The 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.
The AAA’s first report tracking the performance of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 shows road deaths decreased 0.7 per cent from the September 2022 to the December 2022 quarter, and by 5.1 per cent throughout the whole of 2022: a year in which 1,187 people died on Australian roads.
The typical weekly household transport cost in capital city households is now $413.53 and $343.93 in regional households.
Australia’s peak motoring body has released its latest Transport Affordability Index showing average weekly fuel costs rose more than $5 to $100.39 a week across the country in the past three months.
Australia’s peak motoring body has released its latest Transport Affordability Index showing average weekly fuel costs rose 40 per cent in the 12 months to March 31, 2022