Traffic Offences

As double demerit periods come to an end for the holiday season, participating states and territories say they make roads safer. But there has been no peer-reviewed Australian research on the topic for years.

Thousands of drivers continue to be caught using their phones while at the wheel by new overhead cameras in SA, including one man who allegedly racked up fines of more than $27,000, with police warning that smart watches could also soon be in their sights.

A road train driver from Western Australia will face court over a crash at the electorate office of SA state MP Tony Piccolo, where a truck ripped down the verandah and ploughed into parked cars.

From Friday, double demerit points will be applied by a number of states around the country. But in many other jurisdictions, it will be business as usual. 

The now-14-year-old pleaded guilty to causing a multi-vehicle crash that killed two women and a teenage girl on Queensland's Fraser Coast.

A leading police officer, road safety minister and father of an 18-year-old who died in a car crash have sat around the same table to talk road safety solutions, as Western Australia's road toll reaches the highest level since 2016. 

An Adelaide lawyer who drank 1.15 litres of wine before crashing into prominent neuropsychologist Anthony Walsh has been found guilty.

A Perth man who hit and killed a man who was riding an electric bicycle, and claimed it was a kangaroo he hit, is jailed for more than four years.

Mobile detection cameras have so far caught thousands of drivers using their phones illegally in Adelaide. But some have discovered you might still be doing the wrong thing, even if you are not touching your phone with your hands. 

Police allege a group of boys, aged 12 to 15, stole a car from a home in Cairns and drove erratically to Innisfail and back before crashing into a tree, leaving a boy, 15, who was a passenger in the car with critical head injuries.

Police have released CCTV of a vehicle they are seeking to identify to assist with their investigation. It’s described as a white single-cab 4WD utility with a metal tray back and green canvas canopy.

Adeeb Sukkar has reflected every day since the December 2022 crash, he said in a letter handed to the NSW District Court, and had prayed for the forgiveness of the victims' families.

A senior police officer accused of crashing an unmarked car in Sydney's NorthConnex tunnel and leaving the scene to avoid being breath tested has been found guilty of mid-range drink driving.

The then-13-year-old driver reached speeds of 200kph while driving "in a manic way" before causing a crash that killed two women and a teenage girl, and caused lasting injuries to another, the Children's Court has heard.

A 19-year-old woman from Bundaberg has been denied bail after allegedly ramming a police officer and fleeing the scene. The officer suffered minor injuries and has been discharged from hospital.

Two P-plate drivers are charged with reckless driving after being caught behind the wheel at speeds about 100 kilometres per hour over the limit.

A man charged over the deaths of two children in a three-car crash involving an emu has been granted bail despite concerns from police that his mobile phone was taken from the scene and has not been found since.

A jury hears the prosecutor allege Costantino Carmelo Mastrolembo struck David Kirby, who was riding an e-bike on the Mitchell Freeway, and did not stop to render assistance.

South Australian Police says at least 80 drivers could lose their licences after being caught illegally using a mobile phone four or more times behind the wheel. 

After a WA woman was charged with obstructing a speed camera by parking in front of it, local police revealed the surprising leeway people have to legally warn other motorists.