Last month, the government announced it was scrapping Road to Zero. It may be controversial, but I think that was the right move. Here’s why.

Road to Zero was launched with much fanfare in 2019 and it set an interim target of a 40 per cent reduction in deaths and serious injuries by 2030 against a 2018 baseline. That meant the road toll in 2030 would equate to 227 deaths.

The graph below shows how things were actually tracking as we approached halfway. I don’t think even the most optimistic person would suggest things were on track. 

There have been mixed reactions to the government scrapping it but given that the programme was so far off track ...