A 76-year-old man has died after his Triumph Tiger motorcycle collided with a car in Cootharaba on Monday 9 June.
About 12.20pm, a white Mitsubishi Magna was travelling north on McKinnon Drive and a white motorcycle travelling south before crashing at the intersection of Louis Bazzo Drive.
The rider, a Glass House Mountains man, died at the scene.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, a 59-year-old Cooroibah woman, was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Ten lives have been lost on Sunshine Coast roads this year, and six of those were riding a motorbike, making them overrepresented in local road deaths.
Motorbike riders and their passengers make up around 27 per cent of lives lost on Queensland roads, yet they make up only around five per cent of vehicles registered on the road.
On 2 June, Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol highlighted the risks for motorbike riders, in an effort to reduce trauma on local roads.
Sunshine Coast Highway Patrol Officer in Charge Senior Sergeant Shane Panoho said motorbike riders are one of the most vulnerable road users.
“Motorbikes can be hard to see and the riders have less protection than those in cars so are more likely to be injured if there is a crash,” Senior Sergeant Panoho said.
Any witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam vision is urged to contact police.
Forensic Crash Unit investigations are ongoing.
