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Policeman apologises to family over fatal road crash

Policeman apologises to family over fatal road crash

A police officer who was speeding and ignored a give-way sign when he killed a 76-year-old bus driver has apologised for causing the fatal accident.

Self-driving cars are safer, just not at dawn or dusk

Self-driving cars are safer, just not at dawn or dusk

Self-driving cars are safer, just not at dawn or dusk

Self-driving cars are safer, just not at dawn or dusk

Autonomous vehicles cause fewer accidents than cars driven by humans, an analysis shows, but they are more likely to crash in some conditions.

Woman pleads to minor offences after sister's death

Woman pleads to minor offences after sister's death

Woman pleads to minor offences after sister's death

Woman pleads to minor offences after sister's death

A driver due to stand trial after she was accused of hitting and killing her sister after an argument has admitted to downgraded offences.

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Call to release 'secret' data to help curb road deaths

Call to release 'secret' data to help curb road deaths

Urgent data transparency reforms are needed to help reduce the nation's road toll, a peak motoring body says after a 12-month spike in road deaths.

Father and children killed in car crash

Father and children killed in car crash

Three people have died, including two children, in a two-vehicle crash west of Brisbane while a woman has been airlifted to hospital.

Opioid-addled bus driver to hear from victims of crash

Opioid-addled bus driver to hear from victims of crash

Bus driver Brett Andrew Button has admitted he took more painkillers than doctors suggested and joked with passengers before a horrific wedding crash.

Driver on drugs, tired before crash that killed tourist

Driver on drugs, tired before crash that killed tourist

A young woman was driving while on drugs and was extremely tired when she caused a car crash that killed a tourist in Tasmania.

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Grief keeps grip on region a year after bus tragedy

Grief keeps grip on region a year after bus tragedy

Grief keeps grip on region a year after bus tragedy

Grief keeps grip on region a year after bus tragedy

A year on from the Hunter Valley bus crash that killed 10 people, a grieving father has turned his attention to preventing a similar tragedy.

Five in hospital after 'very high impact' crash

Five in hospital after 'very high impact' crash

Five in hospital after 'very high impact' crash

Five in hospital after 'very high impact' crash

A two-vehicle crash has left five people in hospital with life threatening injuries.

Double fatal drunk driver leaves 'life-long' impacts

Double fatal drunk driver leaves 'life-long' impacts

Double fatal drunk driver leaves 'life-long' impacts

Double fatal drunk driver leaves 'life-long' impacts

A drunk driver has been jailed for hitting and killing two men while they rode a moped, with the victims' families telling a court they face life-long grief.

Driver pleads guilty over death of top cop's son

Driver pleads guilty over death of top cop's son

Driver pleads guilty over death of top cop's son

Driver pleads guilty over death of top cop's son

Dhurren Randhawa has pleaded guilty to charges over the hit-and-run death of South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens' son.

No review of bus-driver plea deal for 'abused' families

No review of bus-driver plea deal for 'abused' families

No review of bus-driver plea deal for 'abused' families

No review of bus-driver plea deal for 'abused' families

Families of those killed in the Hunter Valley wedding bus crash should have been consulted after manslaughter charges were dropped, the NSW premier says.

One driver killed as two B-double trucks collide

One driver killed as two B-double trucks collide

One driver killed as two B-double trucks collide

One driver killed as two B-double trucks collide

Two B-double trucks have collided in NSW, killing the driver of one vehicle as the driver of the other escaped uninjured.

Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

A sergeant charged over the death of an Indigenous teen will argue he was just doing his job when the boy hit his unmarked police car and died.

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Man falls asleep driving minibus, killing woman

A 77-year-old man has admitted he fell asleep while driving a minibus, leading to a crash that killed one woman and seriously injured three others.

Fatal hit-run accused being assessed for sixth bail

A man, on bail for five matters before he allegedly killed a motorcyclist after veering a stolen car onto the wrong side of a highway, could secure bail again.

'Autopilot' hit-run driver sentenced to nine months

A Tesla driver who hit a pedestrian at a tram stop falsely claimed for years her car was on autopilot mode before pleading guilty days before trial.

Families 'failed' in deal for bus driver who killed 10

Driver Brett Button has been taken into custody after pleading guilty over a bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley that left 10 people dead and many more injured.

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Driver in burnout event death refused bail

A man charged over a crash at a burnout event that killed a spectator tested positive for methylamphetamine, a magistrate has heard.

Man charged over speedway crash that killed 18-year-old

Police have charged a man with dangerous driving and reckless conduct over a crash at a regional Victorian motor sports club that killed an 18-year-old man.

Cop pleads guilty to crash killing elderly bus driver

A police sergeant has admitted dangerous driving that resulted in the death of a 76-year-old bus driver when the officer skipped a give-way sign.

Road deaths surge as crucial data shrouded in secrecy

Deaths on Australian roads are increasing but a blackout on critical road data means the best practice solutions are not being shared to reduce fatalities.

Truckie to face trial on fewer school bus crash charges

Truck driver Jamie Gleeson, 50, has been committed to stand trial in the Victorian County Court, charged over a crash that left students seriously injured.

Struggling son wishes no harm on driver who killed mum

A woman whose car slammed into a Sydney home and killed a woman sleeping inside will be referred for mental health treatment.

Bus driver 'couldn't see' cyclist before fatal crash

A bus driver has told a coronial inquest that he couldn't see a young cyclist after they were involved in a fatal collision at a Brisbane intersection.

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