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The Australian Automobile Association (AAA)<\/a> is benchmarking progress of the country\u2019s National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030<\/a> and utilising data, or the lack thereof, to advocate for greater action. Quarterly published benchmarking reports, a public data dashboard and letters to parliamentary members are supporting the campaign.<\/p>\n

The latest Benchmarking the Performance of the National Road Safety Strategy Report – June Quarter<\/a> shows the national and state governments remain unable to track most of their agreed targets, and rising road deaths are exposing data failings.<\/p>\n

The AAA Road Safety Data Dashboard<\/a> is tracking national and state road deaths and state progress towards target reduction. Importantly it is also highlighting where no baseline or progress data exists, or national data definition has been devised, to track target achievement.<\/p>\n

AAA Managing Director Michael Bradley said: \u201cYou can\u2019t improve what you don\u2019t measure, and when it comes to road trauma, the Australian Government is measuring very little.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023, Australia is unable to adequately quantify the extent of road trauma, or the effectiveness of interventions being deployed to reduce it,\u201d he said. \u201cCars have never been safer and road funding never higher, and yet road fatalities are climbing.<\/p>\n

\u201cA new approach is needed, starting with national statistics to guide law enforcement, road investment, and policy change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Published by the nation\u2019s peak motoring body, the new benchmarking and data reports show Australia is far from on course to meet the Strategy\u2019s targets of halving road deaths through the decade to 2030 and reducing serious injuries by 30 per cent over that period.<\/p>\n

The report shows 1,205 people died on Australian roads in the 12 months to 30 June 2023 \u2013 a 3.2 per cent rise on the previous corresponding period.<\/p>\n

It shows no Australian jurisdiction is on track to meet fatality reduction targets, while death rates for drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists are all above the Strategy\u2019s agreed targets.<\/p>\n

The Strategy\u2019s targets of halving road deaths by 2030 and eliminating all road deaths of children seven years and under are not on track to be met. But at least they can be measured.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know this target is badly off-track, but progress on three of the Strategy\u2019s other headline targets cannot even be quantified because the necessary data is either not collected or not reported,\u201d Mr Bradley said.<\/p>\n

These three targets are:<\/p>\n