Look out Perth:New 40km/h zones coming to roads near you

Look out Perth:New 40km/h zones coming to roads near you

The government will spend millions to slow cars around 165 school crossings not covered by existing school zones after hearing traffic wardens’ horror stories.

  • bySarah Brookes

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Teenage girl dies after e-scooter crash in Perth’s north

Teenage girl dies after e-scooter crash in Perth’s north

The scooter and a car collided on Wanneroo Road in Wanneroo just after 2pm on March 28.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’:Warning over bridge cycleway choke point
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‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’:Warning over bridge cycleway choke point

The southern Harbour Bridge bike ramp,promised in 2016,is still unbuilt,and parents at Fort Street public are in despair.

  • byNigel Gladstone
Police crack down on speeding,drink driving amid Easter road safety blitz

Police crack down on speeding,drink driving amid Easter road safety blitz

During the first two days of the long weekend,Queensland police detected more than 100 drink drivers,150 drug drivers and issued almost 1000 speeding tickets.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Highway closed,motorcyclist dead after truck collision

Highway closed,motorcyclist dead after truck collision

The driver of a B-double has been taken to hospital for mandatory testing after the latest tragedy on NSW roads over the Easter long weekend.

  • byAngus Thomson
Girl,8,sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa
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Girl,8,sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa

The passenger bus was transporting Easter worshippers from Botswana,a landlocked country in Southern Africa,to Moria,a town in Limpopo.

  • byGerald Imray
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Two people dead after head-on collision in Perth’s north-east
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Two people dead after head-on collision in Perth’s north-east

Emergency services received a report of a head-on crash between two vehicles on Muchea East Road in Lower Chittering about 5.10am on Thursday.

  • byHolly Thompson
Top traffic policeman fined for speeding

Top traffic policeman fined for speeding

Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir has apologised after he was caught driving 58km/h in a 50km/h zone in Parkville earlier this year.

  • byNajma Sambul
Want to help keep P-platers safe? Don’t buy them a car
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Want to help keep P-platers safe? Don’t buy them a car

A new study has found that young P-platers who drive a family car are much less likely to be involved in a crash than those who own a vehicle.

  • byJulie Power
Specialist team called in to identify victims of fiery highway crash

Specialist team called in to identify victims of fiery highway crash

The Bruce Highway has reopened and one of the three victims named after a five-vehicle crash at a notorious Maryborough junction. But police aren’t ruling out more victims.

  • byMatt Dennien
Man charged after suspected hit-and-run death in Sydney’s east

Man charged after suspected hit-and-run death in Sydney’s east

A 63-year-old man from Bexley has been charged over the death of Mitchell East in Tamarama early on Sunday.

  • byBen Cubby