The New South Wales highway loss of life toll has risen from 2021’s historic low to 288 folks in 2022, in comparison with 275 the 12 months earlier than.
Key contributors embody a “significant increase in road activity and business activity with the lifting of COVID restrictions, and of course, last year we had the most severe weather conditions,” Head of Transport Safety Peter Dunphy informed Sky News Australia.
“The traditional things of speeding, fatigue and also the drug and alcohol have all been factors which have also contributed to the road toll,” Mr Dunphy stated.
Mr Dunphy stated regardless of the elevated loss of life toll, Transport NSW continues to be on observe to achieve their goal of lowering highway fatalities by 50 per cent by 2030.
