It kills more Australians than guns and knives combined, and most people have one at home.

A recent road safety report has revealed that the car is Australia's deadliest weapon.

According to the latest benchmarking report released by the Australian Automobile Association, road deaths in Australia are up 6.8 per cent in the last year.

That translates to 1,350 people losing their lives on Australian roads with thousands more seriously injured.

Most notable is the rise in pedestrian deaths, up by more than 23 per cent in the past year.

That means there were more pedestrian deaths than those who were killed as passengers in vehicles, and Australians killed by guns or knives.

There's been a continuous upward trend since the National Road Safety Strategy was put in place in 2021.

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