Due to budget constraints, the only real leather costume was Mel Gibson's.

The movie had to be dubbed into American English for its US release because of its very noticeable Australian slang.

Amongst the taunts that the Nightrider shouts to the police on the CB is a verse of the song "Rocker" by AC/DC.

The van that's destroyed during the Nightrider chase belonged to director George Miller. It was the last scene filmed and the production was out of money and couldn't afford another vehicle to be crashed into, so he used his own.