Cr Smith also questioned the police view that the roadside memorial probably distracted a young driver who died when her car accidentally ploughed into a truck.

"Who knows [what happened] ... I think it was a bit dangerous saying that was the reason for the accident," he told a council meeting on Tuesday while calling for talks with police, VicRoads and Casey to discuss formulating a statewide approach to roadside memorials.

While agreeing the memorial had become so big that it warranted being taken down, Cr Smith was concerned with the way the tributes were removed by police and VicRoads employees.

"It was insensitive how they threw the tributes into the back of a ute," Cr Smith said after the meeting.

"I think everyone was appalled by the way the memorial was moved."

Cr Smith said this was not the first time authorities had to address a roadside memorial springing up in Casey after a tragedy.

Teenagers inadvertently put themselves at risk of being hit by passing cars when they kept milling around the Doveton crash site where Harley Debnam, 17, died when the car in which he was a passenger struck a power pole in July, 2006.

"The council worked very hard with the police and that family to resolve the issue," he said.

"I think we handled it more sensitively. This time, I think it was done badly [by others]."

When visiting Greece, Cr Smith noticed mourners could buy a lantern on a pole and put it at the side of the road to mark the spot where a loved one had died.

"It wasn't too big or too obvious," he said.

"Families and friends of road accident victims do need to grieve in some way. This is an opportunity to look at it from a statewide point of view."

Councillors voted unanimously to seek the meeting.