Last night I attended a traffic crash where a young male who had consumed a quantity of alcohol had made a very poor decision to then attempt to drive his car home. Whilst he was attempting to drive home he collided with a parked vehicle causing significant damage to his car. As you can see […]
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Easter Road Safety Campaign – Day 3 statistics
https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/04/20/92015_Easter_Stats_Day_3_1.mp4 Download Video Phase 2 Easter Road Safety Campaign Update No. 3 of 5 Phase 2 of the Queensland Easter Road Safety Campaign commences at 0001 hrs on Thursday, 18 April 2019 and continues until 2359 hrs on Monday, 22 April 2019. During the Easter Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour […]
Easter Road Safey Campaign – Day 3 items of interest
DAY 3 Easter Saturday, 21 April 2019 SUMMARY Highest Speed: 150km/h in a 100 zone on the Capricorn Highway at Emerald Highest exceed limit: 140km/h in a 70 zone on Commissioners Flat Road at Commissioners Flat Highest blood alcohol concentration recorded: 0.243 per cent at Jimboomba 25 impoundment offences Central Region Drink driving: 0.226 per […]
Easter Road Safety – Day 2 statistics
https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/04/19/9310_Easter_Stats_Day_2.mp4 Download Video Phase 2 Easter Road Safety Campaign Update No. 2 of 5 Phase 2 of the Queensland Easter Road Safety Campaign commences at 0001 hrs on Thursday, 18 April 2019 and continues until 2359 hrs on Monday, 22 April 2019. During the Easter Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour […]
Easter Road Safety Campaign – Day 2 items of interest
DAY 2 Good Friday, April 19 2019 Summary Highest Speed: 170km/h in a 100 zone on the Centenary Motorway at Ellen Grove Highest recorded blood alcohol concentration: 0.270 per cent at the Glass House Mountains 31 impoundment offences Central Region Drink driving: 0.270 per cent at the Glass House Mountains, 0.180 per cent at Bowen, […]
Fatal motorbike crash, Bulimba
Forensic Crash Unit are investigating fatal crash at Bulimba this morning. Just before 5:30am, police and emergency services were called to a single vehicle crash involving a motorbike on Lytton Road. A 26-year-old Cornubia man was declared deceased at the scene. Police are appealing anyone who was in the area at the time and may […]
Easter Road Safety – Day 1 statistics
https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/04/18/91252_Easter_Stats_Day_1.mp4 Download Video Phase 2 of the Queensland Easter Road Safety Campaign commenced at 0001 hrs on Thursday, 18 April 2019 and continues until 2359 hrs on Monday, 22 April 2019. During the Easter Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour including the fatal five: speeding, fatigue, impaired driving (drink and drug), […]
Easter Road Safety – Day 1 items of interest
DAY 1 Thursday April 18 2019 Summary The highest speed recorded was 155km/h in an 80 zone at the Logan Motorway at Drewvale The highest blood alcohol concentration recorded was 0.307 per cent at Bellbird Park 24 impoundment offences Central Region Drink driving: 0.165 per cent at Avenell Heights Speeding: 111 km/h in a 70 […]
Easter road safety stories – “Never attend another one again”
Unfortunately Easter is a notorious time for road crashes in Queensland. The QPS with the support of other emergency services is currently coordinating a state-wide traffic policing operation designed to reduce the number of serious injuries, fatal traffic crashes and road related crime. At the April 5 launch of the Easter road safety campaign Commissioner […]
An egg-stra special delivery this Easter
For almost 20 years now, the Queensland Police Service has partnered with Stefan’s and the MASKs foundation to deliver chocolate eggs at Easter and toys at Christmas to the Queensland Children’s Hospital. Today, almost 30 Road Policing Bikes made the convoy from Stefan’s Jo Jos restaurant in South Brisbane to the Children’s Hospital and spent […]