NT traffic: Major crash involving two vehicles on Arnhem Highway

A 55-year-old man has died after his 4WD collided with a truck travelling in the opposite direction on a major NT highway. Read the latest.

Emergency crews attend to major crash on the Arnhem Highway.

Update, Aug 26: NT Police assistant commissioner Matt Hollomby said preliminary investigations into a horror highway crash indicated a four-wheel drive had drifted in front of a truck.

He said the truck driver tested negative for drugs and alcohol and was cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

With the Territory’s toll currently at 44, compared to just nine this time last year, Assistant Commissioner Hollomby said the main crash victims were middle-aged men in four wheel drives.

“There are some misnomers about who’s driving on our roads,” he said.

Speaking broadly, he said middle-aged men in Litchfield Shire under the influence of alcohol driving four wheels drives were the most common single cause of crashes in the Northern Territroy.

“Alcohol plays a significant factor as well so please just take care on our roads,” he said.

“The old days of having eight or 10 beers at the pub and driving home are gone. Please take care on the roads.”

Man dead following fatal collision between truck and 4WD

A 55-year-old man has died as a result of a serious two-vehicle crash between a 4WD and a truck on the Arnhem Highway.

Emergency vehicles were dispatched to the scene about 10.30am Saturday after reports came in the vehicles heading in opposite directions had collided.

The driver of the 4WD, the 55-year-old man, was the sole occupant of his vehicle and was found dead at the scene.

Major Crash Detectives are conducting a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the crash.

The driver of the truck has tested negative for drugs and alcohol and is fully cooperating with the ongoing investigation.

The Arnhem Highway around Trippe Rd was closed for much of Saturday with motorists advised to find alternative routes.

Both vehicles involved have been moved off the road, however roadblocks were expected to be in place late into Saturday evening while emergency crews managed the scene.

Police urge anyone who may have witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken with them, or has dash-cam footage around the time of the crash, to make contact on 131 444.

The death brings the NT’s road toll for 2024 up to 44 compared to nine at this time last year.