The Bruce Highway is the state’s most dangerous road, according to new data.
The study, which analysed speed camera activity and government crash data, gives the route the highest dangerous driver score in the state and places it among the top three worst roads in Australia.
The Bruce had a total danger index score of 54, followed by the Pacific Motorway on 40, under the study by Australian law firm LHD Lawyers.
The Kwinana Freeway and Mitchell Freeway in Western Australia were ranked first and second nationwide with scores of 75 and 64 respectively, with the Bruce Highway in third and the Pacific Motorway in eighth.
Rounding out the Queensland top 10 were the Warrego Highway, Gold Coast Highway, Logan Road, Anzac Avenue, Gympie Road, Cunningham Highway, Gateway Motorway and Kingston Road.
The Bruce Highway – which stretches from Brisbane to Cairns – recorded 470 road incidents over 12 months, with the Pacific Motorway on 418 incidents.
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“These findings reflect what we see every day in our work with injured Australians,” LHD Lawyers partner Marko Eric said.
“High incident volumes on major transport corridors aren’t just statistics, they represent real people whose lives can change in a split second due to negligent driving.
“Our hope is that by identifying these high-risk roads, drivers will approach them with greater awareness and caution.”
The study analysed 92,055 reported road crashes across six Australian states and territories in 2023 alongside figures from the Speed Camera Database, which looks at the number of speed cameras on Australian roads.
“Roads with at least five crashes were ranked using a weighted danger score based on total incidents (combining fatalities and injuries), property damage (damage to anything on the road), and camera density per road, producing national and state-level dangerous road rankings,” LHD said in a media release.
