❓ Hon Aaron Stonehouse requests updated traffic enforcement and crash data from 2018, mirroring a 2007 question, to compare road crash causes and inform policy. The answer provides a breakdown of fatal and serious road crash injuries by cause in WA for 2018.
AnsweredQoN 2321Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer the Minister to Legislative Assembly question on notice 2683, answered by the then Minister for Police on 16 October 2007, and I ask what are the most recent and comparable annual Traffic Enforcement and Crash Executive Information System figures corresponding with each cause listed in part (e) of the Minister's answer to that question?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 September 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Police
Response time
9 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
The number of fatal and serious road crash injuries in 2018 in Western Australia:
Accident Cause # %
Alcohol 15 4.7%
Alcohol/Drugs 0 0.0%
Alcohol/Speed 18 5.6%
Animals 2 0.6%
Careless 33 10.3%
Contravene TCL 4 1.3%
Drugs 7 2.2%
Fail to give way 20 6.3%
Fallen load 1 0.3%
Fatigue 13 4.1%
Give way contravened 3 0.9%
Heart attack 0 0.0%
Inattention 59 18.5%
Inexperience 8 2.5%
Load condition 1 0.3%
Load shift 0 0.0%
Mechanical 0 0.0%
Object through window 0 0.0%
Other medical 3 0.9%
Overtaking 5 1.6%
Person fell from Vehicle 2 0.6%
Reckless 17 5.3%
Road Condition 2 0.6%
Speed 25 7.8%
Stop sign 2 0.6%
Travel too close 1 0.3%
Turn in front 0 0.0%
Tyre blow out 10 3.1%
Unknown 67 21.0%
Visibility 0 0.0%
Weather Conditions 1 0.3%
Total 319 100.0%
Note: Figures are provisional and subject to revision. Figures are the most accurate replication possible of the data provided in 2007; however, due to changes in processes and software over the past 12 years, the exact methodology used at that time cannot be confirmed. Figures are a count of fatal and serious injuries as a result of a road crash, based on the date the crash occurred. The causal determination is based on the judgement of the Attending Officer using evidence and information as presented at the crash scene. Where there appears to be more than one causal factor, the main causal factor is a judgement based upon their interpretation of the crash scene. Further, the causal determination may be reviewed and amended following subsequent investigation of the crash. Figures exclude crashes which did not result in a fatality or serious injury, or where the crash occurred on private property or a closed road; where no moving vehicle was involved (such as a pedestrian making contact with a parked car); where the impact was caused by an 'act of nature' (such as a falling tree branch), an act of deliberate intent (such as murder), or where the injuries were not primarily caused by the impact of a vehicle (such as a heart attack). The ‘unknown’ figure relates to ongoing investigations.
The number of fatal and serious road crash injuries in 2018 in Western Australia:
Accident Cause # %
Alcohol 15 4.7%
Alcohol/Drugs 0 0.0%
Alcohol/Speed 18 5.6%
Animals 2 0.6%
Careless 33 10.3%
Contravene TCL 4 1.3%
Drugs 7 2.2%
Fail to give way 20 6.3%
Fallen load 1 0.3%
Fatigue 13 4.1%
Give way contravened 3 0.9%
Heart attack 0 0.0%
Inattention 59 18.5%
Inexperience 8 2.5%
Load condition 1 0.3%
Load shift 0 0.0%
Mechanical 0 0.0%
Object through window 0 0.0%
Other medical 3 0.9%
Overtaking 5 1.6%
Person fell from Vehicle 2 0.6%
Reckless 17 5.3%
Road Condition 2 0.6%
Speed 25 7.8%
Stop sign 2 0.6%
Travel too close 1 0.3%
Turn in front 0 0.0%
Tyre blow out 10 3.1%
Unknown 67 21.0%
Visibility 0 0.0%
Weather Conditions 1 0.3%
Total 319 100.0%
Note: Figures are provisional and subject to revision. Figures are the most accurate replication possible of the data provided in 2007; however, due to changes in processes and software over the past 12 years, the exact methodology used at that time cannot be confirmed. Figures are a count of fatal and serious injuries as a result of a road crash, based on the date the crash occurred. The causal determination is based on the judgement of the Attending Officer using evidence and information as presented at the crash scene. Where there appears to be more than one causal factor, the main causal factor is a judgement based upon their interpretation of the crash scene. Further, the causal determination may be reviewed and amended following subsequent investigation of the crash. Figures exclude crashes which did not result in a fatality or serious injury, or where the crash occurred on private property or a closed road; where no moving vehicle was involved (such as a pedestrian making contact with a parked car); where the impact was caused by an 'act of nature' (such as a falling tree branch), an act of deliberate intent (such as murder), or where the injuries were not primarily caused by the impact of a vehicle (such as a heart attack). The ‘unknown’ figure relates to ongoing investigations.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.