Police are urging motorists to slow down and drive to the conditions after a spate of road incidents throughout the district.
More than 100mm of rain fell between March 20 and 21, coinciding with six traffic crashes throughout the greater Jimboomba district.
From these incidents, two children suffered minor abrasions in a bus and mobile crane incident on Goodna Road at Greenbank, a man sustained serious injuries in a rollover crash at Camp Cable Road at Jimboomba, and a provisional driver was assessed by paramedics at a two vehicle crash on Boorah Road at Jimboomba.
Local roads were closed during a number of incidents, which led to lengthy delays for some motorists.
Motorists were further impacted by large potholes that were formed on the Mount Lindesay Highway just south of Jimboomba as a result of the wet conditions.
Several cars needed to be towed after being unable to avoid the holes.
Then, on March 22, two traffic crashes occurred within just hours of each other on Mundoolun Road.
A man suffered life-threatening injuries in one of the incidents while a 13-year-old and a 37-year-old were also taken to hospital with minor arm and chest injuries.
Officer-in-Charge at Jimboomba Police Station, Senior Sergeant Peter Waugh said the wet weather could have been one of the contributing factors in a number of the crashes throughout the three day period.
“People need to drive to the weather conditions and take note of the condition of the road,” he said.
“We really would like to see people slow down and take extra precautions in these torrential rain conditions and with more water lying around motorists need to give themselves more time and leave more space between vehicles.
“We know that our roads are becoming more congested due to the population growth in the area and so motorists need to be patient.”
Senior Sergeant Waugh said motorists needed to maintain their vehicles and have them in a serviceable condition in case of severe wet weather.
“Do not leave it until it rains to change your wiper blades,” he said.
“We haven't seen rain conditions like this for quite a while so motorists are out of practice and it is clear that in the first few hours of rain conditions our roads become greasy.
“Some of our younger drivers haven’t driven in these condition before and so they also need to take precautions.
“It all comes down to leaving yourself enough time in case something does happen on your journey.”
