AAA managing director, Michael Bradley, said “Cars have never been safer and road funding never higher and yet road fatalities are climbing,”.

Except this is not true.

Cars may today be safer if you are inside them. But the rise of bigger and heavier vehicles means they are becoming more and more dangerous for all the people outside the vehicle, especially pedestrians and cyclists.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/23/australias-road-toll-continues-to-rise-with-most-states-falling-behind-safety-goals