Two teenagers have died following an accident between an electric bike and a motorcycle in the southern Brisbane suburb of Greenbank on Thursday night.
Queensland Police said investigators believe the motorcycle was overtaking a vehicle in the Logan area when it collided with the e-bike traveling in the opposite direction about 9 p.m. The bike, police said, is not believed to have had its headlights on at the time.
A teenage boy and girl riding the electric bike were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition.
Investigators were looking into the incident and asked the public to have any footage come forward.
The accident occurred after a Queensland parliamentary inquiry recommended banning children under 16 from using compliant electric bicycles and electric scooters.
The report noted that Queensland Health reported more than 6,300 emergency department presentations related to e-mobility in the year to March 2025, a figure believed to underestimate the true number of incidents.
More than 200 cases involved severe trauma and more than 60 required intensive care, mainly for head and facial injuries, he said.
Under the proposed rules, cyclists would be limited to a maximum of 10 km/h on sidewalks and would have to have at least a learner’s license, with the exception of users of wheelchairs and other accessibility devices.
Any device with a maximum speed greater than 25 km/h would be defined as a motorcycle, moped or other appropriate classification.
They could only travel on the road and would have to be registered and covered by mandatory third-party insurance.
Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg said in early March that the Crisafulli government would not bury its head in the sand over the need to reform regulations.
“Clearly changes are needed when it comes to electric scooters,” he said.
“We have received solid, comprehensive and practical recommendations to implement the reform.
“Some of these recommendations may mean making difficult decisions, but we must make those decisions to keep Queenslanders safe.”
A University of Melbourne study found that one in three Australian e-scooter deaths reported in the media from early 2020 to mid-2025 were children.
