Traffic Offences

Police allege a vehicle struck the cyclist on Tuesday night and drove away. 

Police are investigating an alleged hit-and-run crash in Bundaberg that killed a 34-year-old cyclist overnight.

A judge says the results of a psychologist's report into a woman who hit a 12-year-old girl with her car was "just not adding up", causing a sentencing delay.

Christella Tan was returning home from a night shift in aged care when a driver slammed into her car in a Mercedes he had stolen at gunpoint.

North Queensland police say there is a worrying rise in the number of children — some as young as 12 — riding high-powered modified e-bikes that can reach speeds up to 80kph.

As people hit the road across Australia for the Easter holidays, Albany's Allan Faulkner hopes his tracking of the state's road toll will help save lives on WA's roads.

To help curb the road toll, some states double demerit points during busy holiday periods. These rules vary so here's a state-by-state guide of what to expect. 

Police allege a 19-year-old P-plater they caught at "ridiculous speeds" three times in four hours "just wanted to get to Melbourne", even after having her licence suspended.

Police have issued more than 46,000 fines in six months to Adelaide drivers caught using mobile phones and are "disappointed" at the number of repeat offenders – including one driver detected 41 times.

A mother-of-five who drove through a stop sign and crashed into a police car had consumed an entire cask of wine and had cannabis in her system, a court has heard.

Penalties will soon rise for all state government fines in Queensland, with the 3.5 per cent hike applied to infringements including speeding, not wearing a seat belt and using a mobile phone behind the wheel.

The man is alleged to have stolen a car from a NSW childcare centre with a child still inside, before letting her out, driving to the ACT, hitting the two teenagers, crashing down the road and attempting to flee on foot.

A speeding driver responsible for a deadly crash north of Brisbane 18 months ago has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a 72-year-old woman.

A plan to convert a defunct motocross site into an e-motorbike track is a step closer thanks to a new Gold Coast council lease, but opponents say it will "reward" poor behaviour.

In emotional scenes in Northam, Rachel Van Oyen has been jailed for two months for the 2024 crash that killed her seven-year-old girls.

Police have charged a woman over a crash that resulted in the death of a student outside a Hobart high school last year.

A South Australia woman has been charged over a crash in far west New South Wales that killed a male passenger in her car.

South Australian police release footage they say shows a truck veering onto the wrong side of the road and into the path of oncoming traffic as its driver attempts to overtake another heavy vehicle near a "sweeping right-hand bend".

ACT Policing has arrested seven teenagers in connection with dozens of car thefts across Canberra in the first two months of 2025, with every teenager charged being subject either to bail or a good behaviour order at the time.

Jimmy Brito's Subaru Impreza reached speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour one night in August 2023 in Sydney's south, while he had two boys and a girl in the vehicle.