2 November 2024

Another motorcyclist dies on ACT roads

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Eight people have died on ACT roads this year, five of them motorcyclists. Photo: Michelle Kroll.

An eighth person has died on ACT roads this year.

A 33-year-old woman died following a single vehicle accident on Lady Denman Drive on Thursday night.

About 9:30 pm on 31 October 2024 police and emergency services were called to an accident involving a motorbike on Lady Denman Drive near Scrivener Dam.

The motorbike had left the roadway and hit a roadside barrier.

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First aid was provided by witnesses and attending police before the 33-year-old female rider was transported to hospital by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics. She was in a critical condition.

Sadly, the woman died last night (Friday, 1 November 2024).

This is the eighth road fatality on ACT roads this year, with five of those dead being motorbike riders.

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