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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 628 asked in the Legislative Council on 7 September 2021 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

ROAD TRAUMA TRUST ACCOUNT

628. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the minister representing the Minister for Road Safety:

I refer to the road trauma trust account and to the financial years 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21.

(1) What was the total income stream to the RTTA in each of the financial years above?

(2) What was the total financial acquittal of the RTTA in each of the financial years above?

(3) What was the total number of WA metropolitan road fatalities in each of the financial years above?

(4) What was the total number of WA regional road fatalities in each of the financial years above?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable Leader of the Opposition for some notice of this question. The following information has been provided to me by the Minister for Road Safety.

The Road Safety Commission advises as follows.

(1)–(2) A response to this question cannot be provided within the required time frame. The honourable member may wish to place the question on notice.

(3)–(4) Road trauma statistics on a calendar year basis are published on the Road Safety Commission's website. Statistics for the calendar years 2016–2020 inclusive are as follows: Western Australian metropolitan road fatalities were 76 in 2016; 69 in 2017; 61 in 2018; 65 in 2019; and 62 in 2020. Western Australian regional road fatalities were 120 in 2016; 91 in 2017; 98 in 2018; 99 in 2019; and 93 in 2020.