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19 December, 2025
Crash prompts safety calls
ANOTHER crash at the Castle-Carey Road and Darlington-Camperdown Road intersection has prompted calls for caution this holiday season.
A ute and a four-wheel drive collided on Tuesday morning at around 10.25am, which saw Victoria Police and an Ambulance Victoria unit attend.
Western District Newspapers contacted Victoria Police for details regarding the incident but did not receive a response prior to publication.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said an ambulance unit was called to Skibo at 10.25am on Tuesday, December 16.
“Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedics attended the scene,” the spokesperson said.
“No emergency treatment or transport was required.”
Peter Welding, who lives near the intersection, posted images of the aftermath online following the incident and called for more caution to be taken at the junction.
“People seem to be in a hurry to get wherever they’re going, and they don’t even consider road rules,” he said.
“They don’t consider speed restrictions or stop signs apply to them.”
The junction includes the intersection of the Darlington-Camperdown Road and the Princes Highway, a railway line and intersections for the Old Geelong Road and Castle-Carey Road.
Mr Welding said the intersection has seen an increase in traffic in recent years, including trucks.
While the incident on Tuesday saw no injuries, he has expressed concerns the next incident could involve a truck and be much more serious.
“A great majority of the traffic ignore the speed restriction signs on the highway, so anybody who drives through that intersection could have a recipe for disaster – I’ve seen two big B-double fuel tankers flying through that junction there at 100km/h,” Mr Welding said.
“There’s been fatalities involving trucks – if there’s an accident involving semi-trailers, there’s usually deaths.
“What they don’t realise is truck drivers die too in accidents – they’ve got the false sense of being indestructible.
“I’ve noticed a lot of cars using this intersection are blatantly speeding through daily – it’s going to take a major disaster before anyone takes notice.
“I know the government did – after six years of asking – put speed restrictions on the highway, but without policing it, people ignore it.”
Mr Welding urged residents and visitors to take care this Christmas, particularly with the holiday season traffic picking up in recent days.
“I’ve been here a bit over six years and have seen seven accidents – luckily no-one’s been killed,” he said.
“Five of those seven accidents have been local people involved through no fault of their own.
“I just don’t want to witness anymore – I lost a friend earlier in the year who was hit by a woman who didn’t give way out at Colac.
“That’s my motivation – I’m sick of losing friends and seeing accidents.”