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Some Driving Statistics from:
www.abs.gov.au
Kilometres
Travelled
In 2004 the average Australian passenger car travelled about 13,850
kilometres.
Source:
abs.gov.au
In 2004 the average British passenger car travelled about 14,000 kilometres.
Source: The AA
Number of Vehicles
In the 12 months ended 31 October 2004 there were:
an estimated 13.5 million vehicles registered in Australia,
and about 29.7 million vehicles registered in the UK in 2001
Accidents
The year to date road toll of Australian Road fatalities to the end of December
2003 is 1,634. A 4.7% decrease from the same period in 2002. This has been steadily reducing from 2,801 in 1989.
This
compares to the UK road fatality rate of 3,508 in 2003 as per info at: www.dft.gov.uk
an increase of 2 per cent from 3,431 in 2002, there were 3,421 fatalities in 1998.
UK comparison info from 2001 at :
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/public/press_releases/2003/p_release_0303_18Feb03.htm
Drink Driving in Australia
The legal limit for drivers in all States, is below
0.05. For drivers on a probationary licence (P plates) or learner drivers (L plates),
no alcohol is allowed. The limit for some groups of professional drivers is 0.02.
Results from Police Operations of Random Breath Testing
Some Driving Statistics
Australian Transport Safety Bureau -
International Road Safety Comparisons: The 2005 Report
From the above statistics, we can calculate:
Kilometres travelled per vehicle in 2005
14,848 Australia
15,225 Great Britain
Kilometres travelled per person
10,167 Australia
8,537 Great Britain
Number of Vehicles per each 1,000 of population
685 Australia
561 Great Britain
A common conception is that Australians drive more than the British;
There are however TWO ways to look at this.
- The average British vehicle travels 15,225 kms, whilst
- The average Australian vehicle travels 14,848 kms, showing that the
British travel about 2.5% more than the Australians
However, as the Australian have about 22% more cars per head of population
than the British, it then shows that the average Australian travels about 19%
more than the British:
Kilometres travelled per person
- 10,167 Australia
- 8,537 Great Britain
So, the Australians seem to have more vehicles per family, but travel less in
each individual vehicle than the British, although travel more in total, due to
the larger number of vehicles in each family.
Update:
Each registered vehicle in Australia travelled an average distance of 14,800
kilometres during the 12 months ended 31 October 2005.
Vehicles registered in Queensland travelled the
furthest averaging 16,100 kilometres. South Australia travelled the least
averaging 13,100 kilometres.
Articulated trucks travelled an average of 92,100 kilometres, which was more
than six times that of 'Australian' passenger vehicles which travelled an
average of 14,100 kilometres.
Source:
http://www.abs.gov.au/
September 7, 2006
2005 Road Death Comparative Figures
From the above report, we also see the: Road deaths per 100 million vehicle
kilometres travelled:
- 0.6 Great Britain
- 0.7 Queensland, Australia
- 0.7 Victoria, Australia
- 0.8 New South Wales, Australia
- 0.8 Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
- 0.8 Western Australia
- 1.0 France
- 1.0 South Australia
- 1.0 Tasmania, Australia
- 3.4 Northern Territory, Australia
2004 Road Death Figures
From a UK report for 2004
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1208
UK Road Deaths stand at 6.14 per 100,000 population. 3,221 in 2004, down from 3,599
in 1999.
Australian comparison figures from:
http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/
7.94 road crash deaths per 100,000 people in 2004 compared with 9.32 in 1999; 1,596
road crash deaths in 2004 compared with 1,764 in 1999.
The breakdown of deaths by states and territories for 2005, 2004 compared with 2003 (in
brackets) is:
New South Wales 522 (539)
Victoria 343 (330)
Queensland 311 (310)
South Australia 139 (157)
Western Australia 178 (180)
Tasmania 58 (41)
Northern Territory 35 (53)
Australian Capital Territory 10 (11)
The Summer Holiday/Christmas Death tolls for each year have been:
2005/06 - 78 (December 23 and midnight January 6)
2004/05 - 41
2003/04 - 81
2002/03 - 71
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