Queensland records the most fatal motorcycle accidents in the country

More than 70 Queensland motorcycle riders and passengers have died on the state's roads every year since 2022. (ABC News)

Queensland has recorded the highest number of fatal motorcycle road accidents in the country for five consecutive years.

In 2025, 75 motorcycle riders or passengers lost their lives on Queensland roads, continuing an upward trend in fatalities since 2020.

Police say Queensland is on track for yet another record year of fatal motorcycle crashes.

Queensland has had the highest number of fatal motorcycle accidents in the country for five consecutive years with 2026 shaping up to be just as bad, police say.

Last year 75 motorcycle riders or passengers lost their lives on Queensland roads, continuing an upward trend in fatalities since 2020.

Inspector Gareth Bosley from the Specialist Operations Road Policing Group said 37 riders or passengers have lost their lives on Queensland roads so far this year.

Inspector Gareth Bosley said Queensland is on track for another rise in fatal motorcycle crashes this year. (Supplied)

That number includes fatal accidents involving non-compliant electric motorcycles.

"That's five more than the same time last year, so we're heading for another increase again," he said.

Inspector Bosley said a rise in motorcycle ownership post-COVID, as well as non-compliant electric motorcycles and an increase in hooning behaviours are all factors behind the rise in fatal crashes.

Queensland has had more motorcycle deaths on the road than any other state or territory for five years. (ABC News)

Recent years have also seen the growth of content being filmed and posted on social media, Inspector Bosley added.

"We've seen offenders travelling at very high speeds, performing very dangerous manoeuvres with film crews travelling beside them in vehicles filming their exploits and then posting online for notoriety," he said.

In recent months Queensland police have released multiple videos of motorcycle riders being pulled over for high range speeding offences.

Earlier this week a 23-year-old man had his licence suspended after he was detected allegedly travelling at more than 200 km/h in a 100km/h zone at Bowen.

Queensland's upward trend can be seen nationally, with a roughly 33 per cent rise in the rate of motorcycle deaths per 100,000 registered motorcycles Australia-wide between 2020 and 2024.

Fatal accidents in Queensland reached their lowest numbers in 2014 when 37 people lost their lives, resulting in a rate of 19.8 deaths per 100,000 motorcycles.