29-year-old man dies following motorcycle crash in Mitchell

A 29-year-old Taylor man has become the seventh road fatality for 2025 after the motorcycle he was riding collided with the rear of a parked truck in Mitchell last night.

About midnight last night (Sunday 2 November 2025), police and emergency services were called to the collision on Sandford Street, Mitchell after a person observed a motorcycle and the rear of a parked b-double semi-trailer on fire.

The person moved the rider from the fire however the 29-year-old Taylor man was deceased. This is the seventh road death in the ACT this year and the third involving a motorcycle.

ACT Road Policing’s Major Collision Team is investigating the circumstances of the collision, and a report is being prepared for the Coroner.

Business operators in Sandford Street, Mitchell are being asked to review CCTV footage from late Saturday evening immediately prior to and after midnight, and if footage of a motorcycle rider is observed, contact should be made with police.

Anyone who witnessed the incident who has not already spoken to police or has information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers via the Crime Stoppers ACT website. Please quote reference number 8205908.

Text: ACT Policing