Road Facts Summary Sheet

Road Industry Fact Summary WA Australia WA (%)

Area (square km)

2,526,646

7,688,126

32.9

Population

2,621,509

25,365,571

10.3

Licensed drivers and riders1

1,857,502

N/A

 

Vehicles on register including motorcycles

2,244,971

19,505,241

11.5

Annual vehicle kilometres travelled (VKT)

(100 million VKT)2

278.0

2,596.49

10.7

Road length excluding DBCA roads (kilometres) 

147,272

N/A

 

Fatalities (for calendar year 2019)

163

1,188

13.7

Fatalities/100 million VKT

0.6

0.5

 

Fatalities /100,000 persons

6.2

4.7

 

Fatalities/10,000 vehicles

0.7

0.6

 

Serious injuries (for calendar year 2019)

1,639

N/A

 

Serious injuries/100 million VKT

5.9

N/A

 

Serious injuries /100,000 persons

62.5

N/A

 

Serious injuries/10,000 vehicles

7.3

N/A

 

1. Active licenses only

2. Main Roads estimates

N/A Not available

DBCA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

Sources

Area: ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) – March 2020

Population: ABS Regional Population Growth, Australia (Cat. No. 3218.0) – March 2020

Licensed drivers: Drivers and Vehicle Services, Department of Transport – 30 June 2019

Vehicles on register: ABS Motor Vehicle Census (Cat. No. 9309.0) – 29 July 2019

Road length: Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS) – 1 June 2020

Fatalities: Main Roads Crash System and BITRE Road Deaths Australia – December 2019

Serious injuries: Main Roads Crash System – 31 December 2019

Road Classifications

Road Classification (as at 30 June 2020) Sealed
(km)
Unsealed
(km)
Total
(km)
Sealed
(%)

National Land Transport Routes

5,160

0

5,160

100

Highways

5,833

108

5,941

98

Main Roads

6,762

762

7,524

90

Sub-Total

17,755

870

18,625

95

Local Roads regularly maintained

39,996

87,628

127,624

31

Local Roads not regularly maintained

57

966

1,023

6

Sub-Total

40,053

88,594

128,647

31

Roads managed by DBCA

358

37,975

38,333

1

Total WA Road Network

58,166

127,439

185,605

31

Sources

Corporate and Local Extracts as at 1 June 2020 from Main Roads Corporate System (IRIS)

DBCA: Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions

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.