, Latrobe, Macedon Ranges, Melton and Mildura (7) each, Brimbank, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong and Monash (6) each.
  • 7 LGAs recorded zero lives lost: these were Banyule, Bayside, Loddon, Mount Alexander, Queenscliffe, Warrnambool and Yarriambiack.

For 12 months period to June 2025 (latest available acute hospitalisation data):

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

  • A total of 5,732 TAC claimants were admitted to the hospital after a crash. This is 404 (8%) increase than same period in the previous 12 months (5,328).
  • There were 695 (12.1%) of claimants who were admitted to hospital who stayed in hospital for more than 14 days.  This is 4% increase (29 more) from the same period in the previous 12 months (666).
  • There were more hospitalised claims resulting from crashes in Melbourne (3,613, 7% increase), while in Rural Victoria, the number increased to 2,004 claims compared to 1,884 (6% increase) in the previous 12 months.
  • Greater Geelong (239), Casey (181), Hume (169), Melbourne (165), Greater Dandenong (136), Port Phillip (119), Brimbank (114), Whittlesea (113), Merri-Bek (107), Moonee Valley (103), Mornington Peninsula (99), Wyndham (99), Monash (93), Stonnington (93), Greater Bendigo (87), Kingston (86), Frankston (84), Boroondara (80), Darebin (73) had a larger number of claimants hospitalised compared to other LGAs (based on raw data and not rate per population)
  • Hume (22), Wyndham (21), Greater Geelong (20), Melbourne (20), Whittlesea (18), Brimbank (17), Greater Dandenong (17), Mornington Peninsula (16), Darebin (15), Ballarat (13), Casey (13), Latrobe (13), Monash (13), Port Phillip (13), Kingston (12), Yarra Ranges (12), Greater Bendigo (11), Stonnington (11) 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 (1,294), around 5.2% increase from the previous 12 months. 14.5% (188) of the people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for more than 14 days. In the previous 12 months 12.9% (158) of people hospitalised from single vehicle crashes stayed in hospital for more than 14 days.
  • 7 LGAs recorded zero cases for people in hospital for more than 14 days. These LGAs are Central Goldfields, Hindmarsh, Queenscliffe and West Wimmera.

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