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April 1st, 2013 
Eighteen people have been killed on the nation’s roads during Easter, seven more than last year.
Source: AAP
EIGHTEEN people have been killed on the nation’s roads during the Easter break, seven more than this time last year.
Two pedestrians are among the victims, with the latest a male who died at the scene of a crash at Waterloo Corner, north of Adelaide, on Monday evening.
In Perth, a male pedestrian, 21, died after being hit by a prime mover on the Mitchell Freeway about 7.20pm (WST) on Sunday.
Police are preparing a report for the coroner and have asked witnesses to the accident, or anyone who saw a pedestrian on the freeway beforehand, to call Crime Stoppers.
The first death on WA roads in the Easter period was on Thursday, when a 66-year-old man died after his car and caravan rolled over near Albany in the state’s south.
There were also two off-road crashes in WA which were not included in the official toll figures.
On Saturday afternoon, a 37-year-old man died and a 33-year-old man was injured when their motorcycles collided on a blind bend on private property about 50km north of Kalgoorlie.
The 37-year-old man, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from his bike and suffered serious head injuries.
On Friday afternoon, a 29-year-old motorcyclist from Geraldton died after crashing in sand dunes near Northampton in WA’s Mid West region.
In South Australia, a 27-year-old man died when his ute rolled in Mount Gambier on Saturday night.
Three people died in two separate crashes in South Australia on Good Friday.
“South Australia has already recorded its worst Easter road toll in recent years and thousands of families are still to make the journey home today,” South Australia Police said in a statement.
The official Easter road toll is now five in South Australia, two in NSW, four in Queensland, three in Victoria, two in Tasmania and two in WA.
There have been no road deaths in the ACT or the Northern Territory.
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