WA's preliminary road toll for 2022 stands at 174 deaths, including 112 in regional areas and 62 in the metropolitan area.
abc.net.au/news/wa-road-fatalities-at-six-year-high/101819058Western Australia's road toll for the year is at a six-year high, prompting calls for a fundamental change to the state's road safety culture.At least 20 of the deaths involved people not wearing seatbeltsThe preliminary road toll for 2022 stands at 174 deaths, including 112 in regional areas and 62 in the metropolitan area.
"I want to look back on 2023 with fundamentally different numbers from a road safety point of view," Mr Warner said.Mr Warner described 2022 as "anything but a good year" in terms of road safety. "Our road culture is essentially saying 'it's okay for 174 people to die each year on our roads'. It's not acceptable. It's not okay. And we all have something to do about that."He is asking every Western Australian to add to their new year's resolution list one small, achievable change in their driving habits to make every journey safer.
The Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner is asking West Australians to make a small change to their driving habits.At least 20 of the deaths this year involved people not wearing seatbelts or not wearing them properly."Fifty years after we made seatbelts compulsorily we still have people dying on our roads in crashes not wearing a seatbelt. Twenty people so far this year.
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