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‘Don’t let a car change who you are’: Australian Government launches Road Safety Campaign reminding drivers


MEDIA RELEASE

20/12/2024

In a move to raise awareness and encourage safer driving habits, the Australian Government launched its ‘Safer driving starts with you’ national Road Safety Campaign on 15 December 2024.

According to the National Road Safety Strategy[1], around 1,200 people are killed each year on Australia’s roads and about 40,000 are seriously injured. Australia is currently experiencing its highest records of road fatalities in years with the total annual deaths from road crashes trending upwards. Recent monthly road death statistics shows 1,295 people died on Australian roads in the 12 months to 31 October, this is up 5.2 per cent from 1,231 in the previous period.

Australian governments at all levels are working together with communities to change the road transport system to prevent deaths and serious injuries on the roads. The national Road Safety Awareness Campaign is designed to build on and complement the efforts of the states, territories and local governments, which focus on enforcement and specific risky driving behaviours, to improve road safety.

To support the Campaign’s advertising on radio, television, billboards and at service centres, social, regional print and digital, translated posters and community engagement events will emphasise critical road safety issues until April 2025.

The campaign reinforces and reminds drivers of safe behaviours.

While investments in improving road infrastructure, and improved vehicle safety standards and new technologies are important to the safety of all road users, driver behaviour remains a critical issue as part of improving safety on our roads. Behaviours that contribute to the majority of the state crash and fatality data include speeding, driver error, risk taking, not wearing seatbelts and distraction.

The campaign aims to address the attitudes and motivators behind unsafe driving behaviours such as complacency, risk-taking, tailgating, speeding and distraction.  

A range of translated information and resources will be available in Arabic, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. Head to saferdrivingstartswithyou.gov.au to view and download the translated information.

To learn more on how you can be safer on the roads, visit saferdrivingstartswithyou.gov.au

[1] National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30