CANBERRA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australia's road death toll hit its highest level in seven years in November, with no state or territory on track to meet reduction targets.

According to the latest monthly report on road deaths in Australia, which was published on Tuesday by the Bureau of Infrastructure and Transport Research Economics (BITRE), there were 129 road deaths nationally in November.

It was the deadliest month on Australian roads since December 2017, when 130 people were killed. The BITRE report said that the November figure was 30.3 percent higher than the average for the month over the previous five years.

In the 12-month period to the end of November, there were 1,318 deaths on Australian roads, an increase of 6.1 percent from the 12 months to November 2023.

All of Australia's states and territories have adopted a goal to reduce the number of road deaths from a 2018-2020 baseline by 50 percent and reduce serious injuries by 30 percent under the National Road Safety Strategy.

The new report found that no state or territory is on track to meet the goal.

South Australia was the only jurisdiction with a lower death toll in the 12-month period to the end of November 2024 than in the year to November 2023.

Of the 1,318 people who died on Australian roads in the 12 months to November 2024, 600 were drivers, 284 were motorcyclists, 212 were passengers in a vehicle and 167 were pedestrians.

People aged between 40 and 64 accounted for 31 percent of all deaths -- the most of any age group. Enditem

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