Fatal crash Virginia
Where: Penfield Road, Virginia, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
About 8.45pm on Sunday 4 October, police and emergency services were called to the intersection of Penfield Road and King Road following reports of a collision between a Ford SUV and Ford sedan.
The driver of the Ford sedan, a 53-year-old man from Angle Vale sadly died at the scene.
The occupants of the Ford SUV, a 38-year-old female driver, a 35-year-old female and four children were taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Major Crash Investigators attended the scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
Penfield Road was closed for all traffic however the road has since re-opened.
The man's death is the 85th life lost on South Australian roads this year.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Playford council area
Playford is a council area in South Australia with about 115,790 residents. It has a Crime Score 74 out of 100 (high), 45th 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 (85th percentile), break-ins (83rd percentile), homicide (81st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 74.
- Violent
- 2,203 per 100k
- Property
- 7,508 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 973 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,290 per 100k
See the full Playford crime profile
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