Australia’s most dangerous roads revealed

Australian insurance company AAMI has published a report of accident statistics from the past ten years, identifying the most dangerous accident sites in the country.

The Decade of Driving Report is part of the annual Crash Index and is compiled by analysing more than 4.3 million motor vehicle claims across Australia from 2014 to 2023. The report aims to provide insight into road crashes and driving behaviour and how they have changed.

Leah James, motor claims manager at AAMI, says that while there have been changes and improvements in car technology and vehicles in general, driver attitudes and behaviour have not changed to the same extent.

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“What we hope to achieve with our AAMI Decade of Driving Report is to raise awareness of where, when and how accidents happen, so that Australian drivers can be better informed and educated on how to drive more safely,” she said.

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According to the report, Plenty Road in Bundoora, a suburb in Melbourne’s northeast, is the country’s worst crash hotspot. Like most other hotspots in Australia, Plenty Road is a busy main road and has been ranked the top spot in Victoria for more than five years.

Below is a list of the worst crash sites in each state and territory:

In all states except Tasmania, the largest crash hotspot has been the same more than five times in the past decade.

Ms James says the 2022 AAMI Crash Index on Plenty Road contributed to a speed reduction trial, which became permanent that same year.

Based on motor vehicle claims from 2019 to 2023, the speed reduction contributed to a 26 percent decrease in the number of accidents on that road.

The report also includes other key crash data, including the most dangerous crash times.

The afternoon hours between 1:00 and 4:30 PM are still the most dangerous times of the day for accidents, with 28 percent of motor vehicle claims occurring then.

Drivers are most likely to have an accident on Fridays. Women are also found to be much less likely to have an accident than men, with a ratio of 46 to 54 percent.

The most common type of collision over the past 10 years nationwide was rear-end collisions (26 percent).

Below is a breakdown of the top 10 worst crash hotspots in each state and territory. The infographics are from AAMI’s report and you can click on each one for a closer look.

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