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Weekend deaths push WA road toll to grim record high

Weekend deaths push WA road toll to grim record high

With more than a month to go before the year ends, the road toll in Western Australia has already hit 186 deaths — more fatalities than all of last year.

Five people were killed in traffic accidents across Western Australia this weekend, pushing the road toll to 186 deaths so far this year.

This figure is higher than the 184 fatalities recorded for all of 2025.

The opposition wants more improvements to regional roads, while the government wants drivers to change their behaviour.

Western Australia is on track to record its worst road toll in a decade, with five deaths recorded in the past 48 hours.

The horror weekend has pushed the state to a grim milestone, with the road toll now sitting at 186 deaths so far this year, above the 184 fatalities recorded for all of 2025.

Three young people were killed on Friday morning when their Ford Falcon collided with trees near the Wheatbelt town of Narrogin, 192 kilometres south-east of Perth.

The shire's president, Leigh Ballard, described the deaths of the 21-year-old man, 22-year-old woman and 23-year-old man as a "terrible tragedy for the town."

On Friday evening, two motorcycles collided on Mandurah Road in Dudley Park.

The 35-year-old male rider of a Kawasaki bike died at the scene, while the rider of a Triumph motorcycle sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

The fifth death was a 41-year-old man, who was behind the wheel of a Toyota Landcruiser on the Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road when it hit a tree.

In brief

Five people were killed in traffic accidents across Western Australia this weekend, pushing the road toll to 186 deaths so far this year. Western Australia is on track to record its worst road toll in a decade, with five deaths recorded in the past 48 hours. The horror weekend has pushed the state to a grim milestone, with the road toll now sitting at 186 deaths so far this year, above the 184 fatalities recorded for all of 2025.

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