The AAA is the peak organisation representing Australia’s motoring clubs and their 9.5 million members.

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Road Safety

Every month more than 100 people die on Australian roads and every day about 100 are hospitalised for crash-related injuries.

The quarterly Benchmarking the Performance of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 report tracks Australia’s road trauma figures against the targets set by governments.

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Transport Affordability

Over the course of 2023-24, typical Australian household transport costs rose by 10.5%, far outpacing the year’s Consumer Price Index increase of 3.8%.

The Transport Affordability Index tracks movements in the total price of household transport and illustrates changes to transport costs relative to CPI movements and household incomes.

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Electric Vehicle Index

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ICE
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The EV Index quantifies data on Australia’s vehicle technology transition to outline the trends that are transforming the national vehicle market.

It collates sales of new light vehicles and total vehicle registrations, categorised by fuel types and vehicle sizes.

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Quarterly data publications

Our quarterly reports use the latest data to quantify trends in road safety, transport affordability, and the electric vehicle transition.

Quarterly data publications

The National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30 recognises that road deaths and injuries can be significantly reduced.
 
The Benchmarking quarterly highlights Australia’s road safety performance and aims to make politicians accountable for policies that affect road safety.

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Other data and research documents

Browse reports, submissions and research papers on a range of topics, including:

• Road safety
• Vehicle emissions
• Traffic congestion
• Fuel efficiency standards

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Policy Platform 2025 Federal Election

Real-World Testing Program

Designed to deliver results more relevant to Australian drivers than the lab tests reported by car manufacturers.

This is Australia’s first independent program for testing vehicle emissions and fuel consumption in representative on-road driving conditions. 

Over four years, Real-World Testing will assess up to 200 different makes of cars, utes, and vans.

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Insights

National road deaths crisis

The AAA's quarterly Benchmarking the Performance of the National Road Safety Strategy report shows 1,284 people were killed on Australian roads in the 12 months to 31 March – the worst year-to-March outcome since 2013.

Road deaths in the year to 31 March 2025 reached their highest level since the equivalent period in 2013. Total crash fatalities were 1.2% higher than in the same period a year earlier.

Deaths of cyclists increased by 41.9%, with fatalities among motorcyclists up 5.4%.

Hybrid sales surge in fast-evolving car market

Quarterly sales of electric vehicles fell to their lowest levels in two years in the March 2025 quarter amid a decline in overall vehicle sales and a sharp increase in sales of conventional hybrids and plug-in hybrids, according to the nation’s peak motoring body.

The AAA’s quarterly EV Index shows Australians bought 17,914 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the three months to 31 March – equivalent to 6.3% of all new car sales. This was a reduction from 21,331 sales in the December 2024 quarter, or 7.42% of the market.

Transport costs ease in March quarter but still consume 15.8% of household income

The affordability of transport costs for Australian households has improved for three consecutive quarters for the first time since 2020, according to the AAA’s Transport Affordability Index.
 
In the March quarter typical transport expenditure increased slightly, but in most cities rising incomes more than offset the modest costs rises.

Evidence-driven policies and advocacy

AAA advocacy aims to make Australian roads and motoring safer, more equitable and more sustainable.

We use research, facts and data to develop workable policies that are based on a strong understanding of real needs, rather than on political considerations.