South Australia records its 111th death on the roads after Elizabeth Grove crash

One state’s brutal year on the roads continues to worsen after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car in the early hours of Friday.

One state’s horror year on the roads continues to worsen as the Christmas break approaches, with another life lost in a car crash in the early hours of Friday.

A 37-year-old Adelaide man died after he was struck by a Ford station wagon at Elizabeth Grove about 4am, the 111th life lost on South Australia’s roads this year.

For the same period in 2022, the state recorded 66 road fatalities.

Police and paramedics raced to Hogarth Rd in Adelaide’s outer northeast, but the pedestrian died at the scene of the crash.

The Adelaide man was a pedestrian and struck by a Ford station wagon in the early hours of Friday morning at Elizabeth Grove. Picture: 7 News

The driver of the Ford station wagon, a 31-year-old man, was not injured in the crash and he is assisting the police in their investigation.

“Major Crash investigators attended the scene and are investigating the circumstances that led to the fatal collision,” police said on Friday.

The station wagon has been towed from the scene.

South Australians have been left reeling from the scale of carnage on the state’s roads across 2023 and the trauma came into sharpened focus following the death of Charlie Stevens, the son of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens, in November.