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Road Accidents and Incidents

Brand new car rolls through beachside home after driver reportedly forgets handbrake

Police say the car was unattended when it rolled downhill through a house south of Adelaide, before exiting out the other side, off the balcony, and landing in the front yard.
Car crash house

Two dead, three survivors after jet attempts emergency landing, bursts into flames on US highway

After reporting a loss of power to both engines, a pilot skids a small jet across a Florida highway before it bursts into flames.
A small plane lies on its side on the side of a highway, on fire as dark smoke billows from it

Viral videos of Tesla drivers using Apple's Vision Pro prompt US government warning

The US transportation secretary warns drivers must pay attention at all times, even if their car has assisted driving capabilities.
A composite of two screenshots from social media videos showing Tesla drivers using Apple Vision Pro headsets while driving

'Everybody is feeling it': 4WD plunges off steep cliff claiming two young lives

Wreckage of the four-wheel-drive, which was driven off a steep cliff at a remote beach in the early hours of Sunday morning, will be closely examined by police.
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Cliffs meet the waters edge in an arid setting

Police say motorbike riders hit by car after fight outside Adelaide pub

Two motorcyclists are hit by a car at Henley Beach and taken to hospital with serious injuries, following emergency services earlier being called to the scene because of a fight outside a hotel.
SA Police officer's reflective vest.

Police investigate potential hit-run after body found on major highway

An investigation is underway after the body of a motorcycle rider was found on the M1 Motorway.
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Cars travel on a highway near a blue police tent

Two men dead after car driven over cliff in Western Australia

Two men have died at a remote beach in Western Australia's Midwest region after a car was driven off a cliff in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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A beach and cliff

Five people killed in two separate crashes on NT roads in one night

Four people have been killed in a single vehicle crash on the remote Roper Highway, with a pedestrian also struck and killed in a separate incident in Darwin's rural area.
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A remote highway with a crashed car in the middle with cones in front of it put down by police

18-year-old spectator's death puts motorsport insurance under the spotlight

After a teen's death at a western Victorian burnout event, the rivalry of regulators competing to represent Australian motorsport, and its safety, has returned to the spotlight.
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spectators watch a car doing burnouts from behind a metal fence and barricades

Alice Springs man charged over fatal alleged hit-and-run crash outside hospital

Police said a 48-year-old woman was struck by a sedan while walking along Gap Road in Alice Springs in September 2023, before the driver allegedly fled the scene. 
A sign for the Alice Springs Hospital, out the front of the healthcare facility

Driver dies as car hits pole in northern WA, major crash officers to investigate

Police appeal for witnesses after the black sedan veered onto the median strip in the CBD in the early hours today.
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A side-by-side of a black crashed car and wreckage on a regional road.

Mining equipment company to cover repatriation costs for Canadian FIFO worker who died in WA crash

The multinational Schlam Group employed Ambrose Walton before his death in the Pilbara last week and will pay to send the 33-year-old's body home to his family in Canada.
A man climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Cute, cuddly and endangered. Two devils orphaned after their mother is believed to be hit by a car

A wildlife carer has counted more Tasmanian devil deaths on a notorious stretch of road in the six months since the speed limit was reduced, than over the same period in previous years.
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Two Tasmanian Devils sit in a persons lap, wrapped in a blanket.

Missing FIFO worker's vehicle was meant to have tracker installed next week

The employer of a fly-in fly-out worker found two days after crashing his work vehicle in remote Western Australia says the utility was due to have a tracking device installed next week.
A man climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Three people in critical condition following Arnhem Highway crash

Emergency services were called to the scene, about 60 kilometres south-east of Darwin, on Friday afternoon. 
An aerial photo of people fishing off the Arnhem Highway with floodplains surrounding the road.

Truck driver granted bail after crash involving scooter leaves young French woman dead

Police allege the accused was driving in a dangerous and negligent manner when the crash occurred near Shellharbour. Alice Roy, 23, who died in the incident, was working and travelling in Australia.
A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, sitting at an outdoor table with a drink.

Padthaway man accused of being drunk in fatal crash with Victorian couple

A 21-year-old man faces court in South Australia's south-east for the first time accused of two counts of death by dangerous driving.
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Two men and a woman leave a court building down a ramp

Driver escapes unhurt after hurtling over collapsed bridge at 80kph

Driving in the dark, Les Edmistone didn't see a massive gap in a collapsed bridge in Queensland's Gulf Country until it was too late. All he could do was hold on and "go with it".
Photo of collapsed bridge

Victorian council installs protective boulders outside hotel where crash killed five diners

The Hepburn Shire Council says the boulders are an interim safety measure after some community members criticised the lack of protection at the Daylesford pub where a car drove into diners.
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Three large rocks sit on the edge of the road

Fourteen-year-old Canberra boy accused of driving stolen car in crash that killed 'mate' released on bail

A 14-year-old Canberra boy who was allegedly driving a stolen car at the time it collided with another vehicle, killing a 19-year-old man and injuring two other boys, is facing charges of culpable driving causing death, driving a motor vehicle without consent, and culpable driving causing grievous bodily harm.
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The scene of a car crash at night.

Pedestrian killed by road train in alleged hit-and-run on Stuart Highway south of Darwin

A man is yet to be identified after being killed by a road train on the Stuart Highway near the town of Mataranka.
An aerial view of a remote township in the outback.

Police recovery operation underway after car plunges into water near remote NT boat ramp

Police say only one of two people managed to escape after the car they were travelling in crashed into the water near the Six Pack Creek Boat Ramp at Dundee Downs.
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Three signs are at a cross section, with a road closure behind it.

Vigil held to support community impacted by 'horrific' crash that killed three people

Family, friends and local residents have paid tribute to the victims and first responders to a five-vehicle crash in the New South Wales Central Tablelands during December.
Fire and Rescue personnel sit in a crowd, one wiping his eyes.

Young Canberra man Joshua Stewart killed in car crash where 14yo boy was allegedly at the wheel

Police allege four young people were in a stolen car when it ran a red light, killing one passenger. They say the driver was just 14 years old.
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The scene of a car crash at night.

Man charged after woman and child die in Echuca road crash

The 11-year-old boy and 26-year-old woman died when a car veered off the Murray Valley Highway and hit a tree, bursting into flames.
Flowers and balloons tied to a tree on the side of the highway where the crash took place.