Holiday toll rises to 21 Three more people have died on Australian roads, taking the Christmas holiday road toll to 21. A HORROR NSW car crash that claimed the life of a young girl and injured five others is one of three fatal smashes that has lifted the Christmas holiday road death toll to 21. The young girl died at the scene of the single-vehicle crash that occurred about 50 kilometres south of Cessnock on George Downes Drive, Bucketty, shortly before 1pm (AEDT) Monday. Police said a woman in her 30s, believed to be the driver, and another young girl suffering a serious head injury were airlifted to hospital. Three other people were treated at the scene for abrasions and minor injuries then airlifted to Westmead Hospital by a second rescue helicopter, NSW Ambulance said. The young girl's death takes the NSW road toll to seven. In the second fatal crash on Monday, a Melbourne motorcyclist died after he collided with a car in the city's west. The Ford driver, a 36-year-old Wyndham Vale man, is assisting police with their inquiries. The motorcyclist is the third person to die on Victorian roads during the holiday period. In Perth, a 51-year-old woman who was hit by a car on Christmas Eve died in hospital this evening. Astrid Hall was struck on Roe Highway in Beckenham, in Perth's south-east, on December 24 and died at Royal Perth Hospital on Sunday as a result of her injuries, police said. Three people have now died on WA roads over the holiday period.