Appendices

Road Facts Summary Sheet

Road Industry Fact Summary WA Australia WA (%)
Area (square km) 2,526,575 7,687,809 32.9
Population 2,590,259 23,777,777 10.9
Licensed drivers and riders1 1,778,046 N/A  
Vehicles on register including motor cycles 2,185,409 18,007,767 12.1
Annual vehicle kilometres travelled (100 million VKT)2 280.6 2,456.5 11.4
Road length excluding DPaW roads (kilometres) 149,167 N/A  
Fatalities (for calendar year 2015) 161 1,210 13.3
Fatalities/100 million VKT 0.6 0.5  
Fatalities /100 000 persons 6.2 5.1  
Fatalities/10 000 vehicles 0.7 0.7  
Serious injuries (for calendar year 2015) 1,636 N/A  
Serious injuries/100 million VKT 5.8 N/A  
Serious injuries /100 000 persons 63.1 N/A  
Serious injuries/10 000 vehicles 7.5 N/A  
1 : Active licences only 2 : Main Roads Estimates N/A : Not available DPaW : Department of Park and Wildlife

Sources
Area - ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) - Mar 2016
Population - ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) - Mar 2016 Licensed Drivers - Drivers and Vehicle Services, Department of Transport - 30 June 2015
Vehicles on Register - ABS Motor Vehicle Census (Cat. No. 9309.0) - 31 January 2015
Road Length - Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS) - 29 June 2015
Fatalities - Main Roads Crash System and BITRE Road Deaths Australia - 31 December 2015
Serious Injuries - Main Roads Crash System - 31 December 2015

Road Classification (as at 30 June 2016) Unsealed (km) Total (km) Sealed (%)
National Land Transport Routes 0 5,114 100
Highways 108 5,893 98
Main Roads 778 7,506 90
Sub-Total 886 18,513 95
Local Roads regularly maintained 88,975 128,002 30
Local Roads not regularly maintained 994 1,051 5
Sub-Total 89,969 129,053 30
Roads managed by DPaW 36,547 36,878 1
Total WA Road Network 127,402 184,444 31

Sources
Corporate and Local Extracts as at 28 June 2016 from Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS) Department of Park and Wildlife

Notes
Local road lengths are reported information received from Local Government.
Local roads with cross section type "unconconstructed" or "unknown" have been excluded. Privately maintained roads have been excluded.