Statistics overview
Between 2020 and 2024, there were 2357 reported crashes on roads in the Wheatbelt region. Of these, 26% resulted in at least one person being killed or seriously injured.
Between 2020 and 2024, there were 781 people Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) in reported crashes, including 153 fatalities and 628 people seriously injured. This equates to 204.8 people KSI per 100,000 population.
Demographic data
Of those 781 people KSI between 2020 and 2024:
- 85% were occupants of motor vehicles
- 13% were motorcyclists
- 2% were pedestrians
- 1% were cyclists
Approximately two-thirds (66%) of people KSI were male, 33% were female and less than 1% had no sex recorded.
The three most common age groups of people KSI were:
- 20-29 years old (22%)
- 30-39 years old (15%)
- 50-59 years old (14%)
- 40-49 years old (13%)
Common crash circumstances
People KSI were most often injured in:
- Hit object crashes (45%)
- Non-collision crashes (24%)
- Head on crashes (13%)
People KSI were most often in crashes on:
- 110 km/h sections of road (72%)
- 50 km/h sections of road (8%)
- 90 km/h sections of road (5%)
- 100 km/h sections of road (5%)
One in ten (10%) people KSI were involved in crashes at intersections.
Half (50%) of people KSI were involved in crashes on state roads, 46% were involved in crashes on local roads and the remaining 5% were involved in crashes on other types of roads, road-related areas or the location was not recorded.
Contributing factors
Contributing behavioural factors (cannot be summed):
- 24% of people KSI were in crashes where speed was suspected to be a contributing factor
- 9% were in crashes where inattention was suspected to be a contributing factor
- 23% were in crashes where fatigue was suspected to be a contributing factor
- 7% of motor vehicle occupants KSI were not wearing a seatbelt
- 3% of motorcyclists KSI were not wearing a helmet
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