Two killed in separate Queensland crashes as annual toll hits 256
A 20-year-old on a motorbike and a 52-year-old in a car died in separate crashes this weekend.
Why it matters
Road deaths in Queensland are rising above historical averages, and riders face growing danger.
In Australia. Queensland drivers and riders, particularly motorcyclists, face escalating risk on state roads as fatalities climb above normal rates.
Key facts
- 256 deaths
- Annual death toll
- 7 more deaths
- Above five-year average by
- 71 deaths
- Motorcycle deaths this year
- 5 additional deaths
- More than last year same period
- Two separate fatal crashes in Queensland over the weekend have added to a grim year on the state's roads.
- A 20-year-old from Agnes Water died after his motorbike hit a wall in South Gladstone on Friday night.
- In a separate incident on Saturday, a 52-year-old woman driving on the Bruce Highway near Bellenden Ker struck a culvert and was killed at the scene.
- Queensland has recorded 256 road deaths between January and early November, seven more than the five-year average.
- Motorcycle riders and passengers have been hit especially hard, with 71 deaths so far this year, five more than the same period last year.
