Western Australia is approaching one of its worst road tolls in 10 years.
The Road Safety Commission says 137 people have died on our roads already in 2025, outstripping last year’s figures by 19.
The total number of fatalities on both metropolitan and regional roads for 2025 are nearly the same – 69 and 68, respectively.
WA Police road policing command Acting Commander Glenn Spencer. Credit: 9News Perth
WA Police warned they would be out in force at the weekend, as double demerits come into effect.
“It’s spring holiday time, it’s a great time to be out and about, but in terms of road safety ... these holiday periods are a time of increased risk, particularly on regional roads,” Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner said.
“If you look at the last five years, on average, we see a 12 per cent spike in crashes and killed in serious injuries over these spring holiday periods.”
WA Police Acting Commander Glenn Spencer said the AFL grand final weekend would also have his officers on high alert.
“You can expect that if you return a positive breath test, road policing staff will then give you a drug test as well, just to make sure that you’re not driving with both drugs and alcohol in your system,” he said.
Warner said there was still time for West Australians to cap the road toll for the year.
“If we continue the trend over the last two months to the end of the year, 2025 will not be the worst year in a decade,” he said.
“The choice is in our hands.”
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