Worst car crash hotspots in Aus revealed

A large roadworthy successful Victoria has been crowned the Australia’s astir unsafe blistery spot for crashes, arsenic a caller study reveals the radical considered astir unsafe down the wheel.

Plenty Rd successful Melbourne’s northeast topped the database for the astir crashes betwixt 2014 and 2023, according to AAMI’s Crash Index Decade of Driving report.

The information compiled by the insurer ranked the worst car clang hotspots each implicit Australia, based connected 4.3 cardinal centrifugal claims crossed the state from 2014 – 2023.

AAMI Motor Claims manager Leah James noted the information follows a velocity simplification proceedings connected the engaged roadworthy successful 2022, informed by AAMI’s data.

“Following the adoption of the reduced velocity limit, our information showed a 26 per cent simplification successful the fig of accidents, demonstrating the affirmative interaction the AAMI Crash Index has had connected redeeming lives,” Ms James said.

The Hume Hwy successful Liverpool, NSW, clocked successful astatine 2nd connected the blistery spot list, followed by the Bruce Hwy successful Queensland, Albany Hwy successful Western Australia, Canberra Ave successful the ACT, Marion Rd successful South Australia, Sandy Bay Rd successful Tasmania, and Stuart Hwy successful the Northern Territory.

Ms James said each of the hotspots but for Sandy Bay Rd successful Tasmania person held their positions for much than 5 of the past 10 years, highlighting that the roads are engaged “but besides dangerous”.

Men were much apt to person a clang than women (54 per cent compared to 46 per cent), portion drivers aged 65 and implicit were the astir unsafe down the wheel.

The astir communal collision was recovered to beryllium chemoreceptor to process crashes astatine 26 per cent, portion failing to springiness mode accounted for 19 per cent of crashes, and accidentally damaging cars portion parked accounted for 17 per cent.

“Nose to process crashes and failing to give-way are consistently the apical types of accidents, indicating that arsenic a nation, we person a propensity to tailgate different drivers and thrust distracted,” Ms James said.

Afternoons betwixt 1pm and 4.30pm look to beryllium the worst clip of time for a crash, followed by 9.30am to 1pm, and 4.30-8pm.

“This coincides with schoolhouse prime up — and is mostly a clip erstwhile the roads are busy, patience is wearing thin, drivers are bushed from the time and racing to either get location oregon to their adjacent destination,” Ms James said.

“This is erstwhile drivers request to person their wits astir them, and beryllium vigilant down the wheel, to debar those bumper-to-bumper collisions oregon an mishap involving a child.”

The worst time of the week for crashes was besides identified, with Friday taking the pb astatine 16 per cent followed by Thursday and Wednesday.

However Saturday and Sunday fared the best.

The information has been shared with governments “to help place and program for aboriginal roadworthy projects, arsenic good arsenic thrust argumentation changes and roadworthy improvements astatine identified hotspots.”