The faces of Tasmania’s 2022 fatal crashes
Tasmania recorded its highest road toll for more than a decade last year, with 51 people tragically losing their lives. These are their stories >>
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“IT’S a club that no parent wants to join. And it’s that news that no parent ever wants to hear, because you should never have to bury your children, regardless of their age.”
Three months ago, Logan Braunack, 25, was driving his work ute when the vehicle left the road, hit a culvert and crashed into a tree.
The repercussions of that fateful day are still being felt by Logan’s family and his large group of friends across Hobart.
Logan was one of 51 people killed on Tasmanian roads last year, an increase of 45 per cent, the worst in the nation, on the five-yearly road toll average. It’s a number that can’t continue and must be addressed, because too many families, communities and emergency workers are being left devastated by the impacts.
The Mercury and Sunday Tasmanian have launched a Survive the Drive road safety campaign.
This is being done with the help of Logan’s parents, Leanne and Gavin Wakerell, Tasmania Police and emergency services, as we strive to unpack the consequences that unfold behind the scenes of a road tragedy.
Our hope – and the hope of Logan’s family – is that by sharing the harrowing stories it will make people take more care on the state’s roads.
Faces of Tasmania’s fatal crashes: 2022
January 13:
Phillip Milburn, 39, was a pillion passenger on a motorbike and died at the scene after the bike collided with a truck at the intersection of Wellington and High Streets, Longford.
January 16:
A 50-year-old man from Invermay died after he crashed his car on the Bass Highway near Deloraine.
February 22:
A cyclist in his 50s was killed after being struck by a car while turning from Mt Royal Rd onto Osbourne Esplanade in Kingston.
March 3:
A 62-year-old man died when his car left the road and crashed on Woolmers Ln, near Longford.
March 3:
Joshua Tyrrell, 28, died after he crashed his motorbike on the Brooker Highway, Montrose.
March 8:
A 62-year-old woman died after the vehicle she was a passenger in collided head on with another car on Ford Rd at Cutts Rd, Don.
March 11:
Shaun Ross, 27, and Nick Williams, 20, died after the ute they were travelling in rolled on Seabrook Rd, Somerset.
March 21:
A man in his 80s died after the excavator he was driving rolled at a workplace at Colebrook Rd, Campania.
March 25:
A man in his 50s died after the motorcycle he was riding was involved in a crash with a truck and three cars on the Bass Highway, Carrick.
March 29:
70-year-old American Steve Dishman died after it’s believed he had a medical episode on the bike and failed to navigate a turn on the Tasman Highway at Goshen.
March 30:
27-year-old man died after his motorcycle collided with a car on the Bass Highway at Wynyard.
April 4:
71-year-old woman died in a horror head-on crash at Westella Dr, Ulverstone.
April 7:
33-year-old Claremont man Simon Catto was killed in a motorcycle crash on Osprey Road, Claremont.
April 14:
Harry Tucker was killed after a his motorbike collided with another vehicle near the Seaport in Launceston.
April 18:
A 49-year-old woman has died in Futuna Avenue, Park Grove after suffering a medical condition while driving.
April 21:
A man in his 70s died in a crash at Reekara, on King Island around 4.05pm.
April 22:
Joy Hayes, 82, died after an ATV crash on Scenic Hill Road, near Huonville about 12:30pm. The ATV Ms Hayes was driving rolled, trapping her underneath.
April 27:
Brisbane Targa Tasmania competitor Anthony Graeme Seymour, 59, died when his Lotus left Olivers Road on the Mt Roland stage late on day two of the event.
It crashed over a steep embankment and came to rest against a tree about 20m down.
April 30:
Alyson Mellor died after a single vehicle crash on Brinktop Road, Penna.
May 5:
An 81-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a car while walking across Main Road in Claremont about 9.15pm.
May 6:
A 51-year-old Swansea woman died after a single vehicle crash on Lake Leake Road at Lake Leake.
May 7:
An 80-year-old man died the morning after a after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of West Tamar Highway and Bridgenorth Road, Legana.
May 9:
Bailey Seabourne died after the car he was travelling in with four other people crashed on Pardoe Rd, Devonport around 1pm Monday.
May 10:
Teresa and Jim Brown died after after a two car crash on Brinktop Rd, Penna before about 5pm.
May 20:
Gian Gudge, 35, lost control of his motorcycle on Wentworth St, Newstead, and died from his injuries in hospital later that night.
May 23:
An 83-year-old woman died after she lost control of her vehicle at the entrance of Guilford Young Grove Senior Citizens Village on St Canice Ave, Sandy Bay. The car jumped a gutter, crashed through a 3m wide garden bed before launching into the air and into the side of a unit.
June 14:
Eileen Murfet, 68, and her grandson Lachlan Stones, 15, died when the car they were travelling in collided with the back of a truck on the Bass Highway near Latrobe.
June 20:
Karen Quillerat, 54, died when her vehicle left Greens Beach Rd just south of Greens Beach.
July 6:
Bill Copping, 77, died after police believe he suffered a medical episode which caused his car to crash at the intersection of Lakeland Dr and Lewisham Rd, Forcett.
July 10:
Aron Thogersen, 43, was driving along Huon Rd in Longley when he failed to negotiate a right-hand curve and crashed into a bridge around 12.30am.
July 14:
Brad Kremmer, 31, died in Royal Hobart Hospital after he crashed his Yamaha R1 motorbike at the intersection of Dampier and Schouton Sts, Warrane.
July 20:
Police believe a man suffered a medical episode before he died in a serious single-vehicle crash on the Arthur Highway, Sorell.
July 27:
Danni Clayton, 22, died after she lost control of her car on the Midland Hwy Southern Outlet near Launceston.
August 27:
Andrew Everett, 28, Brady Poole, 27, and Maddie Baird, 19, died when the car they were travelling in swerved into an oncoming vehicle on South Arm Rd, Sandford.
August 29:
Jakib Mullins, 32, died when he lost control of his motorcycle while travelling on Lilydale Rd, Rocherlea.
September 2:
An 81-year-old Youngtown man died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash at a roundabout at Breadalbane.
September 4:
A 44-year-old Scottsdale man was killed after he crashed into a power pole on the Tasman Highway, Tonganah.
September 16:
Rick Gesler, 26, died in a motorcycle crash on the East Tamar Highway near Rocherlea. It’s believed he crashed into the fence along the highway.
October 8:
Caleb Bowman, 20, died when the car he was a passenger in left Inglewood Rd, Oatlands, and rolled.
October 14:
Jacob Donohue, 19, died when his vehicle collided head-on with an oncoming truck on the Midlands Highway, south of York Plains, Oatlands.
October 22:
Graham Wells, 68, died in a head-on crash on the Bass Highway near Latrobe.
November 5:
Tyler Evans, 16, died in an ATV accident at Tram Rd, Oldina.
November 25:
A 25-year-old man died after his ute crashed into a tree on the Tasman Highway at Runnymede.
December 2:
A 74-year-old man died after he was struck by a car in Main Street, Huonville.
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