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Chapter 10 | Safety
Table 10.3a
Fatality rate and injury rate by transport mode—fatality rate
Calendar year Road Rail Aviation
(deaths per billion passenger kilometres travelled)
1971 30.66 6.63
1972 27.48 8.77
1973 28.38 4.15
1974 25.77 5.24
1975 25.50 4.85
1976 23.78 6.73
1977 22.69 5.65
1978 22.75 6.74
1979 21.00 5.71 3.76
1980 19.49 6.30 5.88
1981 19.43 7.73 4.81
1982 18.18 7.85 4.90
1983 15.27 7.32 5.63
1984 14.87 8.48 3.42
1985 14.86 7.23 4.05
1986 14.18 7.08 3.62
1987 13.32 5.62 2.51
1988 13.25 6.35 4.48
1989 12.27 6.42 3.32
1990 9.94 7.27 6.10
1991 9.04 3.97 2.97
1992 8.32 5.99 2.47
1993 8.01 5.27 2.67
1994 7.73 4.31 2.14
1995 7.86 4.41 1.48
1996 7.56 2.82 1.52
1997 6.75 3.92 0.89
1998 6.64 3.94 1.54
1999 6.53 3.86 1.32
2000 6.60 3.30 1.15
2001 6.35 4.62 1.17
2002 6.13 4.93 0.74
2003 5.65 4.01 1.00
2004 5.29 3.90 0.52
2005 5.42 3.16 0.80
2006 5.35 3.19 0.69
2007 5.36 2.80 0.42
Data are not readily available for missing years.
Source: ATSB (2004, 2006, 2008a, 2008b), Infrastructure (2008c), BITRE (2007), Estimating urban traffic and congestion
cost trends for Australian cities, BITRE estimates, Office of Road Safety (1984), Road traffic accident data
and rates.
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