In brief
Victoria Police confirmed two men died in a car‑motorcycle collision in Brighton East on Sunday night, bringing the weekend death toll to eight. Additional deaths included a 75‑year‑old pedestrian struck Saturday afternoon, with five more fatalities reported in earlier incidents over the weekend. A total of 220 road deaths have been recorded in Victoria so far this year, down from 247 at the same point in 2025.
Victoria Police announced that two men died following a collision between a car and a motorcycle in Brighton East, southeast Melbourne, at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, raising the state's weekend road death toll to eight.
The crash involved a car and a motorcycle at an intersection 12 km southeast of Central Melbourne; the car’s driver and the motorcycle rider were killed at the scene. A child passenger was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police said the weekend’s deaths included a 75‑year‑old female pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle in the state's southwest on Saturday afternoon, as well as three other motorists and four motorcycle riders who died earlier in the week, according to their statement.
In a separate incident on Saturday afternoon, two teenagers were injured when the e‑bike they were riding collided with a car in the suburbs of Geelong, 65 km southwest of Melbourne, but no further deaths were reported in that event.
As of Saturday, Victoria has recorded 220 road deaths in 2026, down from 247 at the same point in 2025, according to the latest data from the police.
