A collision between two vehicles at the intersection of Tuckers and Hardys Road in Clyde North has resulted in one of the drivers being taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The collision, which occurred around 5:30am on Tuesday, 12 August, collapsed the northbound stoplight on Tuckers Road leading to Verdant Drive.
The three-light signal block was completely removed from the post, which, by 8:30am, was undergoing inspection.
A police vehicle and two officers were observed redirecting traffic that had built up from the southbound area of Tuckers Road, cutting off direct access to Thompsons Road and east to Bells Road.
A resident on Boyce Circuit said that while they had not heard the crash “this time”, the incident was “not a surprise”.
“We were fast asleep, but honestly, it’s not the first time something like this has happened.
“People speed here all the time, if we get up for work early, we can hear them going up and down [Tuckers] the road.
“This place is pretty common for those kinds of accidents; it almost feels like every other day something is happening with vehicles,” they said.
According to the Transport Accident Commission, 205 was the recorded number of crashes with claims involving hospitalisation in the City of Casey between January 2024 and January 2025.
Of this, 106 were drivers, 54 were going the same direction, 42 were going in the opposite direction, and 38 were going in an adjacent direction.
However, early morning incidents were among the lowest, with only 13 recorded between midnight to 5:59am; the most were between 12pm to 5:59pm, recorded at 81 incidents.
