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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Australia’s 2025 road toll: NSW records highest number of deaths in eight years as fatalities rise nationwide

Victoria police at a roadblock leading to the scene of a fatal crash
Victoria police at a roadblock leading to the scene of a fatal crash. Australia’s 2025 road toll is likely to be marginally up on the previous year. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

New South Wales has recorded the deadliest year on its roads in eight years, with indications that there was no progress in curbing road fatalities nationwide in 2025.

In 2025, 355 people died on roads in NSW, 28 more than in 2024, the state government announced on Friday. It is the highest annual death toll on the state’s roads since 2017, when there were 392 deaths.

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