Colac Highway Patrol

  • Sign targets dangerous drivers

    A temporary speed detection sign at Barwon Downs will aim to deter speeders, after residents said dangerous driving past their homes had left them living in fear.

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  • Nine hospitalised after crash

    A woman was lucky to survive after she was flung from a vehicle in an Elliminyt crash this week.

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  • Indecisive driver involved in highway crash

    Motorists escaped serious injuries during a two-car crash at the Colac district’s “Blue Church” intersection at the weekend.

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  • Road cops’ praise for motorists

    Colac Highway Patrol has praised motorists for adjusting to wet roads over the long weekend.

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  • ‘Alarming’ level of speeding on the highway

    Police are cracking down after a spate of speeding offences on the Princes Highway east of Colac, including a motorist caught at 142kmh in a 100kmh zone.

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  • Car caught at 171kmh

    A speeding driver will face court after allegedly exceeding the speed limit by 71kmh south-west of Colac on the weekend.

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  • Road toll reinforces message

    Eight people died in road crashes across the Colac Otway, Corangamite and Surf Coast shires in 2021.

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  • Speeder hits 218kmh on Princes Highway as police crack down

    A Camperdown motorist reached speeds of up to 218kmh between Colac and Winchelsea and evaded police before his capture at the weekend.

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