Long-term village resident and business owner Anna Lashbrook, lamented that the death has become the catalyst for the discussion.

"There have been a number of crashes we've seen out there," Ms Lashbrook said.

"One involved a tractor and a truck no more than a year ago and that was quite nasty looking."

The exact cause of the weekend's crash continues to be investigated, but Ms Lashbrook said it was heartbreaking to be left in a case of what-ifs, having always hoped that a favourable solution would be attained before such a drastic conclusion.

"It's come to a head this week, we never wanted it to take a life," she said.

"We're not trying to suggest that speed was the sole factor in the accident, but if the speed limit was lower, perhaps [the outcome] would have been different."

In recent years, Ms Lashbrook has become instrumental in the campaign to see three limits change along the main entrance highways connecting to the village.

If successful, the change would see Goldfields Way - which connects to Temora to Wagga - and Canola Way en route to Coolamon change from a 100km/h zone to an 80km/h zone.

Meanwhile, Ms Lashbrook is further calling for reviews to the Broad Street section of the Canola Way to be changed from 80km/h to 60km/h to accommodate the expansion of a nearby playground site.

A similar situation occurs on the Olympic Highway north of Junee proper when the speed limit ducks to 50km/h on the approach to the Illabo township.

Ms Lashbrook hopes that will create a precedent for further changes to occur around the shire.

"It's gotten to the point that we're so used to there being problems along that road that we expect it now," Ms Lashbrook said.

"We're so used to talking about it as if it's going to happen, that it's just a matter of time.

"There are some [households] out there with kids, and they've said they truly fear that one day a car will come flying through the house."

Having submitted several requests to the state's Roads and Maritime Services, Ms Lashbrook said the community has become frustrated that a speed limit review has not yet taken place.

When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for the RMS said the site's crash history would be taken into account upon any future reviews.

"Transport for NSW has recently received one formal request for a review of the 100 km/h speed zone on Goldfields Way near the location of the recent crash," the spokesperson said.

"An assessment will be carried out to ensure the speed zone is suitable for the current road environment and considers the crash history.

"We will also investigate any additional treatments which would improve safety along this length of Goldfields Way."

But, according to the Centre for Road Safety, the weekend's fatality represents the first major incident on that particular stretch of road in at least the past five years.

Furthermore, in the period between 2014 and 2018, no crashes were recorded by NSW Police nearing the intersections of Old Junee Road and the Olympic Highway.

But Ms Lashbrook believes the review needs to incorporate further community consultation, saying it would be hard to quantify how many close-calls have plagued motorists on the stretch.

"There have been countless near misses, and they are often not reported," she said.

"It's almost on a weekly basis that we'd be seeing a near miss, and I know that sounds dramatic but it's true."

With efforts being made to increase the village population and promote further visits to the region, the locals say they will double down on efforts to improve their roads.

"We're encouraging tourism through here, we've just started promoting the Canola Trail and we're right there," she said.

"That means we'll be having more unfamiliar drivers coming through, more families, more children, more campervans, sharing the roads with big trucks and farming equipment.

"The village is growing and we need our speed limits to reflect the changing nature of our community."