❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding mobile phone usage while driving, including infringement numbers, repeat offenders, and age demographics over the past five years. The Police Force provided detailed data in response.
AnsweredQoN 5233Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to mobile phone
usage while driving, and ask: (a) For each of the past five years how many infringement
notices have been issued for using a mobile phone while driving; (b) For each of the past five years how many people have
received more than one infringement notice for using a mobile phone while
driving; (c) For each of the past five years has any one person
received five or more infringement notices for using a mobile phone while driving. If yes how many; (d) Is age breakdown of infringement notice recipients
available; and (e) If yes to (d), for each of the past five
years what was the age breakdown 18-21, 22-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69,
70-79, 80-100?
usage while driving, and ask: (a) For each of the past five years how many infringement
notices have been issued for using a mobile phone while driving; (b) For each of the past five years how many people have
received more than one infringement notice for using a mobile phone while
driving; (c) For each of the past five years has any one person
received five or more infringement notices for using a mobile phone while driving. If yes how many; (d) Is age breakdown of infringement notice recipients
available; and (e) If yes to (d), for each of the past five
years what was the age breakdown 18-21, 22-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69,
70-79, 80-100?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
14 August 2019
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
10 days
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of Infringements
14 377
16 253
14 926
16 718
17 697
(b)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of People
254
283
231
281
313
(c)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of People
0
0
1
0
0
(d) Yes
(e) Below is the number of infringement notices issued for using a mobile phone while driving, for the past five years and by age group of driver.
Age
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Total
18-21
1 239
1 353
1 149
1 150
1 287
6 178
22-29
4 765
5 225
4 486
4 564
4 601
23 641
30-39
4 255
4 850
4 535
5 152
5 462
24 254
40-49
2 475
2 840
2 760
3 320
3 513
14 908
50-59
1 116
1 389
1 360
1 656
1 863
7 384
60-69
430
469
502
666
729
2 796
70-79
45
61
80
122
152
460
80-100
7
0
2
9
6
24
Notes:
Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Figures are a count of people and infringement notices issued for ‘Mobile Phone Offences’ under the Road Traffic Code 2000, section 265, where the incident occurred between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018 (inclusive).
Figures are based on the most up-to-date information captured in the Image and Infringement Processing System (IIPS).
Figures for (b) are calculated based on an individual receiving more than one infringement notice for using a mobile phone while driving within each individual year.
Figures for (c) are calculated based on an individual receiving greater or equal to five infringement notices for using a mobile phone while driving within each individual year.
Unique persons are determined using the SID number.
Age of infringement notice recipient is calculated at the time the incident occurred.
Figures for (e) are a count of unique persons issued with a mobile phone infringement notice by age and year. As such, if a person’s age changes brackets within the same year, they will be counted against each relevant age bracket or if a person received multiple infringement notices over the 5 year period, they would be counted against each relevant year.
Figures in (e) may not equal total figures in (a), (b) and (c) due to recipients being younger than 18 years or of unknown age.
Figures exclude infringements that have been withdrawn or cancelled.
(a)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of Infringements
14 377
16 253
14 926
16 718
17 697
(b)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of People
254
283
231
281
313
(c)
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Number of People
0
0
1
0
0
(d) Yes
(e) Below is the number of infringement notices issued for using a mobile phone while driving, for the past five years and by age group of driver.
Age
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Total
18-21
1 239
1 353
1 149
1 150
1 287
6 178
22-29
4 765
5 225
4 486
4 564
4 601
23 641
30-39
4 255
4 850
4 535
5 152
5 462
24 254
40-49
2 475
2 840
2 760
3 320
3 513
14 908
50-59
1 116
1 389
1 360
1 656
1 863
7 384
60-69
430
469
502
666
729
2 796
70-79
45
61
80
122
152
460
80-100
7
0
2
9
6
24
Notes:
Data is provisional and subject to revision.
Figures are a count of people and infringement notices issued for ‘Mobile Phone Offences’ under the Road Traffic Code 2000, section 265, where the incident occurred between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018 (inclusive).
Figures are based on the most up-to-date information captured in the Image and Infringement Processing System (IIPS).
Figures for (b) are calculated based on an individual receiving more than one infringement notice for using a mobile phone while driving within each individual year.
Figures for (c) are calculated based on an individual receiving greater or equal to five infringement notices for using a mobile phone while driving within each individual year.
Unique persons are determined using the SID number.
Age of infringement notice recipient is calculated at the time the incident occurred.
Figures for (e) are a count of unique persons issued with a mobile phone infringement notice by age and year. As such, if a person’s age changes brackets within the same year, they will be counted against each relevant age bracket or if a person received multiple infringement notices over the 5 year period, they would be counted against each relevant year.
Figures in (e) may not equal total figures in (a), (b) and (c) due to recipients being younger than 18 years or of unknown age.
Figures exclude infringements that have been withdrawn or cancelled.
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.