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Qld deadliest roads during COVID lockdown
Queensland had Australia’s deadliest roads during the peak of the pandemic and was the only jurisdiction to record more road fatalities, new data shows.
Australian Road and Research Board (ARRB) figures reveal there was a 10 per cent decrease in the number of road deaths, nationally, between March and August compared to the average number of fatalities for the same period between 2017 and 2019.
Alarmingly, every state and territory except Queensland recorded fewer deaths in 2020 compared to the average number of fatalities over the previous three years.
There were 123 road fatalities in Queensland during March and August, up 11 per cent.
The rest of the nation recorded between 10 and 25 per cent fewer deaths.
Year-on-year, Queensland’s…
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