Road Accidents and Incidents

Former Olympian cyclist Melissa Hoskins died after being struck by a car driven by her husband outside their Adelaide home. This is how the case against Rohan Dennis unfolded. 

A man has died and a woman has been left with life-threatening injuries after a vehicle towing a caravan rolled down an embankment on the Bruce Highway near the Sunshine Coast this morning.

A 19-year-old man has been arrested over a hit-and-run that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman in Adelaide's north-east last week.

First responders and trauma experts urge Victorians to drive with extra care after a devastating series of fatal crashes.

Two girls, aged two and eight, and a 31-year-old man are receiving "specialist treatment" after a ute and truck collided on the NSW far south coast.

Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has been handed a suspended sentence in Adelaide's District Court over the events leading up to the death of his Olympian wife, Melissa Hoskins.

A car thief who was high on meth when he ran over a police officer after a chase through the streets of Perth is found guilty of killing him.

A teenager, who pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death, is jailed over a crash on the Barton Highway in Canberra which led to the deaths of a 19-year-old and a 14-year-old.

The father of a Canberra boy, who was almost killed after being hit by a car while walking to school, says attempts to make the commute safer are a "really good starting point". 

Two people have died and another has been flown to hospital following a two-car collision north-west of Melbourne. Nine people have now died on Victoria's roads since Saturday.

Victoria Police call for motorist caution after several tragedies on the roads, including the death of a mother in a crash on Mother's Day.

The man, believed to be in his 30s, was treated at the scene but could not be revived.

Taking the stand for the first time at his manslaughter trial, Reagan Chown claims he had no control of the car when it accelerated backwards after he was given a taser shock.

Police are investigating the circumstances of a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman on Adelaide's North East Road on Tuesday night.

The transport company at the centre of a scrap metal spill on the M1 motorway is counting the cost with more than 1,000 claims so far for tyre damage.

Family members of two teenagers killed in a crash in Canberra last January tell a court they've been broken by the loss, after the 14-year-old driver ran a red light in a stolen car and collided with a ute.

It's thought a car rolled and hit a barricade near Briagolong in Victoria's east.

Cars had their tyres shredded when a truckload of sharp metal shards spilled onto the M1, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Drivers were left stranded and waiting for help after their tyres were pierced by the debris from a truck on the M1 southbound from the NSW Central Coast to Sydney.

All southbound lanes on the M1 motorway has reopened after a massive effort from emergency crews to remove metal shards spilled onto the road which damaged hundreds of vehicles early this morning.