There have been 793 road deaths on Australian roads in 2009 to the end of June, a 13.4 per cent increase over the same 6 month period in 2008. Photo: CASR.

AUSTRALIA MUST review the nation’s road system and trial more innovative road safety measures to reduce the road toll, an expert says.

Dr Jeremy Woolley, a [...]

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VICTORIA’S GOVERNMENT has come under fire from the state opposition for ignoring the deteriorating condition of regional roads as a major contributor to the rising road toll.

Recent figures show that although the road toll is dropping throughout the state’s cities and towns, the rural road toll is on the rise, corresponding with condition reports which [...]

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The final tally is in, and for the year of 2008 a total of 1464 people died on Australian roads.

Given the lives lost and the countless others that have been profoundly affected by the loss of their loved ones, it’s certainly not a figure to be proud of. The community can take some comfort however in [...]

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Tasmania’s police force has outlined plans to use new camera technology to put the squeeze on disqualified drivers and owners of unregistered cars.

The cameras will work by scanning the licence plates of passing vehicles, cross-referencing that information with a police database and then determining whether the owner is disqualified and whether the car is unregistered [...]

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Victoria has scored the unenviable distinction of having the nation’s highest road toll for the Christmas/New Year holiday period, with 16 people killed on the state’s roads between December 19 and January 2.

Western Australia was second in the road toll rankings, with 13 fatalities recorded. Queensland and New South Wales each had 11 people die [...]

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