$81 million Road Safety Program announced for New South Wales

State and Federal governments fund upgrades announced in the wake of Australia’s highest road toll since 2012.

An $81 million Road Safety Program has been announced for greater Sydney and New South Wales’ rural areas in the wake of the state leading surging national road toll figures.

A joint project by the New South Wales (NSW) state and Australian Federal governments – with funding split evenly between them – the Road Safety Program (RSP) will include 49 projects in greater Sydney in addition to 179 upgrades across urban and rural areas.

The plan includes 23 road safety projects as well as 25 cycling and pedestrian projects, with all expected to be completed by 30 June 2025.

The announcement comes after the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE) released figures showing an 11.7 per cent rise in fatalities on the nation’s roads in the 12 months leading up to 30 June 2024.

New South Wales recorded 358 deaths – the most of any state or territory over that period –  a year-on-year rise of 23 per cent, with only the Northern Territory posting a greater increase (107.7 per cent). 

“The rising number of fatalities on roads across Australia is extremely concerning,” said NSW Minister for Roads, John Graham, in a statement announcing the RSP.

“This is a practical boost to road safety … The first major projects for NSW under this tranche of the Road Safety Program will see some of our key Greater Sydney roads and highways get the improvements they urgently need to make them safer for years to come.”

“In the recent NSW and Australian Government budgets we confirmed our $2.8 billion partnership in road safety over four years, delivering on commitments in the 2026 Road Safety Action Plan.”

The state’s 2026 Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) has a goal of reducing the number of road deaths and serious injuries by 30 per cent from 2018-2020 levels by 2030.

The target is a step towards an ambition of zero deaths and serious injuries on NSW roads by 2050.

The Victorian State Government’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has similar aims, looking to halve its road deaths and serious injuries between 2020 and 2030, with a goal of zero by 2050.

The southern state’s previous Towards Zero 2016-2020 Road Safety Strategy fell short of its aim of less than 200 deaths annually on Victoria’s roads, with 294 killed in 2023 alone, a 23 per cent year-on-year increase.

Across the country, Victoria’s figure was second only to NSW (351), contributing to a 7.3 per cent increase in overall road deaths for the full 2023 calendar year.

In January 2024, the NSW Government announced a Road Safety Forum to tackle the increasing road toll, while in March 2024 Sydney’s Inner West Council voted to introduce 40km/h speed limits on local streets.

In Melbourne, South Yarra Council extended a 30km/h speed limit trial on the majority of streets in the inner-city suburbs of Fitzroy and Collingwood.

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