Rail freight produces 16 times less carbon pollution than road freight per tkm travelled.
A 1% modal shift away from road to rail would result in reduction in emissions nationally of 330,150 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Road accident costs are 20 times higher than rail for every tkm of freightmoved.
Based on ARA analysis, the annual total crash costs for road freight in Australia is estimated to cost over $3,000 million compared with the $282 million for rail freight.
A 1% shift away from road to rail would reduce accident costs nationally by $28.6 million per year.
Rail freight generates 92 per cent less PM10 than road freight for each tkm of freight moved.4 A 1% modal shift away from road would result in reduction in health costs caused by PM10 emissions nationally by $20.5 million annually
