Five people have been killed after a car left the road, rolled and hit trees on the Arnhem Highway in the Northern Territory.

The crash occurred about 60km west of Jabiru on Monday morning.

“Jabiru police attended in the first instance and located the vehicle which had left the road, rolled and crashed into trees,” Northern Territory police said.

Investigators are trying to establish the identities of the deceased so that families can be notified.

The Northern Territory road toll for 2019 stands at 28 compared with 47 at the same time last year.