Australia’s road deaths have reached an 11-year high, according todata.
1,300 people died on Australia’s roads in 2024.
It’s thein a row that road deaths have increased.
This hasn’t happened since seatbelts were made compulsory in the 1960s.
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has called on the Government to investigate “what is going wrong on our roads”.
Australia road deaths
Single-vehicle crashes were the most common type of fatal accident last year.
NSW, the most populous state, recorded the most fatalities.
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The majority of deaths were car drivers (45%) and people on motorbikes (21%).
Men made up 74% of the total deaths.
Strategy
In 2021, federal, state, and territory governments agreed to a 10-year National Road Safety Strategy.
The strategy’s goals included centralising data, and reaching zero deaths on Australian roads by 2050.
The data released today is the result of this strategy.
In response, the AAA said Australia is “wildly off-track” in meeting the 2050 goal.
