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Transport > Road Stats: compare key data on Australia & United States

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STAT Australia United States
Length of motorways per capita 0.22 mm
Ranked 84th.
10.21 mm
Ranked 36th. 46 times more than Australia
Motor vehicles per 1000 people 717
Ranked 7th.
797
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than Australia
Motorway density 89.95 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 41st. 12 times more than United States
7.79 m of motorway per square km
Ranked 18th.
Motorway length 1,700 km
Ranked 30th.
75,008 km
Ranked 1st. 44 times more than Australia
Public road per capita 39.16 m
Ranked 2nd. 81% more than United States
21.69 m
Ranked 7th.
Radar detector legality Illegal in all states besides Western Australia Law varies from state to state, but detectors are generally legal in private vehicles under the Communications Act of 1934 and illegal in commercial vehicles by DOT regulation ( 49 CFR 392.71 ). Exceptions:
Road density 105 m of road per square km
Ranked 28th.
668 m of road per square km
Ranked 19th. 6 times more than Australia

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