Question On Notice No. 874 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 August 2022 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas
Question Directed to the: Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Road Safety
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to road safety for our states truck drivers, and I ask:
(a) what has been the
total number and type of road accidents that have taken place on Western
Australian roads for classes LR, MR, HR, HC and MC for the year to date and
over the past five years;
(b) does the Government has a specific strategy to reduce the number of accidents on Western
Australian roads for the LR, MR, HR, HC and MC class of vehicles;
(c) has there been an increase in truck rollover accidents on Western Australian roads in recent years, and, if so, what is that increase; and
(d) what measures have been or will be introduced to reduce the number of truck rollovers on West Australian
roads?
Answered on 11 October 2022
The Road Safety Commission advise:
(a) The total reported crashes involving at least one heavy vehicle by crash nature and crash year, 2017-2021 is provided in Table 1. Data on all reported road crashes will not be available until Main Roads WA formally release crash data in April 2023.
Table 1.
Crash nature
|
Crash year
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
Not recorded
|
174
|
176
|
181
|
152
|
250
|
Rear end
|
513
|
490
|
431
|
370
|
484
|
Head on
|
40
|
43
|
35
|
24
|
33
|
Sideswipe
|
383
|
381
|
392
|
339
|
445
|
Right angle
|
228
|
246
|
219
|
184
|
205
|
Right turn thru
|
30
|
29
|
33
|
28
|
28
|
Hit pedestrian
|
9
|
10
|
13
|
8
|
12
|
Hit animal
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
Hit object
|
88
|
67
|
71
|
62
|
59
|
Non collision
|
52
|
69
|
47
|
69
|
60
|
Total reported crashes involving at least one heavy vehicle
|
1523
|
1519
|
1428
|
1237
|
1584
|
Note: A heavy vehicle includes trucks and prime movers (with or without trailers), and road trains.
Source: Prepared by the Road Safety Commission using data from the Main Roads WA Integrated Road Information System and WA Police Force preliminary crash reports.
(b) Yes. The Driving Change Road Safety Strategy for Western Australia 2020-2030 includes ‘vehicles as a workplace’ as a strategic focus area, with particular relevance to the heavy vehicle industry.
(c) The available crash data does not specify whether a vehicle rolled during a crash.
(d) The Driving Change Strategy addresses single vehicle run off road crashes (including truck rollover accidents) as part of the Regional Road Safety Program. Funding of $827.5 million has been allocated to this program until the end of June 2024, which will see some 8,500 km of regional roads upgraded.