03 · Over time
Road deaths fell by a fifth. Suicide rose by a third.
Between 2000 and 2024, male transport deaths dropped from 1,374 to 1,069 a year. Male suicides rose from 1,864 to 2,529. Adjusted for population growth and ageing, the transport death rate roughly halved. The suicide rate barely moved.
SuicideTransport crashes
Deaths by year of registration. Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2026).
Recent years are still being revised. Some deaths wait on a coroner's finding, and the ABS updates those figures over the following years, so counts for the latest years may rise slightly. Read year-to-year changes with care.