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Fatal crash, Acacia Ridge

Where: Beaudesert Road, Acacia Ridge, the street the release names · See the street on the map

Fatal crash, Acacia Ridge
Acacia Ridge, Queensland · Queensland Police
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The release

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Acacia Ridge this evening.

At 6.25pm, police were called to reports a 30-year-old Acacia Ridge man had been struck by a blue Volkswagen Golf at the intersection of Beaudesert Road and Paradise Road.

The driver and sole occupant of the Volkswagen, a 50-year-old Acacia Ridge man, is assisting police.

Police are appealing to anyone who may have relevant information or dashcam footage to come forward.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting .

Report crime information anonymously via Crime Stoppers . Call 1800 333 000 or report online at www.crimestoppersqld.com.au .

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▲ 0% Assault offence occurrence has increased by 0% since August 2026.

▼ 1% Drugs offence occurrence has decreased by 1% since August 2026.

▲ 1.9% Theft offence occurrence has increased by 1.9% since August 2026.

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Crime in the Brisbane council area

Brisbane is a council area in Queensland with about 1,375,301 residents. It has a Crime Score 57 out of 100 (moderate), 138th 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 break-ins (76th percentile), robbery (89th percentile), theft (91st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 52.

Violent
981 per 100k
Property
5,360 per 100k
Break-ins
708 per 100k
Theft
3,284 per 100k

See the full Brisbane crime profile

2017-18: 486 per 100,0002018-19: 488 per 100,0002019-20: 473 per 100,0002020-21: 552 per 100,0002021-22: 703 per 100,0002022-23: 801 per 100,0002023-24: 864 per 100,0002024-25: 957 per 100,0002025-26: 981 per 100,0002026-27: 234 per 100,0002017-182022-232026-27
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Brisbane, 2017-18 to 2026-27 — down 52% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for Queensland.

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