With the Victorian State Election approaching, road safety experts are calling on all political parties to make clear, measurable commitments to preventing death and serious injuries on Victorian roads.
The Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS) Victorian Chapter has released its 2026 Road Safety Election Brief, outlining six priorities it seeks every political party to commit to ahead of the 28 November election.
As of 3 November 2026, 229 people had been killed on Victorian roads this year. While this is 20 fewer than at the same time last year, the ACRS Victorian Chapter warns that sustained action is essential to ensure improvements continue.
“Every death on our roads is a tragedy for families and communities, and every serious injury can have lifelong consequences,” said ACRS Victorian Chapter Committee Chair, Ms Chris Harrison.
“Victoria has a proud history of road safety leadership, but we cannot afford to take progress for granted. We want every political party to explain what it will do, how it will fund its commitments and how Victorians will know whether those actions are working.”
The ACRS Victorian Chapter is calling on all political parties to commit to:
- Leadership and accountability: Publish annual progress of targets, establish clear government accountability for delivering agreed actions and achieving road safety outcomes, sustain investment and independently evaluate results.
- Safe neighbourhoods: Fund safe streets and speed environments particularly around children, schools, services and activity centres.
- Safe transport choices: Protect people using public transport, walking and cycling through safe infrastructure and connected networks.
- Safe behaviour and compliance: Combine road design, safe vehicles, technology, education and effective enforcement as one system.
- Equity data and post-crash care: Improve serious-injury data and public access to it, target investment according to evidence and need, and strengthen comprehensive support after a crash.
- Community partnership: Begin with what communities’ value and involve people early in shaping, testing and evaluating road safety goals.
Victoria’s Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 sets ambitious targets to reduce road deaths and serious injuries. Achieving those targets will require sustained investment, coordinated government action and a commitment to evidence-based approaches that deliver measurable results.
“Road safety is not just a transport issue. It affects our health system, local communities, schools, workplaces and families,” Ms Harrison said.
“We call on all parties to make road safety a clear election priority and demonstrate how they will work with road safety professionals, local government and communities to deliver safer road environments for everyone.”
The ACRS Victorian Chapter is asking every political party to respond publicly to its six priorities before election day, identifying the actions it will take, the funding and agencies responsible, and how they will be measured.
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