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❓ This parliamentary question seeks data on serious and fatal crashes involving P-plate drivers in WA, specifically focusing on time of day and passenger numbers, to assess potential correlations and inform road safety policy.

AnsweredQoN 4869Legislative Assembly

Asked

16 February 2016

Member

Mr R.F. Johnson

Portfolio

Police

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In the past three years, up until 31 January 2016, how many vehicles with P-plate drivers have been involved in serious and/or fatal crashes: (a) how many of these crashes have occurred between 9pm and midnight; (b) in how many of these vehicles were there more than one passenger; (c) since January 2013, has the Road Safety Council or other Government agencies re-examined the statistics on P-plate drivers and any correlation that may exist between the number of passengers and number of serious/fatal accidents, and if yes; and (d) what were the findings and if no are there any plans to re-examine those statistics?

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Answered

16 March 2016

Responded by

Minister for Police

Response time

29 days

For the three years from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014 there were 445 motor vehicles with P-plate drivers involved in serious and fatal crashes in Western Australia. a) 38 occurred between 9pm and midnight. b) 9 of these 38 had one or more passenger. c) These crash statistics are monitored on an ongoing basis by the Road Safety Commission. d) Not applicable

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