Overview
- Across Western Australia on Thursday, three separate crashes left a 14-year-old motorcyclist, a 30-year-old rider in Jarrahdale, and an 18-year-old passenger in Derby dead.
- In Bedfordale, a Ford F-150 ute and an off-road motorbike collided on Albany Highway, killing the 14-year-old rider while the 19-year-old driver was uninjured.
- In Adelaide's inner north, a 40-year-old man died after his Harley Davidson hit a traffic light at the Park Terrace and Torrens Road intersection in Ovingham, with Major Crash investigators examining the scene.
- South Australia Police said a 47-year-old Greenock man injured in a Nuriootpa truck–ute crash earlier in the week has died in hospital, as two young passengers from the ute remained seriously hurt.
- Traffic units in both states are running long‑weekend operations that target speeding, distraction, drink and drug driving, and other risky behavior, with officials urging dashcam uploads and noting that speed has been linked to about a quarter of SA road deaths this year.