❓ WA Police impounded 9,848 vehicles in 2025. The question explores the fate of these vehicles (sale, crushing, reuse), ownership details, revenue generated, and instances of wrongful impoundment.
AnsweredQoN 1518Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the impounding of vehicles, and I ask: (a) How many vehicles have been impounded by WA Police in 2025; (b) For (a), how many vehicles were: (i) Sold; (ii) Crushed; and (iii) Reused; (c) Of the categories listed in question (b), how many of these vehicles were: (i) Owned by repeat offenders; and (ii) Owned by someone other than the offender (e.g. family member, employer, rental company); (d) For each of the years in (a), how much revenue was generated from the sale of impounded vehicles; and (e) For each of the years in (a), how many vehicles were wrongly impounded and what compensation, if any, was provided to the owners?
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Answered
17 February 2026
Responded by
Minister for Police
Response time
2 days
(a) 9,848.
(b)
(i) 842.
(ii) 1,652.
(iii) 18.
(c) (i) Sold – 91; Crushed – 119; Reused – 0. (ii) Sold – 138; Crushed – 325; Reused – 9.
(d) $1,949,771.24 – these funds are paid in the required order shown within Section 80J(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 . No revenue is derived by the WA Police Force.
(e) Vehicles – 46; compensation – nil.
(b)
(i) 842.
(ii) 1,652.
(iii) 18.
(c) (i) Sold – 91; Crushed – 119; Reused – 0. (ii) Sold – 138; Crushed – 325; Reused – 9.
(d) $1,949,771.24 – these funds are paid in the required order shown within Section 80J(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 . No revenue is derived by the WA Police Force.
(e) Vehicles – 46; compensation – nil.
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