Friends of a motorcyclist killed in a collision with a car north of Adelaide yesterday say he was a joker who created laughter wherever he went.
Alan Seed, 72, of Andrews Farm, died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Germantown and Dawkins roads in Two Wells about 5:30pm.
His death was the 17th on South Australia's roads this year — compared with four at the same time last year.
Three of the deaths have been motorcyclists.
Mr Seed had been a member of the Two Wells Bowling Club for two years.
Club member Neville Ray said Mr Seed was "the comedian of the club" and his death came as a shock.
"He was always the first one with a joke, he was a good club man," Mr Ray said.
"We played up at Hope Valley and you could always hear whatever rink he was in … because wherever he went there was laughter."
He said the "really jolly fellow" had been heading to the Playford Bowling Club to fill in in a team when the crash occurred.
Locals say intersection dangerous
Amanda Gillich, whose son Tristan helped after the crash, said there had been numerous crashes at the intersection but even council work to improve it did not appear to fix the situation.
"It comes down to the drivers — basic road rules," she said.
"It's a give way sign — give way.
"Even if they put a stop sign there, I very much doubt people would stop."
Dawkins Road has reopened but was closed for several hours.
The 39-year-old driver of the car was not injured, police said.
Series of crashes in area
A 79-year-old woman from the ACT died on Sunday after her car collided with a truck on the Port Wakefield Highway at Two Wells two days earlier.
Another woman died on the same road at Port Wakefield the week before.
Police urged motorists to drive safely following the horror start to the year.
They said speeding, fatigue and distraction had played a part in many of the crashes.
"They are absolutely preventable — there's a senseless loss of life on South Australian roads because these crashes are preventable," Assistant SA Police Commissioner Ian Parrott said last Friday.
