Drivers are being reminded not to swerve to avoid collisions when they encounter animals on the road as WA heads into the riskiest period for animal collisions.
Anneke de Boer
A 35-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly led police on a dangerous pursuit — hitting a police car and driving onto a footpath before his arrest in East Perth.
The toughest and most lenient driving test centres in Perth have been revealed, with a majority of tests resulting in failure at all 10 centres.
Jake Dietsch
West Australians may soon get the chance to sign up as organ donors when they renew their driver’s license after a report exploring options to grow the State’s lagging donation rates.
Dylan Caporn
Electric vehicle drivers who run out of charge can now be rescued, with RAC rolling out its first electric roadside assistance van in Perth.
WA drivers are being put on notice, with new cameras soon to be rolled out that will capture motorists on their phones and fine them for it also.
Phil Hickey
The number of fatalities on WA’s country roads this year is almost equal to those in the metropolitan area for the first time in at least a decade.
Caleb Runciman and Phil Hickey
A motorbike rider has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in WA’s south on Saturday afternoon.
Anneke de Boer and Georgia Campion
As we approach Christmas, you’re likely to hear that classic song, 12 Days of Christmas.
Adrian Warner
Geraldton police are encouraging the community to educate themselves on safe towing in the lead up to school holidays and the busy Christmas holiday period.
Jessica Moroney
The number of people killed on WA roads is up 7 per cent in the past 12 months, new figures reveal, as pressure mounts on the States to publish potentially life-saving safety data.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The number of practical driving tests undertaken in WA fell last financial year as the Department of Transport struggled to hire more assessors amid a persistent shortage.
Rebecca Le May
The hundreds of millions of dollars that pour into an account from speed and red light camera fines are not being spent effectively despite a persistently high death toll on WA roads.
A 41-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly stole a Coles truck and recklessly drove around before crashing into a wall.
Lauren Price
A Perth driving instructor is questioning the State Government’s ‘ambitious’ target of delivering 130 tests per day after it announced the centre would reopen just two months after closing.
Christopher Tan
A crash involving a glazier truck on the Mt Henry bridge caused more than three hours of traffic chaos on Wednesday as glass spread across three lanes of the Kwinana Freeway.
WA’s most notorious killer driver — who was extradited back to WA after allegedly spending 18 months on the run — will spend at least the next two weeks behind bars.
Shannon Hampton
The partner of a WA man stranded in a Bali hospital following a serious moped crash has launched a GoFundMe page in a desperate bid to get him home.
Anneke De Boer
A future in which commuters can sit back and let the car drive itself is one step closer as RAC’s trial of driverless vehicles on WA roads wraps up after seven years.
What started as tailgating on Mitchell Freeway ended with a man getting out of his car and punching the window of a hatchback.
Chantelle Toohey
L-platers across Perth’s northern corridor will soon have access to a brand new driver and vehicle services centre after the Department of Transport announced it will open a new facility in Butler on May 22.
There has been a tragic fatal crash north of Perth late on Anzac Day.
Jonathon Nolan
E-scooter retailers are offering to help customers modify the devices to reach illegal speeds, it can be revealed.
Footage has emerged of an e-scooter rider narrowly missing an oncoming car as the Opposition labelled safety legislation around the machines as ‘either ineffective’ or ‘simply being ignored’.
Lauren Price and Rebecca Le May
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