Australia's national road toll stands at 17 after a man was killed in a single car accident in Western Australia.
Perth Now reports the man died when his car flipped on the North West Coastal Highway at Yannarie, about 1200km north of Perth and 200km southeast of Exmouth, about noon (WST) on Wednesday.
Police in WA say the first death on the state's roads happened on Christmas Eve, when a young man died after his car hit a power pole at Esperance, about 720 kilometres southeast of Perth.
Meanwhile, NSW police are pleading for drivers to slow down after accidents on the state's roads left five people dead in one day, including an elderly Fijian couple, who died when their can left the Hume Highway near Holbrook in the state's south and rolled.
Queensland has recorded its first holiday road death after a sedan veered off the Bruce Highway on the state's east coast and rolled early on Wednesday.
The losses take the toll for NSW to six, five people have died on Victoria's roads, and two in South Australia.
One person each has been killed on roads in Queensland and Tasmania.
The Northern Territory and ACT remain fatality-free.
* The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2012, until 2359 January 3, 2013, local times.
