Eight Australians have died on the nation's roads this holiday season, with a woman killed in a two-car crash on Christmas Day.
The woman died after her car collided with another in Canberra about 11am on Friday.
She was rushed to Canberra Hospital but died a short time later.
The driver and three passengers of the second car all received medical treatment.
Later on Christmas Day, a 43-year-old man died in hospital after being struck by two vehicles in Lake Macquarie on Thursday night.
The man was hit by two vehicles on the M1, near the Freemans Drive on-ramp, at about 8.30pm on Christmas Eve.
Both drivers have undergone mandatory blood and urine testing, and police have spoken to witnesses.
Earlier on Christmas Eve, a man died after his 4WD crashed into a bus, injuring a woman and a child, on a highway northwest of Toowoomba in Queensland.
The car's passengers suffered abdominal injuries and were taken to Toowoomba Hospital where they remain in a stable condition.
The coach's 18 elderly passengers and the driver all escaped serious injury.
In regional Victoria, a woman died after a car flipped when the driver lost control on the South Gippsland Highway near Koonwarra on Thursday morning.
The woman, who was a passenger, died at the scene while the male driver, aged in his 20s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A passenger died in a two-car crash on the Bruce Highway, about 20km north of Gin Gin in central Queensland, about 12.45pm on Wednesday.
A motorcyclist aged in his 20s was killed hours later after he collided with a taxi in Albert Park, in Melbourne's inner south.
Police believe the taxi was doing a U-turn when the man crashed into it just before 5pm.
Another man later died in Tasmania after his car collided with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction south of Somerset.
Speed and alcohol may have contributed to the crash, Tasmania police believe.
Police around Australia have increased safety operations over the Christmas period, including stepping up drug and alcohol testing.
There have been no fatalities reported in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
*The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2015 until 2359 January 3, 2016, local times.
