Driver Attitude

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Western Australia has recorded its highest road toll in five years after 166 people lost their lives on the state's roads in 2021.

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The number of fatalities rose by 11 compared to 2020, according to Road Safety Commission data.

Road Safety Minister Paul Papalia says the figures are "a terrible tragedy", but that the lower road toll a year earlier was "an outlier" due to a reduction in traffic at the start of the pandemic.

Mr Papalia says a "significant number" of road deaths involved a single vehicle driving off the road, with "inattention or bad behaviour" often playing a role.

"People are driving tired, intoxicated, affected by drugs, or speeding," he said.

Regional areas accounted for 99 deaths in 2021 — six more than the previous year and nearly 60 per cent of the state's overall road toll. Sixty-seven people died on metropolitan roads, an increase of five.

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