Road Facts Summary Sheet

Road Industry Fact Summary WA Australia WA (%)
Area (square km) 2,526,646 7,688,126 32.9
Population 2,558,951 24,210,809 10.6
Licensed drivers and riders1 1,805,895 N/A  
Vehicles on register including motor cycles 2,208,812 18,387,136 12.0
Annual vehicle kilometres travelled (100 million VKT)2 294.3 2,503.3 11.8
Road length excluding DPaW roads (kilometres) 147,676 N/A  
Fatalities (for calendar year 2016) 196 1,303 15.0
Fatalities/100 million VKT 0.7 0.5  
Fatalities/100 000 persons 7.5 5.4  
Fatalities/10 000 vehicles 0.9 0.7  
Serious injuries (for calendar year 2016) 1,475 N/A  
Serious injuries/100 million VKT 5.0 N/A  
Serious injuries /100 000 persons 56.4 N/A  
Serious injuries/10 000 vehicles 6.7 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) - July 2017
Population ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) - July 2017
Licensed Drivers Drivers and Vehicle Services, Department of Transport - 30 June 2016
Vehicles on Register ABS Motor Vehicle Census (Cat. No. 9309.0) - 31 January 2016
Road Length Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS) - 29 June 2016
Fatalities Main Roads Crash System and BITRE Road Deaths Australia - 31 December 2016
Serious Injuries Main Roads Crash System - 31 December 2016

Road Classification (as at 30 June 2017) Unsealed (km) Total (km) Sealed (%)
National Land Transport Routes 0 5,115 100
Highways 108 5,893 98
Main Roads 776 7,506 90
Sub-Total 884 18,517 95
Local Roads regularly maintained 88,866 128,126 31
Local Roads not regularly maintained 976 1,033 6
Sub-Total 89,842 129,159 30
Roads managed by DPaW 37,975 38,333 1
Total WA Road Network 128,701 186,009 31

Sources
Corporate and Local Extracts as at 28 June 2017 from Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS)
Department of Parks and Wildlife

Notes
Local road lengths are reported information received from local government.
Local roads with cross section type “unconstructed” or “unknown” have been excluded.
Privately maintained roads have been excluded.