Emergency services were first called to the scene just before 4pm following the collision at the intersection of Remembrance Drive and Madden Road.

Investigating officer First Constible James Oliver spoke to The Coruier about what caused the incident.

“There was a red Holden Commodore travelling west-bound on Rememberance Drive from what we can tell travelling at the speed limit,” he said.

“The offending vehicle, a white Ford Falcon was travelling south-bound along Madden Road, that vehicle has not obeyed the stop sign, has not given way which has subsequently caused the collision.”

The Madden Road intersection is notoriously dangerous, playing the host to nine crashes in the past 10 years.

The approach to the intersection at Cardigan Village has been reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h this May, however locals are calling for more to be done.

One Cardigan Village resident said in the 25 years he’s lived near the intersection he has lost count of how many crashes there have been.

Others have called for a round-about at the intersection.

“I still see at least once a day people failing to stop at the stop sign and a lot are not completely slowing to the 80km… A roundabout potentially could made a significant change though,” Cardigan Village resident Alicia Bond said. 

City of Ballarat councillor Daniel Moloney, who is a member of the Arch of Victory/ Avenue of Honour Committee, has previously said any aesthetic changes to Remembrance Drive such as installing a roundabout would require careful consideration given plans to establish the 20km stretch as a nationally significant heritage site.

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