POLICE have urged road users to act safely after a deadly few weeks, warning of dangerous trends emerging.
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Twenty-three lives have been lost on Victorian roads since the start of July, despite restrictions meaning fewer vehicles were on the roads.
Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Libby Murphy warned people were treating the highways like a speedway, as car numbers on the road dropped.
Ms Murphy said put all road users in harm's way, not just the offending driver.
She said drugs and alcohol, distraction and fatigue were also causing serious crashes.
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Ms Murphy warned of a growing number of serious collisions involving motorcycles, both on and off road.
"In about 60 per cent of fatal motorcycle collisions we are seeing the motorcyclist as the party at fault," Ms Murphy said.
"It is crucial that motorcyclists ride to the conditions and their experience."
Victoria Police analysis suggests speed is a factor in about 40 per cent of road collisions.
Ms Murphy said police were also seeing a trend in single-vehicle crashes in which the vehicle came off the road in regional areas.
She warned everyone needed to manage fatigue before they got behind the wheel.
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