Medical experts call for better road death data, following five deaths in eight hours on NSW roads
ABCMedical experts are calling for more public data on the nation's road death roll, following a horror eight hours on NSW roads yesterday that claimed five people. Key points: Five people died and four were injured in three car crashes across NSW since 2pm Monday Medical experts are calling for better data that includes road conditions and suspected causes NSW, Victoria and South Australia all saw road toll increases in 2023 Two people died in a crash in Sydney's north-west, two at Hay in the state's Riverina, and one at Cowra in the central west. Royal Australian College of Surgeons trauma committee chair Matthew Hope said the data needed information on road conditions and suspected causes of crashes. Federal Transport Minister Catherine King said there had been "really significant changes" to driver behaviour since the pandemic and attributed it to an increased road toll nationwide.
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