FLEXIBLE safety barriers along the Hume Freeway have saved lives with the number of fatalities and serious collisions reducing by 35 per cent since their installation in October 2019.
Historical data between 2002 and 2019 show 35.4 serious or fatal crashes on the Hume Freeway occurred on average each year compared to 23 in the 2020 to 2022 data period.
The Victorian Government spent $89 million to i...
