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Elderly man dies following Bruce collision

ACT Policing·

Where: Ginninderra Drive, Bruce, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Elderly man dies following Bruce collision
Bruce, Australian Capital Territory · ACT Policing

The release

A 95-year-old man has died following a collision in Bruce earlier this month.

About 11:10am on Sunday (13 September 2026), a white Toyota Alphard van collided with a blue mobility scooter at the intersection of Ginninderra Drive and Haydon Drive, Bruce.

The man was assessed at the scene and taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Sadly, his condition deteriorated and he passed away yesterday morning (Sunday, 20 September 2026).

ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision. A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or who has dash-cam footage and has not already spoken with police, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers ACT via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8497963.

— ACT Policing
This report is from ACT Policing. Read their full release: police.act.gov.au/news/2026-media-releases/september/elder…

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Unincorporated ACT is a council area in Australian Capital Territory with about 484,630 residents. It has a Crime Score 42 out of 100 (moderate), 233rd of 362 councils nationally.

The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (58th percentile), robbery (64th percentile), assault (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 58.

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2015-16: 790 per 100,0002016-17: 930 per 100,0002017-18: 836 per 100,0002018-19: 866 per 100,0002019-20: 816 per 100,0002020-21: 805 per 100,0002021-22: 777 per 100,0002022-23: 942 per 100,0002023-24: 860 per 100,0002024-25: 806 per 100,0002015-162020-212024-25
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Unincorporated ACT, 2015-16 to 2024-25 — little changed over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Australian Capital Territory.

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