Tag: Road accidents
Change laws for 'L' drivers: Coroner
An inquest into a fatal traffic crash has prompted the Coroner, Alistair Hope, to recommend the Road Traffic Act be reviewed to allow for stricter penalties for learner drivers that breach their permits.[MORE]
Chlorine truck crashes near Taree
A truck carrying pool chlorine has overturned on the Pacific Highway near Taree.[MORE]
Driver survives tree crash
Police say a man is lucky to be alive after his car crashed into a tree south of Bendigo yesterday afternoon.[MORE]
Driver dies after hitting tree
A woman has died in a car crash near Chinchilla on the western Darling Downs.[MORE]
Southport hit-run victim dies
The 34-year-old woman who was hit by a car on the Gold Coast last week has died. [MORE]
Police criticised over fatal pursuit
The state coroner has released the first report into the deaths of seven people during a number of police pursuits between 2005 and 2006.[MORE]
Woman seriously injured in Midland accident
A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after her car overturned on Tasmania's Midland Highway.[MORE]
Four injured in hills crash
Four people have been injured in a traffic crash in the Perth suburb of Sawyers Valley.[MORE]
Mandatory seatbelts on school buses too costly: Govt
The Queensland Government says it will not make seatbelts mandatory on all school buses. [MORE]
Driver thrown from car in Toodyay area crash
A man has been flown to Swan Districts Hospital after rolling his car south of Toodyay.[MORE]
Cycle crash inquest told of driver's poor sight
An inquest into the death of a cyclist in northern Victoria has heard the driver who struck him had vision problems.[MORE]
Latest hit-run sparks police plea
Queensland police have appealed to drivers to stay at the scenes of accidents.[MORE]
Truckies call for more lanes on Stuart Highway
The Australian Trucking Association is urging the Federal and Northern Territory Governments to do more to help in the delivery of goods across the NT.[MORE]
Latest off-road crash sparks police safety warning
Esperance police are appealing for off-road motorbike riders to take extra care after a second accident at the Wylie Bay sand dunes in as many weeks.[MORE]
Bitumen spill sparks highway clean-up
Road crews worked into the early hours of the morning trying to clear a truck loaded with hot bitumen from the Warrego Highway in Queensland's southern inland.[MORE]
Horrific road toll drains India's economy
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The twisted metal of smashed up cars lining highways is a grim testament to India's road toll, one of the worst in the world, with around 100,000 people killed in traffic accidents last year alone.[MORE]
Traffic disruptions after driver takes out Westralia lights
A set of traffic lights taken out by a 26-year-old drink-driver overnight remain out of action, causing disruption to traffic in Stuart Park this morning.[MORE]
Portland man dies in head-on crash
A man from Portland was killed in a head-on smash with a truck in western Victoria last night.[MORE]
Police give evidence at pursuit inquest
Police officers have given evidence at an inquest into the death of a woman during a police pursuit near Goondiwindi in 2005.[MORE]
Crash renews calls for school bus seatbelts
The Transport Workers Union has renewed its call for all school buses to be fitted with seatbelts, after a a logging truck hit a school bus near Gympie yesterday.[MORE]
Truck plunges off cliff in Bolivia, 21 dead
Twenty-one people died and 55 were injured when the truck they were traveling in plunged off a cliff in Bolivia over the weekend, police said.[MORE]
Road crash study highlights rural drink-driving
A study into crashes in rural and remote parts of north Queensland has found alcohol is a major contributing factor in many road accidents.[MORE]
Man dead, three children injured in Port Hedland fatality.
Two children are being flown to Perth in a serious condition after a car crash which killed their father in the Pilbara.[MORE]
