Six motorcyclists are among more than a dozen road deaths nationwide over the Easter long weekend.
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It brings the number of lives lost on Australia's roads in 2024 to 319 to April 1.
On Good Friday eve a 77-year-old motorbike rider died after a three-vehicle crash at Mareeba in Queensland.
The same day in NSW a motorcyclist aged in his 20s died after crashing into a power pole in the Sydney suburb of Kensington.
A 59-year-old motorbike rider died on Good Friday at Gordon, near Ballarat, after losing control on the Western Highway.
On Easter Saturday a motorcyclist aged in his 50s died after a crash involving a B-double truck in NSW's Snowy Mountains.
On Easter Sunday a motorcyclist died after losing control and hitting a pole in the Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh South about 9.20pm.
The same night in Western Australia a 30-year-old rider died when his motorcycle left the road and hit a wall in Perth inner-suburb Lathlain.
In NSW, two men have died in separate all-terrain vehicle (ATV) incidents on the long weekend.
A 54-year-old man died after the ATV he was driving flipped when he swerved to avoid a kangaroo on Good Friday at Booligal, in NSW's Riverina region.
On Easter Sunday a 35-year-old passenger on a two-seater ATV died after it rolled in the Lake Macquarie area while the driver, a 30-year-old man, was hospitalised in a critical condition.
In NSW an 80-year-old pedestrian died after he was hit by a car in Campbelltown about 11.15pm on March 28.
And on Easter Sunday a 69-year-old driver died after his car collided with a tree in South Gundagai in the Riverina region.
In Victoria a 76-year-old man and his dog died after being struck by a car in Gippsland on Good Friday.
In South Australia a 56-year-old man died after the car he was driving crashed into a tree at Two Wells, north of Adelaide, just after 5pm on March 28.
Two people died on Easter Sunday in a three-car crash on the Riddoch Highway at Penola, near the border with Victoria, while three others were taken to hospital for treatment.
In Western Australia two drivers died when their vehicles collided in Lower Chittering, north-east of Perth, about 5.10am on March 28.
In the Northern Territory two men died and a third was seriously injured in a crash in Kakadu on March 28, where alcohol is believed to be a factor.
And in the early hours of Good Friday a woman died after she was hit by a vehicle in Nhulunbuy, in north-east Arnhem Land.
