Road and Land Transport

Globally, more than 1.25 million people die in road traffic crashes every year and a further 50 million people are injured or disabled. It is estimated that this will increase to 2.4 million deaths each year by 2030, which will make road traffic crashes the fifth leading cause of death globally. Although low-and middle-income countries have only half of the world’s vehicles, they suffer 90% of the world’s road traffic deaths.

In Australia, nearly 1,300 people die in road traffic crashes every year and almost 40,000 people are hospitalised. Half of these deaths are among pedestrians, cyclists, and people on motorcycles. The cost of road traffic crashes (including fatal and non-fatal injury) is estimated to cost the Australian economy $30 billion per year. ​​

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Transport-related injury is the second leading cause of injury deaths and the fourth leading cause of serious injury for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.