A WA parliamentary question regarding road safety incidents on Leach Highway between 17 March 2017 and 25 May 2017. The response provides data on fatalities, injuries, crash types, and contributing factors.

AnsweredQoN 548Legislative Assembly
Asked
25 May 2017
Portfolio
Road Safety

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Since 17 March 2017 for Leach Highway: (a) what is the total number of road fatalities; (b) what is the total number of vehicles involved in a fatal car accident; (c) what is the total number of road critical injuries; (d) what is the total number of vehicles involved in a road critical injury; (e) how many road crashes were recorded as road user type: (i) motor vehicle occupant; (ii) motorcyclist; (iii) pedestrian; (iv) bicyclist; (v) other; and (vi) total; (f) how many road crashes were recorded with a cause of: (i) fatigue; (ii) inattention; (iii) speed; (iv) alcohol; and (v) total; (g) for multi-vehicle crashes how many were recorded as: (i) rear end; (ii) head on; (iii) sideswipe
same direction; (iv) right
angle; (v) right turn through; (vi) other/unknown; and (vii) total; (h) for single-vehicle crashes how many were recorded as: (i) hit pedestrian; (ii) hit animal; (iii) hit object; (iv) non-Collision; (v) other/unknown; and (vi) total; and (i) how many crashes were recorded as: (i) intersection crash; (ii) run off road crash; (iii) head on crash; (iv) other crash; and (v) total?

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Answered
8 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Road Safety
Response time
10 days
The Road Safety Commission provides the following advice:
a) 0
(b) 0
(c) 3 (NOTE: "critical injuries" are a WA Police term; the Road Safety Commission and Main Roads WA use and report on "serious injuries")
(d) 2
(e)
(i) 8
(ii) 0
(iii) 0
(iv) 0
(v) 0
(vi) 8
(f)
(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 1
(iv) 0
(v) 1
(g)
(i) 5
(ii) 1
(iii) 2
(iv) 0
(v) 0
(vi) 0
(vii) 8
(h)
(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 0
(iv) 0
(v) 0
(vi) 0
(i)
(i) 4
(ii) 0
(iii) 1
(iv) 3
(v) 8

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