In brief
Eight people died in road incidents over Victoria’s weekend, raising the state’s 2026 death toll to 220. A collision between a car and motorcycle on a Brighton East intersection claimed two lives, while a 75‑year‑old pedestrian was struck on Saturday. New data shows a decline from 247 deaths in the same period of 2025.
Eight people died in a series of road crashes in Victoria over the weekend, including a collision between a car and motorcycle and a fatal pedestrian hit, according to Xinhua.
On Sunday night around 6:30 p.m., a car and a motorcycle crashed at an intersection in Brighton East, 12 km southeast of Melbourne’s centre. Victoria Police said the collision killed the driver of the car and the motorcycle rider at the scene; a child passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Other incidents that Saturday added to the toll. A 75‑year‑old female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Victoria’s southwest, and later that afternoon an e‑bike collided with a car in the suburbs of Geelong, 65 km southwest of Melbourne. The male passenger was air‑lifted to hospital with life‑threatening injuries while the 17‑year‑old boy incurred non‑life‑threatening wounds.
Police have reported that four of the deceased were riding motorcycles and three were driving cars. The latest data, released by Xinhua, shows that as of Saturday, there have been 220 road deaths in Victoria in 2026, down from 247 at the same point in 2025.
These figures come from Xinhua’s report on the incidents; no other outlet was cited in the coverage.
