I could not find a decent graph of Australian deaths per 100 million kilometers. The best I could find is deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles, Figure F2 of:
Road deaths in Australia 1925–2008
As you claim that the Australian surveillance system has greatly reduced traffic deaths, please point to me on Figure F2 the year that the cameras were installed. As you are claiming great results, it should be relatively simple to identify the deflection point on the graph.
Per Table 6 of
Road Safety International Comparisons–2023:
- The US fatality rate per 100 million vehicle kilometers is 0.8
- The Australian fatality rate per 100 million vehicle kilometers is 0.5.
Really, not as different as some have claimed.
From the same table, Australia lags far behind the Scandinavian countries. I wonder why?
I also can't help but wonder why the total number of deaths on Australian roads has increased over the last several years.
I thought this article was quite interesting:
Australian road toll hits five-year high: Why speed cameras aren’t saving lives
"Most road deaths occur in regional areas or the open road, most speed cameras and speed enforcement is done in metropolitan areas where governments can rake in the most money," said one high-ranking highway patrol officer, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"The 'speeding under 10km/h over the limit is dangerous' message is also a lie. What the government is neglecting to tell the public is that people who are killed at these modest speeds had a crash for other reasons: because they were drunk, drug affected, banned from driving, or had an unsafe or unregistered car. That group (is) by far the biggest menace on the roads. Not mums and dads going to work every day.
"Until the government is prepared to properly address road safety, speed cameras will keep clicking and the road toll will keep rising."
