Mystery of Queensland’s soaring road toll despite pandemic restrictions

Thursday December 10, 2020

Queensland is the only state to have recorded an increase in traffic fatalities during the pandemic.

Four teenagers died in a car crash in Townsville in June. (Photo: AAP Image/Michael Chambers)

Ahead of a budget estimates committee hearing tomorrow, Transport Minister Mark Bailey has revealed the Queensland road toll increased despite there being fewer vehicles on the road.

Over the decade to last year, the annual road toll fell 36 per cent, with 2019 the lowest year on record with 219 deaths.

“However, as at 6 December 2020 we have lost 254 lives, 45 (or 21.5 per…

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