The Northern Territory road toll has risen to 23 after the death of a 34-year-old woman near Woodycupildiya yesterday.
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The woman was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a 34-year-old man.
The crash happened when the driver lost control and crashed into a tree just before 11.30am yesterday.
The driver escaped injury, while another 50-year-old passenger has been flown to Adelaide with spinal injuries.
The road toll at the same time last year was 32.
The NT has the highest road toll in the nation per capita with almost 50 people killed and more than 500 seriously injured on Territory roads each year.
Since 2006, 30 people have died on Katherine roads and 214 people have been seriously injured.
Our worst year was 2012 with five fatal accidents on our roads.
The NT Government launched the Towards Zero Road Safety discussion paper in May to address the road toll.
Initiatives proposed in the discussion paper were double demerit points, clamping of vehicles and changing the driver licensing systems.
