Five dead in Horror Day as Road Toll Hits Record High in One Australian State

Motorists are encouraged to take care of after five tragic deaths within 24 hours later West -Australia roads.

The Wegtol of the State is currently lost at 103 lives so far in 2025 – the highest figure in a decade and 10 more than this time last year.

That figure will rise when the Road Safety Commission updates the road tank after this weekend.

WA Police Road Policing Commander Mike Peters and the Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner of the State are Frustrated by the increasing death toll.

They hope that the latest tragedies will be a wake-up for motorists if the school holidays of July will start.

‘ Those are five people who will not be Christmas This year and five doors that our officers had to be sustained at the WA Police Force to make those absolutely tragic reports, “said Commissioner Peters.

‘I just want to repeat the speed, safety belts, fatigue, alcohol and drugs and distraction to be over -represented in all these crashes.

‘I’m not talking about the five [recent fatalities] Specifically, but the dead in the way so far have been over -represented with those five factors. ‘

Five people died within 24 hours in five separate accidents in West -Australia

WA’s police -road ships commander Mike Peters is concerned with the growing road tot of the state

Several fatal crashes over life claimed five lives within 24 hours in WA at the end of last week.

The first incident claimed that the life of a motorcyclist, 70 who collided at a cross in Australind on Thursday afternoon at a crossroads, in the southwest of the state.

A man, 40, died after colliding with a truck that has hit three tailers Mariginiup, north of Perth on Friday.

Only 30 minutes later, a third motorist collided with a 51-year-old pedestrian who immediately killed him, in the mundling of East Perth.

Later on Friday morning a fourth man died when his 4WD started a tree and came fire to Serpentine, in Southeast-Perth.

A few hours later a female passenger died, 64 after the vehicle she traveled in the vehicle hit a tree in Alfred Cove.

“It is incredibly frustrating that we have these persistent levels of dead on our ways,” said Mr. Warner.

‘We must be aware of the risks on the road. We must be aware of the choices we make when we find out. ‘

In July, the State reached its highest number of fatal number in more than a decade in 2025 with 103 dead in the way in 2025

The government of West -Australia has set the state a goal to reduce the number killed or seriously injured on its roads by 50 to 70 percent before 2030.

Population growth and economic growth, which is good for our community and good for WA, exerts an upward pressure on the road tank, “said Mr. Warner.

Cameras with AI technology are installed at more than 100 locations Perth.

These cameras are the most advanced in the country and are currently in a test phase, the government has said.

Fines generated by the cameras are expected to start in October.

“When we go into enforcement mode with these new cameras in a few months, we expect a big behavioral change,” Mr. Warner said

“We don’t want the money. We want people to change their behavior and save lives. ‘