WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding vehicle crashes in 50km/h zones from 2008-2018, including serious injuries, fatalities, speeding as a factor, and percentage of total crashes.

AnsweredQoN 5598Legislative Assembly
Asked
15 October 2019
Portfolio
Police; Road Safety

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I refer to
vehicles crashes, and ask: (a) For each of the years since 2008 how many crashes were
there in a 50km zone; (b) How many of those crashes in
(a) resulted in serious injury; (c) How many of those crashes in
(b) resulted in death; (d) In
relation to each of (a), (b) and (c), in how many of these crashes was it found that
the speed limit had been exceeded; and (e) What percentage of crashes in a 50km zone make up the
overall number of vehicle crashes in all speed zones?

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Answered
27 November 2019
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
13 days
The Road Safety Commision advise:
a). Crashes in 50km/h zones 2008 – 2018
2008: 7311
2009: 6745
2010: 6940
2011: 6940
2012: 6910
2013: 6896
2014: 5573
2015: 5411
2016: 5173
2017: 4803
2018: 4790
b) Crashes resulting in serious injuries in 50km/h zones 2008 – 2018
2008: 450
2009: 456
2010: 434
2011: 395
2012: 422
2013: 401
2014: 241
2015: 238
2016: 214
2017: 242
2018: 215
(c) Crashes resulting in fatalities in 50km/h zones 2008 – 2018
2008: 23
2009: 26
2010:16
2011: 23
2012: 22
2013: 21
2014: 20
2015: 11
2016: 17
2017: 24
2018: 19
(d) KSI (Killed and Seriously Injured) Crashes in 50km/h zones where speed was a contributing factor 2008 – 2018
Year
Killed
Seriously Injured
All Crashes
2008
9
113
990
2009
13
91
902
2010
6
93
729
2011
7
94
791
2012
4
79
786
2013
3
72
650
2014
2
37
387
2015
1
34
351
2016
7
27
316
2017
12
63
336
2018
5
38
301
(e) Crashes in 50km/h zones compared to all speed zones 2008 – 2018
2008: 18.7%
2009: 18.3%
2010: 18.0%
2011:18.2%
2012: 17.9%
2013: 18.8%
2014: 17.3%
2015: 16.9%
2016: 16.5%
2017: 16.7%
2018: 16.9%
Note: these statistics are provisional and subject to change.

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