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Caboolture, Queensland: Car driven along the railway for 180 metres
A man who police believe turned on a level crossing and drove along the railway for 180 yards has been charged with drunk driving and using a vehicle in a way likely to damage or obstruct the railway....
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Cordalba: Cane cutting starts, new warning issued
With the sugar cane cutting season about to start, the annual reminder that motorists should be alert to the presence of trains on railways that have been dormant since the end of last year’s cutting...
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Brisbane, Queensland: Truck off authorised route, insurers to be pursued
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads has published a report into the train-truck collision on the St Vincent’s Road level crossing in Banyo, Brisbane that occurred on September 14th,...
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Queensland: Level crossing new technology trial gets underway
Scott Emerson MP, Queensland’s Transport and Main Roads MinisterNew level crossing technology that will warn motorists of approaching trains will be switched on this week at two locations in the north...
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Brisbane, Queensland: Long-awaited grade separation will be completed in 2014
Confirmation that the AUD82 million project to grade-separate the notorious Telegraph Road level crossing in the Brisbane suburb of Bracken Ridge has been given to the city planners. Work began on-site...
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Banyo, Queensland: Head-end camera images highlight risk of grounding
Banyo collision, September 14th, 2012. Source 7 News14 months after the train-truck collision on the St Vincent’s Road level crossing in Banyo, a northern suburb of Brisbane, head-end camera images...
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Queensland: Wilful misuse highlighted in study
Not wanting to miss a train and thrill-seeking by minors are both highlighted in a study by the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland which was funded by the Co-operative Research...
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Beecher, Queensland: Let’s tow a boat and race the train
A motorist driving a four-wheel drive vehicle and towing a boat on its trailer has caused rail freight company, to lambast the driver of the road vehicle for his stupidity in trying to race a train to...
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Chinchilla, QLD: Residents shocked by close call statistics
Locally, the level crossing that is perceived to have the worst safety record in Chinchilla is to be found on Wambo Street, Indeed, activists have been calling for an upgrade. However, the 2013 close...
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Innisfail, QLD: Truck driver not guilty in fatal crossing collision
The driver of a truck that was struck by a passenger train with fatal consequences in 2008 has been found not guilty of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death after a three-day trail in the...
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