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Date Time Fatality-free Easter long weekend responsibility of all South Australians An unprecedented month-long road safety campaign consisting of seven individual SAPOL operations targeting irresponsible drivers has launched today. An unprecedented month-long road safety campaign consisting of seven individual SAPOL operations targeting irresponsible drivers has launched today. Heading into the Easter long weekend, the Marshall Liberal Government stands with SAPOL in supporting a multi-pronged approach to prevent further lives lost and serious injuries on our roads. Road Safety Minister Vinc...

Date Time Easter road safety in focus as Queensland lives lost reach 74 Today, Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus urged Queenslanders to be safe on the roads ahead of Easter and the school holiday period. With lives lost on track to reach its highest in a decade, the Queensland Police Service (QPS), launched the Easter road safety campaign from today until April 18, with the aim of reducing serious and fatal crashes. Assistant Commissioner Marcus said with 74 lives already being lost on Queensland roads this year, the QPS was urging the public to take responsibility for their actions during th...

The high number of road deaths has increased in a shockingly tragic start to 2021, with 39 people dead from 35 fatal crashes in the state so far this year. Both figures are a huge increase on this time last year, with 17 more fatal crashes and 20 more deaths as of last Sunday. Queensland was the only state to record an increase in road deaths for 2020 with a toll of 267, 57 more than in 2019. 89 people died inside the Central police region last year, a span that includes Gympie, the Sunshine Coast and the Fraser Coast. Officer in Charge of the Wide Bay Burnett District Road Policing Unit S...

Premium Content Subscriber only A targeted police operation has netted almost 300 drivers for roadside breath tests in the Whitsundays. Senior Constable Joshua Kriston said Collinsville Police ran the four-hour blitz on Thursday testing a total of 296 drivers. Sen-Constable Kriston said police intercepted a 48-year-old Toyota LandCruiser driver on Scottville Rd in Collinsville about 5.15pm. “(He) allegedly returned a positive reading and was subsequently transported back to Collinsville Police Station,” Sen-Constable Kriston said. “The man was later issued with a notice to appear fo...

Premium Content Subscriber only A 76-year-old man is among a number of drivers allegedly caught doing the wrong thing on our roads during a police traffic operation. Police took to both the city and Moore Park, pulling over a number of drivers and conducting 284 breath tests. An additional eight tests were carried out for drugs. Two people are set to appear in court following Traffic Operation Stopper which included officers from the Bundaberg Patrol Group, Bundaberg General Duties, Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), Tactical Crime Squad, Road Policing Unit and the Vulnerable Persons Un...