Lives lost on NT roads

The information on this page is provided to the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics following an initial report from NT Police.

Please note that all data for 2023, and serious injury data for 2022 and 2021, is preliminary and subject to change following further investigation.

Additional details on individual fatal crashes may also be found on the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services website.

The following tables were last updated on 21 July 2023.

Lives lost on NT roads 2018-2023 monthly breakdown

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	5 year average	2023
January	3	5	1	3	3	3	1
February	3	1	4	0	7	3	0
March	9	1	1	2	3	3.2	2
April	3	3	1	2	4	2.6	1
May	5	3	1	4	5	3.6	0
June	5	2	3	6	5	4.2	2
July	3	4	4	5	4	4	1
August	3	2	5	3	8	4.2
September	2	1	0	1	3	1.4
October	8	1	3	3	4	3.8
November	3	0	3	1	3	2
December	3	12	5	5	3	5.6
Total	50	35	31	35	52	40.6	7

10-year NT fatality statistics

People who have died on NT roads 2013 - 2022

YEAR	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total	10 year average	10 year percentage	2023
Road User
Driver	11	10	14	19	11	12	15	11	13	17	133	13.3	32.9%	1
Passenger	9	14	18	16	8	19	13	13	9	18	137	13.7	33.9%	1
Motorcyclist	6	6	6	4	3	8	3	3	5	5	49	4.9	12.1%
Pedestrian	9	8	11	6	9	11	4	3	7	12	80	8.0	19.8%	2
Cyclist	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.5	1.2%
Total fatalities	37	39	49	45	31	50	35	31	35	52	404	40.4	100.0%	4
Total fatal crashes	33	34	42	40	27	42	28	28	32	45	351	35.1		3
Key contributing factor (can be more than one factor)
Alcohol related	8	19	20	25	12	23	24	18	19	28	196	19.6	48.5%
Seatbelt fitted not worn	6	10	12	13	9	8	6	8	11	15	98	9.8	36.3%	1
Speed related	8	11	15	8	13	13	14	8	13	14	117	11.7	29.0%
Fatigue related	4	4	2	7	1	2	3	1	1	4	29	2.9	7.2%	1
Demographics
Male	23	30	35	34	24	29	27	21	23	37	283	28.3	70.0%	2
Female	14	9	14	11	7	21	8	10	12	15	121	12.1	30.0%	2
Age under 25	9	8	10	9	9	9	10	11	4	17	96	9.6	23.8%	1
Age over 25	28	31	39	36	22	41	25	20	31	35	308	30.8	76.2%	3
Aboriginal	14	24	22	23	11	27	20	18	23	24	206	20.6	51.0%	2
Non Aboriginal	23	14	27	22	20	23	15	12	8	23	187	18.7	46.3%	2
Aboriginal status unknown	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	11	1.1	2.7%
NT resident	33	33	40	36	30	46	28	27	32	39	344	34.4	85.1%	3
Visitor - Australian	2	2	5	5	1	4	3	1	1	4	28	2.8	6.9%
Visitor - International	2	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	1.2	3.0%
Resident unknown	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	2	9	20	2.0	5.0%	1
Crash type, location, road surface
Ran off road / overturned	13	15	22	25	14	29	20	16	14	26	194	19.4	48.0%	1
Rural	27	26	29	35	27	39	24	26	26	37	296	29.5	73.0%	3
Urban	10	13	20	10	4	11	11	5	9	15	108	10.9	27.0%	1
Dry sealed road	30	32	36	34	19	32	30	19	26	41	299	29.9	74.0%	3
Wet sealed road	1	1	5	2	5	4	1	1	2	5	27	2.7	6.7%	1
Dry unsealed road	5	6	8	9	6	12	4	8	7	5	70	7.0	17.3%
Wet unsealed road	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	5	0.5	1.2%
Road surface not stated	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.3	0.7%
Other road surface	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Heavy vehicle related	5	0	4	7	3	0	1	1	3	7	31	3.1	7.7%	1
Unit type
Articulated vehicle (semi)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	0.2%
ATV bike (3, 4 wheel)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0.3	0.7%
ATV SBS (4, 5, 6, 8 wheel)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.4	1.0%
Bicycle	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0.5	1.2%
Coach (Tourist)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0.2%
Motor scooter / moped	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0%
Motorcycle	6	6	5	4	3	7	3	3	4	5	46	4.6	11.4%
Panel van	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.3	0.7%
Passenger bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0%
Passenger van (9 - 13 seats)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0%
Pedestrian	9	8	11	6	9	11	4	3	7	12	80	8.0	19.8%	2
Rigid truck over 4.5 GVM	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0.2%
Rigid truck under 4.5 GVM	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0.5%
Sedan	5	10	13	15	7	3	8	8	9	10	88	8.8	21.8%	1
Station wagon / hatchback	11	6	13	15	5	21	14	12	12	13	122	12.2	30.2%	2
Utility	3	6	6	5	4	5	6	4	0	9	48	4.8	11.9%
Local Government Area
Alice Springs	6	4	4	2	1	6	3	1	1	2	30	3.0	7.4%
Barkly	2	3	5	6	0	7	0	4	2	3	32	3.2	7.9%
Belyuen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0%
Central Desert	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	15	1.5	3.7%	1
Coomalie	2	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	1.3	3.2%	1
Darwin	1	5	9	5	1	3	5	1	6	3	39	3.9	9.7%
East Arnhem	2	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	2	2	14	1.4	3.5%
Katherine	4	2	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	18	1.8	4.5%
Litchfield	7	1	7	6	12	6	5	6	7	12	69	6.9	17.1%
MacDonnell	3	5	1	4	3	3	2	2	11	5	39	3.9	9.7%	1
Northern Territory Rates Act	0	1	5	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	12	1.2	3.0%
Palmerston	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	4	19	1.9	4.7%
Roper Gulf	3	1	4	7	1	6	3	3	0	6	34	3.4	8.4%
Tiwi Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0.2%
Un-Incorporated (Cox-Daly)	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	10	1.0	2.5%
Un-Incorporated (Marrakai-Douglas Daly)	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0.7	1.7%
Un-Incorporated (Yulara)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0.2%
Victoria Daly	1	2	1	4	0	2	5	3	2	2	22	2.2	5.4%	1
Wagait	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0.2%
West Arnhem	0	1	1	1	1	8	5	1	2	2	22	2.2	5.4%
West Daly	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.6	1.5%

10-year NT serious injury statistics

People seriously injured on NT roads 2013 - 2022

Year	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total	10 year average	10 year percentage	2023
Road User
Driver	243	249	228	249	249	216	197	213	233	238	2315	231.5	48.6%	33
Passenger	162	125	134	156	125	151	115	98	97	130	1293	129.3	27.2%	18
Motorcyclist	71	75	84	66	61	59	58	68	47	49	638	63.8	13.4%	8
Pedestrian	47	35	45	40	47	48	28	34	23	33	380	38	8%	5
Cyclist	22	18	12	13	16	14	10	11	9	10	135	13.5	2.8%	1
Total serious injuries	545	502	503	524	498	488	408	424	409	460	4761	476.1	100.00%	65
Total SI crashes	405	398	400	397	407	363	321	342	331	344	3708	370.8		50
Key Contributing Factor (can be more than one factor)
Alcohol related	115	115	100	101	121	107	84	117	80	51	991	99.1	20.8%
Seatbelt fitted not worn	44	26	31	29	39	18	17	29	25	27	285	28.5	7.9%	2
Speed related	93	80	86	98	94	110	71	123	119	124	998	99.8	21%	13
Fatigue related	45	53	34	50	25	47	42	43	36	21	396	39.6	8.3%	15
Demographics
Male	332	333	319	333	324	285	256	288	259	289	3018	301.8	63.4%	37
Female	212	169	184	190	172	201	152	136	149	167	1732	173.2	36.4%	25
Sex unknown	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	4	11	1.1	0.2%	3
Age under 25	200	173	154	157	171	166	140	132	111	154	1558	155.8	32.7%	21
Age over 25	343	328	349	361	324	320	267	291	297	306	3186	318.6	66.9%	44
Age unknown	2	1	0	6	3	2	1	1	1	0	17	1.7	0.4%
Aboriginal	161	131	153	170	148	163	123	137	107	154	1447	144.7	30.4%	17
Non Aboriginal	358	331	315	320	324	295	249	240	249	235	2916	291.6	61.3%	27
Aboriginal status unknown	26	40	35	34	26	30	36	47	53	71	398	39.8	8.4%	21
NT resident	458	406	415	430	389	417	328	350	311	355	3859	385.9	81.1%	49
Visitor - Australian	47	67	48	59	49	39	39	21	36	29	434	43.4	9.1%	5
Visitor - international	31	25	37	27	44	22	16	5	5	6	218	21.8	4.6%
Resident unknown	9	4	3	8	16	10	25	48	57	70	250	25.0	5.3%	11
Crash Type, Location
Ran off road / overturned	222	225	213	221	212	198	161	148	147	138	1885	188.5	39.6%	28
Rural	276	249	269	302	279	280	230	199	203	197	2484	248.4	52.2%	32
Urban	269	253	234	222	219	208	178	225	206	263	2277	227.7	47.8%	33
Dry sealed road	426	387	398	424	369	355	301	339	339	380	3718	371.8	78.1%	54
Wet sealed road	37	37	28	39	39	26	22	29	28	34	319	31.9	6.7%	5
Dry unsealed road	73	71	72	56	77	91	83	46	36	38	643	64.3	13.5%	4
Wet unsealed road	7	4	0	4	11	10	2	5	2	5	50	5.6	1.1%	1
Road surface not stated	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	7	0.7	0.1%
Other road surface	2	3	4	1	1	6	0	2	3	2	24	2.4	0.5%	1
Heavy vehicle related	29	21	28	30	19	23	16	15	10	28	219	21.9	4.6%	6
Unit type
Articulated vehicle (semi)	0	4	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	3	18	1.8	0.4%	1
ATV bike (3,4 wheel)	3	1	7	4	2	3	2	6	3	3	34	3.4	0.7%
ATV SBS (4,5,6,8 wheel)	2	0	3	1	6	1	0	0	3	4	20	2.0	0.4%
Bicycle	22	18	12	13	16	14	10	11	8	10	134	13.4	2.8%	1
Coach (tourist)	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	6	16	1.6	0.3%
Motor scooter / moped	14	10	6	9	6	5	7	4	4	6	71	7.1	1.5%
Motorcycle	54	64	71	53	53	51	49	61	49	50	555	55.5	11.7%	9
Not known	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	8	18	1.8	0.4%
Other bus	10	2	1	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	2.7	0.6%
Other inc m/wheelchair >10 Kph	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0.04%
Panel van	11	9	7	14	23	3	8	5	5	1	86	8.6	1.8%	2
Passenger bus	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0.04%
Passenger van (9-13 seats	3	4	7	2	0	0	5	1	5	9	36	3.6	0.8%
Pedestrian	47	35	44	40	47	47	28	31	19	29	367	36.7	7.7%	5
Rigid truck over 4.5 GVM	3	4	2	2	3	4	1	3	3	2	27	2.7	0.6%
Rigid truck under 4.5 GVM	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	8	0.8	0.2%
School bus	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.3	0.06%
Scooter motorised	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	6	0.6	0.1%
Sedan	139	114	120	120	107	126	69	77	68	92	1032	103.2	21.7%	11
Station wagon / hatchback	160	116	147	162	146	140	137	140	157	154	1459	145.9	30.7%	25
Tractor / Agricultural / Industrial Equipment	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.4	0.1%	1
Utility	74	120	70	84	84	93	79	78	74	80	836	83.6	17.6%	10
Local Government Areas
Alice Springs	77	55	46	63	56	59	39	55	59	70	579	57.9	12.2%	6
Barkly	20	27	24	37	22	27	15	25	26	15	238	23.8	5%	11
Belyuen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.2	0.04%
Central Desert	16	24	19	5	14	22	12	7	7	6	132	13.2	2.8%	2
Coomalie	6	14	9	4	9	8	8	16	13	22	109	10.9	2.3%	2
Darwin	119	143	117	113	119	103	86	125	102	105	1132	113.2	23.8%	17
Darwin Waterfront Precinct	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.2	0.04%
East Arnhem	15	23	8	12	14	19	16	10	7	6	130	13.0	2.7%	2
Katherine	20	16	31	22	20	18	15	20	19	15	196	19.2	4.1%	4
Litchfield	66	57	62	57	52	76	53	45	39	59	566	56.6	11.9%	6
Macdonnell	52	35	32	38	54	26	25	24	26	29	341	34.1	7.2%	1
Northern Territory Rates Act	10	11	11	6	8	7	10	12	6	11	92	9.2	1.9%	2
Palmerston	55	33	47	42	42	36	45	38	42	56	436	43.6	9.2%	5
Roper Gulf	31	26	16	43	27	14	23	15	14	18	227	22.7	4.8%	3
Tiwi Islands	2	4	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	16	1.6	0.3%
Un-Incorporated (Cox-Daly)	8	7	9	6	13	1	3	1	3	1	52	5.2	1.1%	1
Un-Incorporated (Elrundie)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	0.06%
Un-Incorporated (Marrakai-Douglas Daly)	10	5	21	9	14	13	7	7	8	5	99	9.9	2.1%
Un-Incorporated (Nhulunbuy)	3	1	7	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	20	2.0	0.4%
Un-Incorporated (Yulara)	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	9	0.9	0.2%
Victoria Daly	9	15	24	34	23	30	19	13	18	30	215	21.5	4.5%	2
West Arnhem	17	4	14	21	8	15	16	4	14	7	120	12.0	2.5%	1
West Daly	8	1	1	8	3	11	7	3	0	3	45	4.5	1.0%

Source: Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics - Vehicle Accident Database.

Please email roadsafety@nt.gov.au for any queries in relation to crash statistics.