Road toll worst for 10 years
From The West Australian

January 24, 2006

Motorists have recorded the worst road toll start to a year in a decade – which police attribute to driver behaviour.

Since January 1, 18 people have died on WA roads, 12 of them in the country. It is the highest toll since 1996.

The horror start follows the lowest road toll for a year since records were first taken in 1961. Last year, 164 people died on WA roads.

Assistant Commissioner John McRoberts said seven people who had died in crashes this year had been ejected from the cars, suggesting that they were not wearing seatbelts.

Another three deaths were of pedestrians.

“The feact is we’re at 18… which is almost at one a day, “ he said. “It’s fair to say we got off to a terrible start this year.

“People are responsible for these crashes, people need to take responsibility for the way they use motor vehicles.”

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