Police have made a desperate plea for information after three fatal crashes in a matter of hours.
A 14-year-old boy, 18-year-old woman and 30-year-old man all died in separate crashes across Western Australia on Thursday.
Police were first called to reports a Ford F150 ute collided with an off-road motorcycle on Albany Hwy in Bedfordale, southeast Perth, about 4.25pm.
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The 19-year-old male driver was uninjured but the 14-year-old motorcycle rider was killed in the crash.
About five minutes later and 30km south in Jarrahdale, a man lost control of his Harley Davidson motorcycle and crashed along Kingsbury Dr.
Paramedics treated the man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 18-year-old woman was a passenger in a Nissan Patrol which was being driver on mudflats in Derby, east of Broome, when it rolled about 9.45pm.
She suffered critical injuries and died at the scene, while the 19-year-old male driver and two 17-year-old male passengers were uninjured.
Police have called on anyone with information or dashcam footage in relation to any of the incidents to contact Crime Stoppers.
The tragic run of crashes came just a day after the state’s Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner urged drivers to remain safe during the Easter long weekend.
“With Easter also kicking off the start of the school holidays, everyone is in a rush to get into holiday mode and with this stampede mentality taking over our roads there could be tragic consequences,” Warner said on Wednesday.
“Most road deaths happen on high-speed roads with the fatal five, including distraction from mobile phones, speed, seatbelts, drugs and alcohol and fatigue being the biggest causes of serious and fatal road crashes.
“I encourage everyone on our roads this Easter — motorists, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians — to slow down, think about your driving behaviour and make every journey safe.”
Prior to the crashes, 44 people had died on WA roads in 2026. Car occupants made up 25 deaths while the remaining fatalities included 14 motorcyclists and five pedestrians.
The Road Safety Commission added more than half of all road fatalities take occur in regional areas.
“It’s a common trend with about 60 per cent of all deaths over the last five years happening on regional roads,” it said.
