Christmas Holiday Road Toll

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I have read a couple of strange things regarding the 'Christmas Holiday Road Toll'. Here's some interesting ones.

A woman hit by a car while sitting in the middle of a major southwest Sydney road yesterday morning died in hospital later that day link

a 71-year-old man died after his car veered into a tree in Melbourne's outer north. link

This was a suspected heart attack I believe, but I couldn't find confirmation of this.

A 19-year-old was also killed after being struck by a station wagon when he chased his dog onto the Bruce Highway at Kybong, near Gympie, about 11pm (AEST) yesterday, police said. link

It is believed the woman was examining minor damage to her car from an earlier accident when she was fatally hit by a truck. link

My question is should somebody sitting / standing / running onto the road constitute a road fatality. Or for that matter someone having a heart attack and then crashing?

I understand that it physically happened on the road, but when they then use these figures in advertising and to promote the use of speed cameras, it gets my goat.

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