National holiday road toll down by one

The national holiday road toll has been revised down to 34 after a man's death in South Australia on New Year's Eve was found to have been caused by a medical issue.

The man crashed into a tree on the South-Eastern Freeway in Monarto South, east of Adelaide, and died a short time later, police said.

Twenty-eight people died on Australian roads over the Christmas-New Year period in 2014/15 and 2013/14.

* The national holiday road toll period ran from 0001 December 23, 2015 until 2359 January 3, 2016, local times.

HOLIDAY TOLL BY STATE

NSW 10

Victoria 8

Queensland 5

Western Australia 2

South Australia 2

Australian Capital Territory 2

Tasmania 4

Northern Territory 1

NATIONAL TOTAL: 34