road safety

  • 40km an hour speed sign

    Colac CBD limit officially drops

    Colac’s central business district speed limit has officially dropped to 40 kilometres an hour.

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  • POLICE PLEA: Appeal for extra caution over long weekend

    Colac Highway Patrol Sergeant Jamie Kahle is calling on motorists to drive safely this bumper long weekend, in the hopes of avoiding another district tragedy.

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  • Horror start to 2025 on roads

    Colac Highway Patrol Sergeant Jamie Kahle has issued a warning to motorists following a horror start to the year on Victoria’s roads, with the highest number of road fatalities in the month of January for 24 years.

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  • Plans to enhance road safety

    Colac Otway Shire Council is hoping to enhance the safety of roads in the shire through $2 million in State Government funding.

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  • Businesses supporting 40-km zone extension

    Community member Joy Middleton has called for the Colac Otway Shire’s new speed limit introductions in Colac’s CBD to be extended an extra block.

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  • 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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  • Safe driving message as road toll hits 287

    Victorians are being urged to put safe driving at the top of their to-do list this festive season, as the state experiences the highest number of fatalities on its roads in more than a decade.

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  • Ballarat road labelled ‘beyond dangerous’

    Colac district motorists have labelled the Colac-Ballarat Road as “disgusting”, “scary”, “beyond dangerous” and “an accident waiting to happen”.

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