04 · Who
Young men: since 2011, suicide has taken more lives than the road.
This is the group the anti-hoon debate is about. In 2000, 385 men aged 15–24 died in transport crashes and 264 died by suicide. By 2024, it was 200 on the roads and 235 by suicide.
Men aged 15–24 · deaths per year
SuicideTransport crashes
All men by age · rate per 100k · 2024
SuicideTransport crashes
Crude age-specific rates. Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2026).
Only among men aged 15–19 is the road still the bigger risk, and only narrowly. Across working age (25–64), the suicide rate runs roughly two to four times the transport death rate.