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❓ The parliamentary question seeks data on taxpayer-funded vehicles involved in crashes resulting in injury or death within the Police and Road Safety portfolios. The answer provides some data, but lacks a complete cross-tabulation of costs and claims.

AnsweredQoN 2908Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 March 2018

Member

Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup

Portfolio

Police; Road Safety

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In respect to any taxpayer funded vehicle within the Minister’s portfolio responsibilities for any of their departments, agencies, government trading enterprises or boards and ask: (a) how many vehicles have been involved in a crash that have involved injury or death for each year between 2016 and 2018 inclusive: (i) how many vehicles were repaired and what was the cost for each vehicle repaired; (ii) how many vehicles were written off and what was the associated financial loss incurred; and (iii) how many have resulted in either workers’ compensation or insurance claims made against the Government or its insurers?

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Answered

9 May 2018

Responded by

Minister for Police; Road Safety

Response time

8 days

(a) (i-iii) The Road Safety Commission advise that no taxpayer funded vehicle within the agency has been involved in a crash that involved injury or death. The Western Australian Police Force advise that fifty eight vehicles belonging to the agency were involved in crashes that involved injury or death in 2016, with a further seventy three in 2017, and fifteen so far this year. The WA Police Force does not keep records that provide a cross tabulation of injury and death with the number of vehicle repairs and associated financial costs, and police officers are not covered by workers compensation. However, the number of crashes resulting in the WA Police Force either paying, or reimbursing associated medical costs for the years 2016 to 2018 were forty four in 2016, thirty four in 2017, and seven so far this year.

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