AN investigation into a recent fatal accident near Stratford is still underway.
The Department of Transport’s Gippsland director Sara Rhodes-Ward confirmed to the Gippsland Times last week the department was working with Victoria Police to investigate the circumstances that led to the recent fatal collision at the intersection of Airly Rd, Maffra-Stratford Rd and the Princes Highway.
The cause of the crash is yet to be determined.
The investigation relates only to the intersection where the fatal crash occurred.
The Department of Transport is not conducting a Wellington Shire-wide road safety review.
A woman was killed last month when her vehicle and a logging truck collided at the Airly Rd, Princes Highway intersection.
A 93-year-old male driver was also recently fined for failing to give way at the Maffra-Stratford Rd intersection, after colliding with another car heading east on the Princes Highway.
The department has previously urged drivers to obey the road signs following driver confusion surrounding the Stratford-Maffra Rd and Princes Highway intersection.
The intersection of Stratford-Maffra Rd with the Princes Highway is marked as a ‘give way’ intersection.
Vehicles approaching the intersection must give way to any vehicle already in, entering or approaching an intersection.
The area to the left hand side of the intersection approach is marked with white hatching, intended to slow approaching vehicles and encourage drivers to safely obey the ‘give way’ sign before entering the intersection.
Failing to correctly obey the road rules at a give way sign can result in a penalty of $495 and three demerit points.
