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Victoria among motor vehicle T occupants and motorcyclists declined significantly between 2007 and 2015, by about 4% per year. This has not been the case for pedal cyclists and pedestrians. Further, rates of traffic-related serious injuries have not changed for most road users, while the numbers of cycling injuries have increased 8% annually. The article by Beck and his co-authors in this issue of the MJA calls for increased investment in road safety to reduce the burden of traffic-related injury, particularly to pedal cyclists. Victoria already has a mandatory helmet law that is saving many cyclists from death and serious head injury, but this alone is not enough if, as a society, we aspire to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries altogether.