Here is a list of all Northern Territory roads that have had speed limits permanently lowered since the Gunner Government came to power in August 2016.
The information comes from the Department for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.
The Territory has the highest rate of road deaths in the country, eclipsing every other Australian jurisdiction for the last 20 years.
According to government figures, there were 35 lives lost on the road in 2019. This compares to 50 lives lost in 2018 and the ten-year average (2010-2019) of 43 lives.
See below the list for the Territory’s full road toll figures from 2010 to 2019.
Darwin urban
McMinn Street: Between Stuart Highway and Frances Bay Drive
Old speed: 60 km/h – New speed: 50 km/h
Date of change: October 2019
Tiger Brennan Drive: Between Dinah Beach Road and midway to McMinn Street
Old speed: 80 km/h – New speed: 60 km/h
Date of change: October 2019
Tiger Brennan Drive: At Berrimah Rd intersection
Old speed limit: 100 km/h – New speed limit: 80 km/h
Date of the change: June 2019
Stuart Highway: From Berrimah to Foundation Road, Pinelands
Old speed: 100 km/h – New speed: 90 km/h
Date of change: May 2020
Stuart Highway: From Palmerston interchange to Temple Terrace.
Old speed limit: 100 km/h – New speed limit: 80 km/h
Date of the change: May 2020
Roystonea Avenue: From Palmerston Interchange to Gurd Street
Old speed: 80 km/h – New speed: 70 km/h
Date of change: March 2018
Henry Wrigley Drive: Between McMillans Rd and Rapid Creek Bridge
Old speed: 70 km/h – New speed: 60 km/h
Date of change: June 2017
Amy Johnson Avenue: Between McMillans Rd and Boulter Rd
Old speed: 90 km/h – New speed: 70 km/h
Date of change: June 2017
Rural area
Arnhem Highway: Approaches to Adelaide River Bridge
Old speed: 100 km/h – New speed: 80 km/h
Date of change: June 2017
Gunn Point Road: Near Howard River Bridge
Old speed: 110 km/h – New speed: 80 km/h
Date of change: 2017
Stuart Highway: At Coomalie Creek
Old speed: 130 km/h – New speed: 110 km/h
Date of change: February 2018
Anzac Parade: 800m prior to school zone both approaches
Old speed: 110 km/h – New speed: 80 km/h
Date of change: December 2019
Kakadu Highway: 67 km on approach to Stuart Highway intersection
Old speed: 110 km/h – New speed: 100 km/h
Date of change: July / August 2019
Katherine roads
Stuart Highway: Along the Mataranka Township
Old speed: 60 km/h – New speed: 50 km/h
Date of change: February 2019
East Arnhem
Ramingining-Central Arnhem link road: 3.3 km on approach to airport turnoff
Old speed: 110 km/h – New speed: 80 km/h
Date of change: November 2019
Alice Springs
Stuart Highway: Kulgera roadhouse
Old Speed: 130 km/h – New Speed: 100 km/h
Date of change: May 2017
Stuart Highway: Between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek
Old Speed: Open speed limit – New Speed: 130 km/h
Date of change: November 2016
Road deaths
A 2016 NT Government discussion paper on road safety stated the Territory’s road death rate was at least three times the Australian rate. The Territory had the highest rate of road deaths per 100,000 population, per 10,000 registered vehicles and per 100 million vehicle kilometres travelled.
