Australia records highest road toll in over a decade

[Franco Cozzo]

Australia records highest road toll in over a decade

Australia’s states and territories can’t begin sharing their road safety data fast enough, according to the peak body for local motoring groups, as the national road toll has reached a sobering marker.

Data released by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) shows 1310 people died on Australian roads between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024.

This is not only an additional 132 deaths over the May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023 period, but it’s also the highest 12-month death toll figure since 30 November 2012, which had an identical number of fatalities.

Road deaths surged 31.2 per cent in New South Wales, 35.3 per cent in the Northern Territory and 12.4 per cent in Victoria.

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What a conundrum,

Current strategy doesn't work at all, but big *** hole in the economy which needs filling, and the current strategy helps prop it up.

Its still low - 1270 deaths nationally out of 26M people, compared to how many trips Australian drivers make, its good odds.