Fatal crash at Moana
Where: Commercial Road, Moana, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
About 6.45pm on Tuesday 22 September, emergency services were called to Commercial Road, Moana, after reports that a Subaru station wagon and Nissan sedan had collided.
The driver of the Nissan, a 35-year-old Christie Downs woman, was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Sadly, her passenger, an 11-year-old Christie Downs girl, died at the scene.
The driver of the Subaru, a 37-year-old Seaford Meadows man, was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries and has since been discharged.
Major Crash officers attended the scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Anyone who witnessed the crash, or who has dashcam footage from the area around the time of the incident, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or call 1800 333 000 anonymously.
The girl's death is the 81st life lost on South Australian roads this year.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Onkaparinga council area
Onkaparinga is a council area in South Australia with about 184,827 residents. It has a Crime Score 47 out of 100 (moderate), 193rd 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 assault (59th percentile), homicide (62nd percentile), robbery (63rd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
- Violent
- 1,148 per 100k
- Property
- 3,213 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 380 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,378 per 100k
See the full Onkaparinga crime profile
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