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Police Announce Christmas Holiday Road Toll Figures
MEDIA ADVISORY: POLICE ANNOUNCE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL FIGURES
The official holiday road toll figures were announced today by Jon White, CEO of the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA).
The latest official figures for 23 December 2014 – 3 January 2015 show that 28 lives were lost on Australian roads and 20 on New Zealand roads, compared to 36 lives lost in both countries last Christmas.
| Jurisdiction Fatalities | Christmas 2014–2015 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 |
| New South Wales | 7 |
| New Zealand | 20* |
| Northern Territory | 0 |
| Queensland | 4 |
| South Australia | 8 |
| Tasmania | 2 |
| Victoria | 4 |
| Western Australia | 3 |
| Total Fatalities | 48** |
NOTE:
*New Zealand’s official Christmas holiday road toll counting period for 2013/2014 runs from 0001 on Tuesday 23 December 2014 and ends at 2359 Friday 3 January 2015. New Zealand’s official Christmas holiday road toll may differ slightly to the numbers shown - which capture the road fatalities that occur in New Zealand during Australia’s 12-day Christmas holiday road toll counting period.
**The total number of road crash fatalities shown are provisional pending coronial investigation.
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