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Queensland Traffic Deaths Surge: 301 Lives Lost in 2025

12/22/2025

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Five people died in Queensland traffic crashes over the weekend, lifting the 2025 toll to 301.
Joshua Cooney of the RACQ warns of a severe road safety crisis as the toll sits just one short of last year's 302 fatalities.
Police reported five fatal incidents from Friday evening to Sunday midnight, including three in the Bundaberg and Wide Bay region north of Brisbane, with nine days remaining in 2025.

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Five people died in Queensland traffic crashes over the weekend, lifting the 2025 toll to 301.
Joshua Cooney of the RACQ warns of a severe road safety crisis as the toll sits just one short of last year's 302 fatalities.
Police reported five fatal incidents from Friday evening to Sunday midnight, including three in the Bundaberg and Wide Bay region north of Brisbane, with nine days remaining in 2025.