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In the Central Region, 89 people died behind the wheel in 2020.

Premium Content Subscriber only More people died on Queensland roads in 2020 than in any other year since 2012, according to RACQ.   In the Queensland Police Services Central Region, which takes in Capricornia and Mackay, 89 people died behind the wheel last year. RACQ spokesman Clare Hunter said Queensland was the only state in Australia to record an increase in the statistic, with 275 people killed in crashes and more than 300 hospitalised with serious injuries. "These numbers are stagg...

Michael Ferguson,Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Tragically in 2020, 36 people lost their lives on our roads and 283 people were seriously injured, profoundly impacting Tasmanian families and communities across our State. The number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads in 2020 has increased from 2019. In 2019, 29 people lost their lives and 249 people were seriously injured on our roads. As we begin the new year and the busy holiday period on our roads, it’s an importa...

LOCAL police say they have been encouraged by motorists’ positive driving behaviour during the Christmas weekend. Lowood police Officer-in-Charge Senior Sergeant James Bromley said zero drink drivers were charged in the Lowood division between December 24 to 28, as his officers targeted key hot spots for poor driver behaviour. Sergeant Bromley said it was “encouraging” to see that the community had adopted safer driving habits after warning that police would be out in force this holiday...

"No one knows the reason behind this accident, but the fact of the matter is, he is dead. We can’t change what happened," writes Trudy Vains.

“We also stopped one car for no insurance, one driver for driving with and expired license, one vehicle with an expired MOT and eight vehicles for lighting offences.  “This event was organised as part of my community responder role which is a pilot scheme between DSFRS and DCP where I work both fire and police roles at the same time to help with inter-agency working and protecting the vulnerable people in Honiton Community.” More than 40 drivers stopped in Honiton traffic operation The t...

Somerset Police detected 2,820 road traffic offences during Road Safety Week Avon and Somerset Police say they are dealing with 2,820 road traffic offences that were detected during November’s Road Safety Week. The event saw mostly wet roads, often with reduced or poor visibility and conditions which should naturally slow traffic down. Despite this, Police say the offences included a motorist driving at 154 mph on an A-road in poor weather, another travelling at 101 mph in fog and one person...

AVON and Somerset Police are dealing with 2,820 road traffic offences detected during Road Safety Week (November 16-23). The week, when England was in lockdown, saw mostly wet roads, often with reduced or poor visibility and conditions which should naturally slow traffic down. Among the offences were a motorist driving at 154 mph on an A-road in poor weather, another travelling at 101 mph in fog and one person driving at 80 miles per hour with their hands behind their head. All of these m...

Police During Road safety week, when England was in lockdown, the weather remained poor and most roads were wet, driving was often undertaken with reduced or poor visibility and conditions which should naturally slow traffic down. Despite this, Avon and Somerset police caught a motorist driving at 154 mph on an A-road, another travelling at 101 mph in fog and one person driving at 80 miles per hour with their hands behind their head. All of these motorists will now be summonsed to court. ...

AVON and Somerset Police are dealing with 2,820 road traffic offences detected during Road Safety Week (November 16-23). The week, when England was in lockdown, saw mostly wet roads, often with reduced or poor visibility and conditions which should naturally slow traffic down. Among the offences were a motorist driving at 154 mph on an A-road in poor weather, another travelling at 101 mph in fog and one person driving at 80 miles per hour with their hands behind their head. All of these m...