No public dataset counts kangaroo road deaths by car maker — the numbers that exist count claims, not deaths

Asked:

“how many kangaroos were killed in the past years in traffic accidents - split up between car makers”

Research through 3 Sep 2026 found six comparable public snapshots, 2018–2026: insurer claim counts (AAMI, RACV), one state incident register (Wildlife Victoria) and one peer-reviewed citizen-science roadkill sample. None records confirmed kangaroo deaths nationally, and none publishes a split by vehicle brand or maker. The snapshots overlap in time and coverage and must not be summed.

Claims and incidents are not confirmed deaths Insurer data covers only that insurer's customers Wildlife Victoria covers Victoria only Figures overlap — never sum them

What the public record actually holds, 2018–2026

Each bar is one published snapshot placed on its own reporting window; bar height is the count. Colour is the kind of evidence — only the smallest number, from the roadkill project, is confirmed dead kangaroos. Hover a bar for scope and source.

Insurance claims (car damaged; kangaroo outcome unknown) Reported hit-by-vehicle incidents (not confirmed deaths) Photographed, confirmed roadkill (sample only)

Manufacturer split requested vs data actually published

AAMI's 2024 animal-strike analysis named five models as most commonly involved — for all animal strikes, not kangaroos alone, with no per-model or per-brand counts published and no animal deaths established. Three separate pages repeat the same five names: drive.com.au, nationalcollisionrepairer.com.au and northcoastvoices.blogspot.com.

Toyota
LandCruiser
count not published
Toyota
HiLux
count not published
Ford
Ranger
count not published
Toyota
Corolla
count not published
Holden
Commodore
count not published

What the visual cannot say alone

RACV's annual kangaroo-collision claims rose 66.9% between 2021 and 2025, peaking at 7,232 claims in 2025 — growth in claims, not a count of deaths. racv.com.au
Wildlife Victoria's 10,137 hit-by-vehicle incidents in 2024 nearly doubles RACV's 5,883 claims for the same year in one state alone — the recorder, not the roads, drives the number. racv.com.au
The only confirmed-death figure is a three-month citizen-science sample: 415 photographed kangaroo roadkills, 26.7% of all roadkill photographed. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ACT rangers record over 1,000 kangaroos by the road each year in Canberra alone and estimate collisions run at twice sightings — every published count sits well below reality. act.gov.au

The six snapshots, row by row

SourcePeriodMetricCoverageCountConfirms death?
AAMI aami.com.auMar 2018 - Feb 2019Kangaroo-collision claimsAAMI customers, Australia7,992No
Australian Roadkill Reporting Project ncbi.nlm.nih.gov28 Sep - 31 Dec 2019Photographed kangaroo roadkillCitizen-science sample415Yes (sample only)
RACV racv.com.au2024Kangaroo-collision claimsRACV customers5,883No
Wildlife Victoria, via RACV racv.com.au2024Kangaroo hit-by-vehicle incidentsVictoria10,137No
RACV racv.com.au2025Kangaroo-collision claimsRACV customers7,232No
RACV racv.com.auJan 2021 - Jun 2026Cumulative kangaroo-related claimsRACV customers, Australia~31,000No

Method: live web research through 3 Sep 2026; broad searches scanned over 1,100 unique initial results and a second source-focused search returned over 1,600 unique results (pools overlap). Six high-value source snapshots and 15 model mentions (deduplicating to five models across three pages) were extracted. Counts measure insurance claims, reported hit-by-vehicle incidents, or photographed roadkill — none is a national kangaroo death toll, none is split by car maker, and the figures overlap so they are never summed here. RACV suburb-level claim rows were cut for space.

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