Post #2267455
2026-05-08 04:51 UTC
A 71yr old women was hit-and-run while crossing Sydney Rd (near Barkly St) yesterday.
Police are yet to locate the driver but have CCTV footage of them.
Sydney Rd is a major shopping street where people need to access shops on both sides of the street. This women was crossing 100m from the nearest southern pedestrian crossing and 150m from the nearest northern crossing.
Sydney Rd is busy and difficult to cross because there is no space in the middle to safely wait. When I cross I wait a long time for both ways to be clear or for traffic to backup.
For a 71yr old this isn't possible because it requires that you can move pretty fast.
The fact that it's 40km/h is probably what prevented this crash from being instantly deadly.
For such a dense shopping street (there are 1800 shops along here) it's absurd that there isn't a crossing every 50m.
#Brunswick #SydneyRd #VicPol #CarsRuinCities
https://brunswickvoice.com.au/police-investigating-sydney-road-hit-and-run/
Replies (4)
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@anne_twain@theblower.au 2026-05-08 05:46
@jessta@aus.social I guess the tramline prevents the placement of pedestrian refuges?
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@NickSchwanck@aus.social 2026-05-08 06:35
@jessta@aus.social When I lived in Brunswick, Sydney Rd was the longest continous shopping road in the world. Probably still is.
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@prefec2@norden.social 2026-05-08 06:52
@jessta@aus.social why not make an auto low area out of it where pedestrians always have the right of way and cars can go no faster then 10 miles or 20 km/h? Or is this also a major through route?
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@zed@mstdn.party 2026-05-08 08:46
@jessta@aus.social where is that bike lane going ??? Underneath the car parking spots ???