Fatal crash at Lewiston
Where: Roberts Road, Lewiston, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A driver died in a single-vehicle crash at Lewiston last night.
About 8.50pm on Thursday 24 September, police and paramedics responded to a crash on Gawler River Road, Lewiston after a Holden sedan collided with a tree.
Sadly, the driver and sole occupant, a 24-year-old man from Queenstown, died at the scene.
Gawler River Road was closed between Boundary Road and Roberts Road while Major Crash Investigators examined the scene.
The man's death is the 83rd life lost on SA roads this year.
Anyone with information that may assist the investigation is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or on 1800 333 000 and quote #250419.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Adelaide Plains council area
Adelaide Plains is a council area in South Australia with about 11,736 residents. It has a Crime Score 41 out of 100 (moderate), 238th 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 (83rd percentile), assault (38th percentile), break-ins (52nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
- Violent
- 801 per 100k
- Property
- 2,701 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 673 per 100k
- Theft
- 673 per 100k
See the full Adelaide Plains crime profile
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