Road Safety Report: Easter break, Day 3
A 72-year-old Kuraby man has sadly passed away following a serious traffic crash at Runcorn on Day 3 of the 2018 Easter Road Safety Campaign.
The death is the third so far over the 2018 Easter break.
Around 9.45pm, police and emergency crews responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash on Beenleigh Road.
The 72-year-old driver and sole occupant of one of the cars was declared deceased at the scene. The 24-year-old driver of the second vehicle was taken to the Princes Alexandra Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Meanwhile the highest speed recorded on Day 3 was in Barcaldine, where a motorist was detected travelling 173 km/h in a 110 km/h zone on the Landsborough Highway.
Police were also called to Bilinga around 6.30pm last night after a motorist allegedly ran over a street sign on the Gold Coast Highway.
A 25-year-old woman allegedly returned a BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) of 0.202%, more than four times the legal limit.
Officer across Queensland have conducted more than 22,000 RBTs (Roadside Breath Tests) over the first three days of the Easter Road Safety Campaign as part of continuing efforts to remove drink drivers from the road.
The Easter Break phase of the Road Safety Campaign will continue until Monday Aril 2, 2018.
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| Phase 1 Easter Road Safety Campaign | ||||
| Update No. 3 of 5 | ||||
| Phase 1 of the Queensland Easter Road Safety Campaign commences at 0001 hrs on Thursday, 29 March 2018 and continues until 2359 hrs on Monday, 02 April 2018. | ||||
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During the Easter Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour including the fatal five: speeding, fatigue, impaired driving (drink and drug), failure to wear a seat belt and distraction/inattention in a concerted effort to minimise road trauma.
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| For the 24 hour period to midnight: Saturday, 31 March 2018 | 2017 Daily total | Progressive 2017 Total | 2018 Daily Total | Progressive 2018 Total |
| Traffic Crashes | ||||
| Fatal Traffic Incidents | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Persons Killed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Injury Traffic Incidents | 25 | 91 | 17 | 52 |
| Persons Injured | 37 | 123 | 21 | 64 |
| Alcohol and Drug Testing | ||||
| Random Breath Tests Performed (RBT) | 13,411 | 50,684 | 6,673 | 22,092 |
| Roadside Drug Tests Performed (RDT) | 201 | 748 | 239 | 555 |
| Drink Driving | 73 | 186 | 47 | 140 |
| Drug Driving Roadside positive tests (yet to be analysed) | 30 | 127 | 43 | 104 |
| Traffic Offences | ||||
| * Speed Camera Detections | 2,602 | 8,918 | 4,003 | 11,821 |
| * Speeding (Other) | 710 | 2,298 | 532 | 1,747 |
| * Seat Belts | 26 | 103 | 26 | 79 |
| * Mobile Phone Offences | 18 | 212 | 16 | 73 |
| * Other Offences | 573 | 1,892 | 422 | 1,514 |
| Total Offences (infringements) | 1,327 | 4,414 | 996 | 3,413 |
Note 1: The statistics contained in this release are sourced from live databases maintained by QPS, are preliminary and subject to change on a daily basis. Any data extracted less than six weeks from the end of a reporting period is considered preliminary.
Speed Camera Detections Note for 2018 data: 1. Data is extracted from camera databases within the Queensland Police Service (Traffic Camera Office). These systems are live databases and the reported statistics may vary on a daily basis. 2. Any data which is extracted less than six weeks from the end of a reporting period is considered preliminary.3. Detections from road safety cameras do not necessarily result in the issuing of an infringement notice. Detections from cameras are adjudicated by an accredited Traffic Camera Office staff member. The adjudication process assesses whether there is sufficient evidence to meet legal requirements to issue an infringement notice. Detections include images and associated data files used for testing camera systems during scheduled maintenance periods and normal operation. Differences observed between detections and notices issued will be the result of camera testing and adjudication processes.4. Data for some cameras is not downloaded on a daily basis. It may take at least 72 hours for all data to be available.5. Figures include data for mobile speed cameras (overt, covert & portable), analogue fixed speed cameras (where available), digital fixed speed cameras, digital combined speed/red light cameras (speed and red light detections) and the average speed camera system.
