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Originally Posted by Adamz Ghia
Our population has also increased by around 1.5 million people since 2008, 5.3m to 6.8m last year. Per million people, 2008 saw 57 deaths per million people, last year saw 44.
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The Victorian death rate per 100k people for 2023 is 4.345 but it was only 3.650 in 2022; 3.528 in 2021 and 3.190 in 2020 although it was higher in 2016 at 4.693. Mind you, it was over 30 in 1970. To put that in real numbers, if the 2022 rate had even just been maintained (3.650) we would have recorded
47 less deaths in 2023 while if the 2021 rate of 3.528 had been maintained that would have been another 9 less.
A closer look at the data set shows there were 3
less cyclists killed in 2023 compared to 2022; 6
less motorcyclists; the same number of pedestrians; 29
more drivers and
37 more passengers. Here are those numbers graphed since 2000...
Likewise, the rate per 100k vehicles has been on the rise again these last few years after largely falling for 60 years from a peak of 13.074 in 1951 down to 0.412 in 2020 but back up to 4.345 in 2023.
