Veering off the road we're taking hits from the sea and sky, but only as a measure of watching it from the sidelines. Clearing off the board for 2025 into New Year's Day and the aftermath, it's 34 less for the next round.
Swinging big into the sun and standing atop it all, it's Queensland with nine (9) off their books. The gamut, they ran. With a Kia Cerato on Kia Cerato match-up it would be the older generation passing on. Not a good time for motorcycles as one third of the tally being just the two-wheeled variety. And that's not including the wild speeds that must have been involved on a pedal push into stationary being counted in the total mix.
Tied for second like a chassis around the old gumtree, Victoria and South Australia with seven (7) each.
Operation Roadwise for Victoria while the stats take some time to bake in the extra two bodies. There must be something in the bike chain, here too in the Garden State with a bicyclist against a stationary object, a parked trailer, with the former being the worse for wear. Top it off with a stone wall in the mix down the road.
South Australia might want to double check their numbers if they're counting two 85s. One in Culburra, the other in Suttontown. Both against a tree. Leaving it all on the road there. Like the four cars at Cooke Plains, all in and all to show for it, leaving in bodyshops, not bodybags. SA could have pipped the post.
New South Wales enters the fourth road with six (6) in tow. A slightly adjusted window during Operation Christmas and New Year 2025, being a day or two off. As nice as the beaches are, you still can't count one off Palm Beach because the water isn't road. Here too, beware those riding bikes near trucks around the Pacific Highway in Buladelah.
Over in the backseat in fifth we start to see Western Australia with three (3) for the period. We may not see the results of a helmet in the report, but a tricky e-scooter is no joke, adding one for the state along Brand Highway.
Sixth sees Northern Territory with one (1). NT closing out the books of Operation Quinn with a hit-and-run. Not much of a fairplay here, but on the road is on the road, so pay that.
Tasmania and the ACT both scrape the bottom. None for either.
Yet not without some effort on Tasmania's part. With the conclusion of Operation Safe Arrival the state saw some skipping past the breath test, while another straight up took on a bottle-o, walking away for their efforts. We may have to question if a glider counts, and could have pushed Tassie up one, or if a missed tarmac is a missed mark all around.
Slightly down against last year, but not by much during the period count of 00:00 Monday, 22 December 2025 and 23:59 Friday, 2 January 2025. You can't buyback a car running into a wall like you can firearms or public gatherings. You can try, but then who will be left to scrap it all down to start the new year.
Written on Monday, 5 January 2026