Australian cyclist deaths surge and road safety strategy 'failing'

All states are on track to miss road safety targets amid a rise in driver, passenger and cycling deaths

Australia’s road safety strategy is failing, according to the nation’s peak motoring body, with cyclists recording the biggest increase in the number of road fatalities.

A report by the Australian Automobile Association shows there were 1,222 deaths on the road in 2017-18 and, for the first time, all states are on track to miss the national road safety targets they signed up to in 2011.

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