Four people, including three children and their father, died in this two-car collision at Padthaway, on the Riddoch Highway in the south-east, in June 2011. Picture: Campbell Brodie Source: adelaidenow
SENIOR police have described their horror and devastation at fatal crashes as part of a plea to motorists to take care on the roads this Easter.
Three officers from Major Crash Investigation Branch have spoken for the first time about three fatal crashes that still affect them today as part of their Easter campaign, 'Don't give us a reason to knock on your door this Easter'.
In the videos, Brevet Sergeant Wayne Liebich, Sergeant Lauren Cox and Brevet Sergeant Narelle Janeway speak candidly about the crashes, the affect they had on the victims' families and how motorists can avoid becoming another statistic.
It's very difficult to deal with... young children in the wreckage and then going to tell a father that their entire family has been destroyed - Brevet Sergeant Wayne Liebich
Police Assistant Commissioner Linda Williams said there was an increased risk of serious injury crashes over Easter because there was more traffic on our roads.
South Australian police are appealing for motorists to think about their actions over this Easter long weekend and for them to drive safely.
"What we are urging people to do is take care on our roads, think about their trips, think about the country driving they will be undertaking," she said.
She had made a mistake on the road, a very small mistake, which had led her car to end up crashing into another car and led to the death of her husband and her three children. Seeing those kids still partly in the car was just terrible - Sergeant Lauren Cox
Mother loses husband, three children in horrific collision
"All this (poor) driving behaviour can actually be avoided by people just taking their time and thinking about getting to their destination safely and in one piece.
Four people, including three children and their father, died in this two-car collision at Padthaway, on the Riddoch Highway in the south-east, in June 2011. Picture: Campbell Brodie
"We don't want to have the excuse to knock on people's door this Easter with bad news that they have lost a loved one or a family member."
This isn't a body lying on the road. This isn't just another motorcyclist. This is someone's father, this is someone's husband, this is a man going to work today to provide for his family and that's all been taken away from him in a split-second - Brevet Sergeant Narelle Janeway
Ms Williams said police would be targeting dangerous road users and dangerous driver behaviour as part of Operation Crossroads - a national road safety campaign - which will begin tomorrow and run until Monday, April 1.
The state's road toll is 28, compared with 25 at the same time last year.
Adelaide University Centre for Automotive Safety Research director Professor Mary Lydon said most crashes happened to ordinary people making ordinary mistakes and didn't involve just extreme behaviour
"More than 15 per cent of crashes are thought to involve fatigue, which is a very high risk during holiday weekends," she said.
"Those in rural areas are at more than twice the risk of being killed or seriously injured than those in Adelaide."
Royal Adelaide Hospital Trauma Services director Professor Bill Griggs said Easter would be a sad reminder for some families of loved ones killed on our roads.
"The consequences of failing to concentrate, driving for too long without resting, or going a little too fast can become catastrophic in an instant, and you don't get to go back and try again," he said.
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