Key road safety data update

Summary

• We will likely miss 2020 targets for road deaths
  – and serious injuries increased
• Projections (without new measures are for increasing deaths and serious injuries beyond 2020)
  – As existing counter-measures have diminishing returns
• While fatality rates in cities are equal to world leaders, regional and remote fatality rates are extraordinarily high
• Recent trends highlight challenges
  • In Victoria and South Australia
  • For motorcyclists, in 70-90km/hour speed limits
  • For pedestrians over 75 years of age
  • Increases associated with drug use
  • Involving rigid trucks
• Cost effective measures include:
  • Targeted infrastructure measures
  • Reduced speed limits