Mr Kahn has worked in both metropolitan and rural areas and has been based in the Wimmera for six years.

He likened the Edenhope cemetery to war graves in France and Belgium because so many young lives have been lost.

"It's a stark reminder of the sanctity of life," Mr Kahn said.

"You walk through the cemetery and many young farmers have lost their lives.

"I often wonder what those young men's lives would have been like 60 years down the track."

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Mr Kahn said he had attended a car crash about once a week for 30 years.

"The incidents have varying degrees of severity," he said.

"It's interesting, because as a paramedic you are out there to treat a patient medically, but you re-live the many incidents, it's hard to forget.

"They have quite a lasting impact, especially when you see the pointless loss of life.

"In my early ambulance career I attended the fatality of two young men on the outer east side of Melbourne.

"They had just finished Year 12 and had been out celebrating, but were unfortunately killed in a single vehicle collision on the way home - the driver crashed into a tree.

"Two lovely lives were lost."

Mr Kahn said he had to convey the teenagers' bodies to the morgue.

"As we went back to the station, we had to pass the home of one of the deceased," he said.

"It was a big family, you could see all the cars outside and more cars gathered as they heard the news.

"The loss of one life impacts on many people.

"What really hits home is how precious life is and how easy it is to be snatched away."

Mr Kahn said speed, fatigue and the increasing use of technology in vehicles all contributed to the road toll.