The 24-year-old died earlier today (15 February). Photos: ACT Policing.
A motorcyclist has died after colliding with the kerb, becoming Canberra’s fourth road death for 2026.
An ACT Policing spokesperson said that a single motorbike incident occurred in Giralang earlier this morning (15 February).
Police and emergency services were called to Giralang, in Canberra’s north. Photo: ACT Policing.
Police and emergency services were called to Canopus Crescent at about 5:45 am, after reports a motorcycle had collided with the kerb.
“Sadly, a 24-year-old man was declared deceased at the scene,” police say.
ACT Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the incident.
Police are urging anyone who witnessed the incident, or has dashcam footage of the collision, to come forward.
A report will be prepared for the Coroner.
In January, a man was killed in a two-vehicle collision on the Monaro Highway near Royalla, and a four-year-old pedestrian was killed in Mawson.
A woman died after a grey SUV crashed into a tree in O’Malley in a crash that also left a man hospitalised.
Anyone who can assist police is asked to provide their details to Crime Stoppers by visiting the Crime Stoppers ACT website, quoting 2424782.
