Deaths on rural roads in Australia accounted for almost two-thirds of the 2023 road toll, despite fewer than a third of Australia’s population residing outside major cities.  With 811 lives lost on rural regional roads in Australia in 2023, and thousands more experiencing severe and often permanent injuries, the Australian Road Safety Foundation reminds us that each road user is responsible to make safer choices on and off the road.

This year the Australia Road Safety Foundation is asking individuals to “Help sow the seeds of change, road safety starts with you!”.  Access campaign resources and information at the ARSF website.

Transport-Related Injuries in Western Australia

Between 2015 and 2019, the three regions with the greatest difference in hospitalisation rate compared to the WA State hospitalisation rate, were the Kimberley (111% higher), Wheatbelt (77% higher) and Midwest (54% higher) for transport-related injuries.

Between 2011 and 2015, Aboriginal peoples in Western Australia made up 3.1% of the population, however, 7.1% of transport-related injury hospitalisations were Aboriginal people.

You can read more on the impact of transport-related injuries in WA, determinants, effective interventions, and discover organisations and programs trying to reduce the risk of transport-related injuries by visiting the Injury Matters

A snapshot can be accessed by downloading our

For anyone who may have been affected by road trauma, information on support and personalised counselling is available by visiting