More than 80 orphaned, sick and injured animals are expected to arrive at Bicheno's Pademelon Park Wildlife Refuge between now and Easter.

The majority of these animals will arrive as a direct consequence of road incidents.

Among the latest to arrive at the East Coast refuge is six-month old Bennetts wallaby Lucky.

His mother was hit by a car and killed last week.

Contained in a still, dark and quiet location, Lucky endured a painful mourning period.

He had diarrhoea, shook violently and cried out for his mother during the night.

Lucky will now go through a slow rehabilitation process before he is hopefully released back into the wild.

Pademelon Park Wildlife Refuge co-owner Vicki Preston said this time of year was notoriously bad for road incidents, with people rushing on roads they were often unfamiliar with.

``As soon as the tourist season comes, there's always a huge influx of roadkill,'' she said.

Ms Preston said excessive car speeds had a huge impact on the number of road incidents involving animals.

``If something jumps out in front of your car and you're doing 100km/h, you've got no chance at all of avoiding it,'' Ms Preston said.

``It doesn't take you long to get from anywhere to anywhere in Tasmania. Slowing down slightly makes five or 10 minutes to your arrival time, but a huge difference to the lives of these animals.''