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"The second half of 2023 was the deadliest six months on Australian roads since
2010, but there is “no credible plan” to make roads safer, the industry claims,
as it pleads for better data to understand what is causing the surge in fatal
crashes.
In the three months to September 2023, there were 341 road deaths nationally.
The following quarter’s figures decreased only slightly from that, with a
further 336 deaths recorded to the end of December. The total 677 road deaths
in the final six months of 2023 was the largest half-yearly road toll since the
first half of 2010, when 688 people died on roads across Australia.
For the 2023 calendar year, 1,266 people died on Australian roads, an increase
of 7.3% on 2022. That made last year the deadliest on Australian roads since
January 2017, when 1,288 deaths were recorded.
The figures show the continuing trend of Australian roads becoming deadlier
despite an ongoing national effort to reduce fatalities.
The National Road Safety Strategy, endorsed by all states and territories and
the federal government, set a target of reducing road deaths by 50% between
2021 and 2030 and achieving zero road deaths in CBD areas, national highways
and among all children aged seven and under. However, annual road deaths are
now 15.4% higher than when the strategy began.
No state or territory is now on track to reach its targets under the strategy,
but data suggests roads in some jurisdictions are more dangerous than others."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
