❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about safety on the Denmark-Mount Barker Road following RAC's 'Risky Roads Survey'. The Minister for Transport responds that there were no serious or fatal crashes in 2024 and outlines safety improvements undertaken.
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I refer to the RAC 'Risky Roads Survey 2024/25', and the results in relation to the top 10 risky roads in regional Western Australia, and I ask: (a) for the Denmark - Mount Barker Road at the Denmark - Mt Barker section: (i) how many serious crashes occurred at the identified locations in 2024; (ii) how many fatal crashes occurred at the identified locations in 2024; and (iii) noting that the road was also listed in the 2022 'Risky Roads' summary, what steps have been taken, or are being planned, to remediate risk along the identified area?
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Answered
13 August 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport
Response time
7 days
a.)
(i-ii.) Nil.
(iii.) Main Roads has undertaken a number of safety improvements to the Denmark-Mt Barker Road in recent years including:
· Shoulder sealing of the southern section of Denmark-Mount Barker Road from South Coast Highway to just south of Settler’s Road.
· Shoulder reconditioning works on the northern section of the road.
· Improved access to the Denmark Light Industrial Area by upgrading the road’s intersection with East River Road.
· Extensive reseal operations.
· Installed retroreflective raised pavement markers to improve road delineation.
· Reduced the posted speed limit from 110km/h to 100km/h in 2023 to better reflect the speed environment.
(i-ii.) Nil.
(iii.) Main Roads has undertaken a number of safety improvements to the Denmark-Mt Barker Road in recent years including:
· Shoulder sealing of the southern section of Denmark-Mount Barker Road from South Coast Highway to just south of Settler’s Road.
· Shoulder reconditioning works on the northern section of the road.
· Improved access to the Denmark Light Industrial Area by upgrading the road’s intersection with East River Road.
· Extensive reseal operations.
· Installed retroreflective raised pavement markers to improve road delineation.
· Reduced the posted speed limit from 110km/h to 100km/h in 2023 to better reflect the speed environment.
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