The WA government has approved funding for the procurement of an initial six mobile safety camera trailers for use throughout Western Australia.
The Road Safety Commission will undertake a competitive procurement process for the safety cameras, which will be funded from the WA Road Trauma Trust Account.
The safety cameras will be able to identify a number of high-risk behaviours at once including:
- speeding
- not wearing a seatbelt; and
- using a mobile phone while driving.
The safety cameras can also identify in real time heavy vehicles and vehicles towing trailers and caravans exceeding their maximum speed of 100km/h on roads with a speed limit of 110km/h. Further, they have the ability to identify unlicensed vehicles.
A six-month trial of the mobile safety camera trailers commenced in July 2022, which tested the technology on a range of roads in the metropolitan, South West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Pilbara, Goldfields and Mid West regions.
In an Australian-first, the mobile cameras were also used in pairs to measure average speed as well as spot-speed.
No infringements were issued during the trial.
Mobile safety cameras are a pivotal component in achieving the WA Driving Change Road Safety Strategy targets by 2030. If you would like more information about the project, email info@rsc.wa.gov.au.