Fed: Holiday road toll at 56
02 Jan 2009 7:13 PM
SYDNEY, Jan 2 AAP - The national holiday road toll has reached 56.
There was one death on the country's roads on Friday in central Queensland.
A woman was killed when the car she was travelling in collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway north of Mackay at about 1.30pm (AEST).
The death takes the state's toll to 13.
Victoria continues to top the list with 16 deaths.
NSW and Western Australia have had 10 fatalities each.
Five have died in the Northern Territory, while South Australia and Tasmania have both recorded one death each.
The Australian Capital Territory remains fatality free.
STATE FATALITIES
Queensland - 13
NSW - 10
ACT - 0
Victoria - 16
Tasmania - 1
South Australia - 1
Northern Territory - 5
Western Australia - 10
TOTAL - 56
(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January 2. Some states and territories have different periods.)
