Seven separate vehicle crashes across Victoria over the Mother’s Day weekend have left ten dead and seven injured. This brings the total number of fatalities on Victorian roads this year to 111, ten more than the same time last year. Victoria Police are conducting a statewide operation this week aimed at drivers who are speeding.
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00:00A deadly 48 hours, tragic scenes in seven separate crashes across the state, leaving 10 dead and seven injured.
00:12It's not something we've seen for two years.
00:14In Eganstown near Dalesford, two cars collided just before midday after a car crossed onto the wrong side of the road,
00:23killing both the driver and the passenger of one car, while seriously injuring the driver of the second car.
00:31In Clayton South, another head-on collision at an intersection, both drivers a 46-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman dying at the scene.
00:40It's incredibly frustrating because we know what's causing trauma, we address the causation as best we can, but we cannot be everywhere at all times.
00:51And that follows a horrific weekend.
00:55A tragic end to Mother's Day, a two-car collision at Trafalgar left one woman dead, her husband and two teenage children badly injured.
01:05The two occupants of the other car also injured.
01:08One of the vehicles travelling along North Canal Road has filed a stop at a stop sign, crossed into the intersection, right into the path of a car travelling from Trafalgar towards Willgrove.
01:20Also fatal crashes in Putala, Mautajup and Swan Hill West.
01:26112 people have lost their lives on Victorian roads this year, 10 more than the same time last year.
01:34We're still seeing a very high level of accidents being contributed to by distraction, speed and alcohol and drugs and not wearing a seatbelt.
01:45We could get up to 20 or 30 referrals for counselling and support services for one crash.
01:51So that's just a really, I guess, harsh reminder of the ripple effects of road trauma.
01:58These latest fatalities come at the start of National Road Safety Week, an initiative aiming to highlight the impact of road trauma and ways to reduce it.
02:08Victoria Police is conducting a statewide operation this week, cracking down on drivers, breaking the rules.