Back in 1990, WA held the best road safety record of any state, but sadly now has the worst in the nation. Figures released by the RAC show Australia's overall road death rate declined from 9.5 fatalities per 100,000 people in 2000 to 5.7 last year.
WA has fallen well behind the national rate since 2006, and last year 186 people died in crashes, a fatality rate of 7.7.
If WA's fatality rate last year was the same as the national average, there would have been about 135 deaths.
The RAC has campaigned strongly to the State and Federal governments about road safety issues, with a focus on driver inattention as a major cause of crashes.
Read more here: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/18644288/wa-road-toll-50-above-average/
