❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the effectiveness of Slow Down, Move Over (SLOMO) laws, specifically focusing on infringement numbers and injury/death statistics in emergency lanes and roadsides, particularly on the Mitchell and Kwinana Freeways. The response indicates data limitations in tracking specific crash locations.
AnsweredQoN 5234Legislative Assembly
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I refer the Minister to the Slow Down, Move Over (SLOMO) laws, and ask: (a) Since the introduction of the SLOMO laws in early
2018 how many infringement notices have been issued; (b) How many injuries or deaths has there
been involving people in emergency lanes or those working on the roadside for each year since
2015; and (c) Of the injuries or deaths involving people in emergency lanes or those working on the roadside, how many or what percentage were on the Mitchell Freeway or the Kwinana Freeway?
2018 how many infringement notices have been issued; (b) How many injuries or deaths has there
been involving people in emergency lanes or those working on the roadside for each year since
2015; and (c) Of the injuries or deaths involving people in emergency lanes or those working on the roadside, how many or what percentage were on the Mitchell Freeway or the Kwinana Freeway?
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Answered
8 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
8 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a) 76
(b) – (c) Western Australia Police Force’s data holdings do not distinguish which crashes occurred in an emergency lane or roadside. Of the 143 pedestrians seriously injured or killed in WA since 2015, 1.4% of these pedestrians were on the Kwinana or Mitchell Freeway.
Caveats:
Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
The 2019 year-to-date (YTD) is from 1 January 2019 to 16 July 2019.
Slow Down, Move Over (SLOMO) infringements were determined using section 137A of the Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA).
In the context of road crashes, WA Police Force defines:
Figures exclude crashes which did not result in a pedestrian who was killed or seriously injured, or where the crash was caused by an ‘act of nature’, an act of deliberate intent, or where the injuries were a result of a prior event such as a heart attack.
(a) 76
(b) – (c) Western Australia Police Force’s data holdings do not distinguish which crashes occurred in an emergency lane or roadside. Of the 143 pedestrians seriously injured or killed in WA since 2015, 1.4% of these pedestrians were on the Kwinana or Mitchell Freeway.
Caveats:
Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
The 2019 year-to-date (YTD) is from 1 January 2019 to 16 July 2019.
Slow Down, Move Over (SLOMO) infringements were determined using section 137A of the Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA).
In the context of road crashes, WA Police Force defines:
Figures exclude crashes which did not result in a pedestrian who was killed or seriously injured, or where the crash was caused by an ‘act of nature’, an act of deliberate intent, or where the injuries were a result of a prior event such as a heart attack.
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