1000 Lives Lost

1000 Lives Lost

Over 1000 lives have been lost on Australian roads this year. We're heading for our fifth consecutive annual increase, with over 1300 lives lost by years end.

We need to head back 15-years to 2010 to mirror so many unnecessary fatalities. Transport ministers are still forecasting a 50% reduction by 2030. This will be impossible to achieve as road safety strategies are outdated, ineffective and working in reverse.

Its apparent that our dated sanctions are no longer working. Police continue to report deteriorating driver behaviour, yet state transport ministers have failed to introduce more effective sanctions, to improve driver behaviour and help reduce the road toll.

Transport ministers regularly increase fines and introduce even more cameras, which are doing little to contain the rising road toll. They appear overly focused on fines revenue, not upsetting the status quo and blind to the increasing carnage on our roads.

Federal and state transport ministers have lost control of road safety. They're unlikely to review the failed National Road Safety Strategy or take steps to improve driver behaviour, based on their past actions.

Reference: Road toll 21.10.2025 1068 lives lost. Forecast Road Toll 2025 1340 lives lost. Lives lost per 100k people Australia 4.8, Sweden 2.1, UK 2.6, Ireland 2.9. Australia experiences twice the number of lives lost then safer countries.