Major Road Accidents
Although there have been a number of serious crashes which has forced the closure of both lanes of traffic. One of the recent accidents occurred with a School Mini-Bus returning from a school camp from Naracoorte on the 7th November, 2008 where a student was killed.
On the 27th September, 2008 at 4.40am about 18 km east of Tintinara two people were killed when their utility collided with a Semi Trailer
Most of the accidents that occur on the Dukes Highway are high-speed head on collisions usually caused by fatigue. Although road safety signage states "Stop. Revive. Survive" and "Roads To Recovery" the number of accidents in the early hours of the morning are high in number.
Motorists are advised to rest and recover at the many towns on the Dukes Highway, including Bordertown, Keith, Tintinara, Coonalpyn and Tailem Bend, where the Dukes Highway ends.
Read more about this topic: Dukes Highway
Famous quotes containing the words major, road and/or accidents:
“Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.”
—C. Wright Mills (1916–1962)
“The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift.
The road is forlorn all day....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”
—George Farquhar (1678–1707)