Road Safety
The Victorian road toll, enforcement campaigns, and what the data is telling us. Our road-safety reporting follows TAC, VicRoads and Crash Stats data — and the human stories behind them.
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Motorcycle safety in Victoria: the routes, the riders, the risks
Why Victorian motorcyclists are over-represented in the road toll, the routes that keep claiming lives, and the gear and rider-training…
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Victoria’s mobile and fixed camera program: how it works and where it operates
How Victoria's camera program is run, the revenue-vs-safety debate, point-to-point cameras, mobile sites, common myths, and what to do if…
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Drink-driving and drug-driving in Victoria: testing, penalties and trends
Victoria pioneered random breath and drug testing. Here's how those programs work and what the latest enforcement data is showing.
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The Victorian road toll: what the data shows about who is dying on our roads
The numbers behind a road toll that has stubbornly refused to come down: who is being killed, where, and why…
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The 2026 Victorian road toll: where the numbers stand at the start of May
A check-in on Victoria's road toll three months into 2026, the categories of road user being killed, and the trend…
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Inner Melbourne motorcyclist fatalities: where they happen and why
The inner-Melbourne intersections that have claimed motorcyclist lives, and the Vulnerable Road User strategy targeting them.
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How serious-collision investigations work in Victoria
How Victoria Police's Major Collision Investigation Unit reconstructs serious-crash scenes and the legal threshold for charges.
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The hoon hotline and the laws targeting Victorian hoon drivers
The Victorian impoundment regime, the hoon hotline and the long-running debate over whether it works.
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E-scooters, e-bikes and the road toll: a 2026 Victorian update
The 2026 picture on e-scooter and e-bike incidents in Victoria — data, regulation and hospital admissions.
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Operation Roadwise and the road-safety blitz: do they actually work?
Do high-visibility road-safety operations actually reduce the toll? A look at the evidence behind Operation Roadwise and its successors.
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