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Ethan James

Speed limit cuts needed to help fix road toll 'crisis'

Fatalities on the nation's roads have been heading in the wrong direction for three years. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's road toll is rising and "brave" decisions such as lowering speed limits are needed to help reach the goal of halving fatalities by 2030, a peak safety body says. 

There were 1258 deaths on the nation's roads in 2023 - a 6.6 per cent jump on the previous year and the third year in a row the figure has gone up. 

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