ANCAP welcomes mid-term road safety review as government sets next steps
The Australian Government has released the Mid-term Review of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030, and ANCAP says it reinforces the role of safer vehicles and better data in reducing road trauma.
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Review released, with ANCAP backing safer-vehicle emphasis
The Australian Government released the Mid-term Review of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021–2030 on 17 September 2026, saying it highlights progress in road safety and sets priorities for future action. ANCAP SAFETY welcomed the review and said it recognises the contribution safer vehicles are making to reducing road trauma. The Office of Road Safety said the findings will help inform future work to deliver safer outcomes and support ongoing delivery of the strategy. 214
What the review says has improved since 2021
The Department of Infrastructure said the review found that investment by all levels of government since the strategy’s release in 2021 has delivered improvements in road and vehicle safety, data collection and the adoption of the Safe System approach. The ministerial release said sustained investment in road infrastructure and initiatives has saved lives, reduced harm and supported progress towards national targets. The National Road Safety Strategy 2021–30 sets targets to reduce annual fatalities by at least 50 per cent and serious injuries by at least 30 per cent by 2030, while continuing the longer-term commitment to zero deaths and serious injuries by 2050. 235
Risk profile shifting beyond passenger cars
ANCAP said the review also highlights changing areas of risk, with fatalities increasing more sharply in crashes involving vehicle types other than passenger cars. During the period covered by the review, fatalities involving light commercial vehicles increased on average by 12.1 per cent, fatalities involving heavy vehicles increased by 7.2 per cent and motorcycle-related fatalities increased by 28.3 per cent compared with the baseline period, while fatalities involving passenger cars increased by 0.3 per cent. ANCAP chief executive Carla Hoorweg said those findings show why Australia’s focus on safer vehicles must continue to broaden beyond passenger cars to include commercial vans, light and heavy trucks and motorcycles. 1
Data, monitoring and new priorities
ANCAP backed the review’s call to strengthen the use of data and evidence in national priority-setting, investment and performance monitoring. It said important crash and vehicle information is already collected across Australia and should be brought together more consistently and made nationally accessible, including more detail on the specific crash scenario. The ministerial release said the review points to opportunities to better embed data in decision-making, support more timely performance monitoring, improve consistency and knowledge sharing, respond to the challenges of e-mobility devices, and maintain focus on rural, regional and remote road safety. The Office of Road Safety said the review will help inform future work under the strategy. 136
Next action plan and research funding
The Department said the review’s findings will help inform the next phase of national road safety efforts, including the development of the next National Road Safety Action Plan, expected to be released later this year. The ministerial release added that the Albanese Government committed funding in the 2026–27 Budget for research into the causal factors of road trauma in Australia, with three university-based road safety research organisations to be invited to submit proposals. It said the project will examine the incidence, crash type and causes of road fatalities nationally, aiming to better understand why crashes occur and which causal factors are most significant for particular cohorts, transport modes and crash types. 23
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