Safer driving is the New Year’s resolution NSW needs to lower road trauma

The NSW Government is issuing a call to the 6.9 million drivers across the state to make the safest decisions on the road in 2025 and help reduce the annual number of road deaths.

NSW recorded a total of 340 road deaths in 2024 – the same number of people lost in 2023.

Data suggests there was a slight moderation in the second half of the year as the Minns Labor Government introduced a string of measures to tighten road safety, including the July 1 introduction of seatbelt cameras.

However, the number of people lost on our roads remains too high and the Government is focused on building on those measures to increase safety and reduce the trauma impacting our community.

Read the full media release here (PDF, 113.37 KB).