In brief
Xinhua reports that violence on Victoria’s roads increased over the weekend, with fatal collisions involving cars, motorcycles, a pedestrian and an e‑bike. The incidents pushed 2026 road deaths to 220, down from 247 in 2025. Emergency services responded to three major scenes in southeast Melbourne, southwestern Victoria and Geelong.
Eight people died in a series of road incidents across Victoria, Australia, over the weekend, Xinhua reported on Nov. 2. The fatalities, involving cars, motorcycles, a pedestrian and an e‑bike, raised the state’s 2026 road death total to 220, down from 247 at the same time last year.
On Sunday night about 6:30 p.m. a car and motorcycle collided at an intersection in Brighton East, approximately 12 km southeast of Melbourne’s centre. Two men, the vehicle’s driver and the motorcycle rider, were killed on‑scene, while a child passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The next day, a 75‑year‑old woman walking in southwestern Victoria was struck by a vehicle and died at the scene. Later that afternoon police said a teenaged rider on an e‑bike collided with a car in the suburbs of Geelong, 65 km southwest of Melbourne. The male rider was air‑lifted to hospital with life‑threatening injuries; a 17‑year‑old boy was taken to hospital with non‑life‑threatening injuries.
Victoria Police released the figures, noting that among the eight deceased, four were on motorcycles and three were driving cars. Emergency services were mobilised to all three sites, with hospitals receiving injured passengers and the injured e‑bike riders.
Overall, the spike in road deaths during the weekend highlights continuing safety concerns on Victoria’s highways.
