Road safety
'This has changed our life forever' – Pakenham hit-run victims
A young mother who was mowed down by a hit-run driver has a broken spine and will have to close her business, will her two daughters are lucky to be alive.
- by Joe Hinchliffe & Melissa Cunningham
Latest
'Tragic consequences': Young man jailed for fatal ute crash
Alexander Wells, 21, will serve a minimum of 18 months for dangerous driving that killed William Grace, 16.
Crime
More than $75k raised for NSW police amputee given 'life sentence'
More than $75,000 has been raised for a NSW police officer who lost his foot after a car crashed into him while setting up an RBT.
- by Jenny Noyes
Road safety
They're called liars and malingerers because they face pain you can't see
About 100,000 Australians suffer from whiplash: Half may never fully recover. Nearly all face stigma and scepticsm because of a few who fake these injuries.
- by Julie Power
Mates injured after drunken Queensland ute smash
Three men have been seriously injured after their allegedly drunk friend crashed a ute into a brick wall before slamming into a parked car and a palm tree.
- by AAP
Kippa-Ring
Taxi driver trapped, seriously injured after collision with truck north of Brisbane
The male taxi driver was trapped in the wreckage after the crash, with police closing a section of Anzac Avenue in Kippa-Ring to investigate.
- by Toby Crockford
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Courts
Waste company issued with 48 defect notices after fatal Dee Why crash
Police said the operation was directly related to the death of a 58-year-old woman last week.
- by Rachel Clun
Road safety
Sydney traffic: M5 truck fire causes traffic chaos
A truck fire near Sydney Airport caused traffic chaos for commuters on the M5 on Wednesday morning.
- by Rachel Clun
Safety fears after car drives down Bourke Street Mall tram tracks
A wayward car captured driving down tram tracks during peak hour has fuelled concerns about how to stop vehicles entering through tram entry points.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Cars
VicRoads pushes for automated emergency braking to be mandatory
VicRoads is calling on the federal government to make automated emergency braking mandatory in all new cars in a bid to improve safety.
- by Timna Jacks
Road safety
Drivers targeted in Queensland ice action plan
Queensland motorists will face thousands more roadside drug tests a year as the state government moves to tackle methamphetamine use.
- by Sonia Kohlbacher