Accidents on country roads

  • Petition calls for road fix

    Simpson locals and community leaders are calling for sweeping changes to a dangerous stretch of the Lavers Hill-Cobden Road following six recent crashes. State Member for Polwarth Richard Riordan, Corangamite Mayor Kate Makin, Simpson Community House’s Deb Smith and Timboon business man David Costin gathered where 40-kilometre-per-hour signs have been introduced in response to the […]

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  • Severe weather impacts district roads

    Motorists are being warned to take care this week, with branches and debris likely to remain strewn across district roads after wild weather conditions.

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  • Police call for black spot warning

    Road police say warning signs before a steep road descent near Birregurra could improve safety at the site.

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  • Accessible crash data would improve GPS on rural roads: expert

    Easily accessible crash and road data could help prevent GPS technology sending motorists along rough country roads in Colac and district, a national transport research group says.

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  • Kangaroo in smash

    A crash at Cobden that injured four teenagers could have happened because of a kangaroo, police say.

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  • Police call on witnesses

    Colac police are appealing for information about a single-vehicle crash at Forrest.

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