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Latest news: Road Accident
Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'
Increases in Australia's road toll over the past four years have been at a level not recorded since 1966, before the introduction of seatbelts.
Jan 27, 2025
Olympic cyclist's guilty plea in wife death-crash case
Cyclist Rohan Dennis has formally admitted he created a likelihood of harm before the crash that led to the death of his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins.
Jan 24, 2025
Driver jailed for five years for taking five lives
A dangerous driver who failed to heed a police warning before causing a crash which killed five people could walk free on parole within three years.
Jan 23, 2025
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Fatal bus crash case delayed by mechanical report
Prosecutors have yet to provide a full report into a crash allegedly involving a bus driver fatally pinning an 18-year-old female pedestrian against a wall.
Jan 15, 2025
Murder-suicide probe into highway horror of four dead
Investigators are exploring whether a fiery crash that killed a mother and daughter, their taxi driver and another man was a murder-suicide.
Jan 14, 2025
Fatal crash driver speeding on wrong side of highway
An SUV was driven at high speed on the wrong side of a highway before hitting a taxi, killing its driver and his two passengers in a fiery crash.
Jan 13, 2025
Man behind bars, another on the run after cops shot at
A man has faced court and another remains at large after shots were allegedly fired at police during a high-speed suburban pursuit.
Jan 01, 2025
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Drug driver jailed for 'abrupt, cruel' killing of teen
The parents of a 16-year-old girl killed by a drugged-up drunk driver, who has been jailed for 14 years, are "furious" her life was tragically cut short.
Dec 18, 2024
Tragic road toll sparks plea for action, data sharing
Australia has recorded its deadliest month on roads in almost seven years despite a goal to halve the number of people killed in cars by 2030.
Dec 16, 2024
Broncos NRL star slammed for drug, unlicensed driving
A magistrate has blasted NRL star Ezra Mam for driving on a cocktail of drugs including cocaine, saying he is lucky no one was killed in a head-on collision.
Dec 16, 2024
Cyclist dead, others injured in country road tragedy
A horror smash in regional NSW has killed a cyclist, while four other people are injured after a car crashed into a group of bike riders.
Dec 14, 2024
Roosters half's 'heavy burden' for man he pinned by car
A man was left with gruesome injuries and lost two toes after his foot was pinned under a car in a "freakish accident" involving rising NRL player Sandon Smith.
Dec 13, 2024
Speeding P-plater 'zoned out' before fatal crash
A speeding P-plater, who killed one pedestrian and badly injured another, denied he was thrill-seeking at the time and says he just "zoned out".
Dec 11, 2024
Husband pleads guilty over crash that killed Olympian
Champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty to a new charge over the crash the led to death of his wife, Melissa Hoskins.
Dec 10, 2024
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'No justice': teen gets two years for three road deaths
The family of crash victims killed as a result of an angry teen driver's "egregious" behaviour say faith has been lost in the justice system.
Dec 05, 2024
Fugitive dangerous driver jailed for killing paramedic
A dangerous driver who took off days before sentencing over the killing of an off-duty paramedic risks deportation after being jailed.
Dec 04, 2024
Driver who killed paramedic flees state before sentence
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a dangerous driver who killed an off-duty paramedic after he went on the run days before his sentence.
Nov 27, 2024
Driver locked up after facing families of five killed
A dangerous driver who killed five people after ignoring police and warning signs is in jail after facing the families of his victims.
Nov 27, 2024
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'Don't blame you for hating me': speeding driver jailed
A speeding driver who killed two people in a collision while on his way to a casino says he doesn't blame the families of the victims for hating him.
Nov 27, 2024
NRL star's mum ordered to stand trial after fatal crash
The mother of NRL star Payne Haas has been ordered to stand trial for manslaughter following a fatal crash, sparking emotional scenes from the victims' family.
Nov 27, 2024
Drug-driving rates spike as more roadside tests urged
One-in-10 roadside drug tests in NSW delivered a positive result in 2023, the NRMA has found as it urges an increase in testing to keep people safe.
Nov 24, 2024
Truckie jailed 20 years after boy killed in hit-and-run
Almost 20 years to the day since a "wonderful" six-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash, the driver responsible for his death has been jailed.
Nov 22, 2024
Italian tourist spared jail over triple fatality
A judge has suspended the jail term of an Italian tourist who killed three people in a crash tragedy, saying he hopes the young man can one day forgive himself.
Nov 22, 2024
Driver who killed niece, five, in crash spared jail
A Victorian driver who killed her five-year-old niece and caused another woman to have a stillbirth has been spared jail.
Nov 20, 2024
Cops warned driver about speed days before fatal crash
A man who fatally crushed two people on an iconic Sydney bridge while speeding to the casino was warned by police 10 days earlier at the same site.
Nov 15, 2024
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