“Sad as it is, and tragic as it is, this can be a wake-up call.
“It might be the prompt for people to just stop and think a bit more about the risks and their choices when they get behind the wheel of the car. That’s what we need to do. We don’t want that road toll to get higher.”
Commander Mike Peters of the Road Policing Command said factors such as speed, driving to the conditions, wearing seatbelts and not being distracted all play a big part in most road fatalities.
“I just want to reiterate speed seat belts, fatigue, alcohol and drugs and destruction remain to be over-represented in all these crashes,” he said.
“I’m not talking about the five specifically, but road deaths to this point, are over-represented with those five factors.
“The West Australian police are out in force this weekend, like they are every weekend, but because of the school holidays, we have a heightened level of enforcement and I don’t apologise for our officers in booze buses, in camera operations, in our highway patrol, being out there and enforcing the law. And I just ask the community to do your part.”
So far there have been 103 road deaths in WA in 2025, compared to 2024 where there was a total of 93.
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