Below is a link to Fatal crash rates 1925 to 2002 for the whole of Australia and all the states and territories.

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2003/Stats_Aust_9.aspx

And below is a link to the NT police website showing the road toll from 2002 onwards. Therefore, you now have at your fingertips all the road toll numbers for the NT!

http://www.nt.gov.au/pfes/PFES/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&p=148

This data was invaluable to us here at KeepNTLimitFree when compiling our findings regarding the NT road toll and various other road matters such as the ineffectiveness of demerit points.

There are two some interesting points about the NT road toll when you look at the stats.

1. The NT road toll is highly elastic, always has been and I presume it always will be. In other words, it can rise and fall by significant amounts from one year to the next. Therefore, how do you combat such a highly elastic problem?

2. Passenger deaths regularly outnumber driver deaths. I know what is going on here, but I challenge you all out there to figure it out.(Clue: it pertains to single vehicle rollovers. But, what is significant about the passenger to driver death ratio?).

3. The road toll has dropped significantly since the horror years of the 80's. This was without any intervention such as speed cameras, red light cameras and a speed limit on the open highways.

On other things I will give you a bit of an education.

1. Demerit points were introduced way back in the 60's, in fact, 1968 for QLD and 1969 for all the other states. The ACT did not introduce demerits until the 90's although I have forgotten the year. Remembering that breath testing was introduced in the early 80's, can you figure out if demerits had an impact on the road toll?

2. The highway speed limits of 100 & 110 kmh were set in 1974. So, when the authorities tell us that 100-110 kmh is as fast as we should travel on the highway that's a load of bollocks. If we compared say a modern day V8 with a V8 from 1974 you would find that the modern V8 weighs significantly less, has much better brakes with discs all round, has much better suspension, has much better grip through much improved tyre technology and has power steering as standard. The modern day car is designed to crumple, it has air bags, stability control, cruise control and God knows what else, and yet we are stuck with speed limits set back in 1974 for cars that are nowhere near as safe as todays cars.

It's simply ludicrous!

OK, I have got the ball rolling, comments please!

Here's a link to the history of demerits in Australia. Now, all I don't know is how many points drivers were given back then. In other words, were they given 12 points and if so, how long did they last. Regardless, if drivers were given 12 points in the 60s that lasted 3 years, the fact is that in 2008 the average driver has a much better chance of getting caught for a driving offence with the advent of speed cameras, red light cameras, radar, random breath testing and the like. Throw in double demerits during the holidays and it is blindingly obvious that in in the 60's a driver had a mcuh better chance of holding onto their licence.

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/demerit/demerit1.htm

Now, as I stated in a previous post, use the link above and the link on fatal crash rates in Australia (in a previous post above) to see if demerits had an effect. I know the answer, but can anyone else tell me the effect of demerits? (Also, don't forget to research the 'effect' if any, in the ACT where demerits were introduced in 1993).