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❓ Question regarding the impoundment and collection rates of dirt bikes, motorbikes, and off-road bikes in WA from 2013-2018. The answer provides data from 2014 onwards, citing data collection limitations for earlier years and specific bike types.

AnsweredQoN 4018Legislative Assembly

Asked

12 September 2018

Member

Mr P.A. Katsambanis

Portfolio

Police; Road Safety

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I refer to the collection rate of impounded dirt bikes, motor bikes and off-road bikes, and ask: (a) how many dirt bikes, motor bikes or off-road bikes were impounded for each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and as of 1 August 2018: (i) how many dirt bikes, motor bikes or off-road bikes impounded in said years were not collected; and (ii) of the percentage of total vehicles not collected for each said years, what percentage were dirt bikes, motor bikes or off-road bikes?

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Answered

31 October 2018

Responded by

Minister for Police; Road Safety

Response time

12 days

(a) (i-ii) The Western Australain Police Force advise that in 2014, 421 dirt bikes, motor bikes or off road bikes were impounded, with 93 not collected. In 2015 there were 551 impounded, with 110 not collected. In 2016 there were 525 impounded, with 209 not collected. In 2017 there were 897 impounded, with 651 not collected. As of 1 August 2018, in 2018 there were 585 impounded, with 384 not yet collected. There is no data for 2013. Motor bikes make up 75.58% of all motorcycles seized, with off road bikes the remainder 24.42%. The WA Police Force did not seprate the various types of impounded vehicles prior to 2014, therefore, the requested information is unable to be supplied for 2013. The WA Police Force do not record a category named ‘dirt bikes’. Statistics are only collected for ‘motor bikes’ and ‘off road bikes’.

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