The Queensland Government has agreed to share with the Commonwealth and the public previously secret data about the causes of car crashes, traffic policing and the condition of roads to help tackle the escalating road safety crisis.
read moreAustralia’s road toll continues to climb, with 1,286 road deaths in the year to 29 February – up 9.9% on the preceding 12-month period.
read moreOur road safety crisis requires action, not just words. It seems the only people opposed to data transparency to save lives and end pork barrelling are politicians themselves.
read moreAustralia’s key peak medical organisation has endorsed a push to link road safety data transparency with federal road funding to help reduce the nation’s surging road toll.
read moreState and territory governments have assessed more than 450,000km of Australian roads using a globally recognised star-rating system. But not one has yet published the results derived and they keep the data secret.
read moreRoad deaths rose by 4.6% over the 12 months to 30 September. We can’t explain these increases or be confident about proposed solutions because state governments are withholding crucial data about road quality and crash causes.
read moreAustralia’s peak motoring body encourages Federal Transport Minister Catherine King to reconsider her rejection of an all-party parliamentary committee’s call to let Australians see secret safety ratings of the roads they use every day.
read moreAfter years of a declining road toll, road deaths are now steadily rising, month after month. We need much better reporting of relevant data so we can identify the causes of current fatalities and implement measures to prevent future death and trauma.
read moreThe latest quarterly benchmarking of the National Road Safety Strategy shows governments remain unable to track most of their targets and road deaths are increasing, rather than declining as anticipated.
read moreThe National Road Safety Action Plan (2023-25) released today repeats mistakes of the past and risks having little impact on improving road safety outcomes.
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