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 1,822,612 N/A  
Vehicles on register including motorcycles 2,219,291 18,781,204 11.8
Annual vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT)
(100 million VKT)2		 296.1 2,543.5 11.6
Road length excluding DPaW roads (kilometres) 147,321 N/A  
Fatalities (for calendar year 2017) 161 1,227 13.1
Fatalities/100 million VKT 0.5 0.5  
Fatalities /100,000 persons 6.3 5.1  
Fatalities/10,000 vehicles 0.7 0.7  
Serious injuries (for calendar year 2017) 1,433 N/A  
Serious injuries/100 million VKT 4.8 N/A  
Serious injuries /100,000 persons 56.0 N/A  
Serious injuries/10,000 vehicles 6.5 N/A  

1 : Active licences only
2 : Main Roads estimates 
N/A : Not available 
DPaW : Department of Parks and Wildlife

Sources

Area ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) – Jul 2017
Population ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) – Jul 2017
Licensed drivers  Drivers and Vehicle Services, Department of Transport – 30 June 2017
Vehicles on register ABS Motor Vehicle Census (Cat. No. 9309.0) – 31 January 2017
Road length Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS) – 13 June 2018
Fatalities Main Roads Crash System and BITRE Road Deaths Australia – 31 December 2017
Serious injuries Main Roads Crash System – 31 December 2017

Road Classifications

Road Classification (as at 30 June 2018) Unsealed
(km)		 Total
(km)		 Sealed
(%)
National Land Transport Routes 0 5,120 100
Highways 108 5,902 98
Main Roads 776 7,507 90
Sub-Total 884 18,529 95
Local Roads regularly maintained 88,311 127,765 31
Local Roads not regularly maintained 970 1,027 6
Sub-Total 89,281 128,792 31
Roads managed by DPaW 37,975 38,333 1
Total WA Road Network 128,140 185,654 31

Sources

Corporate and Local Extracts as at 13 June 2018 from Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS)

DPAW: 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.