Grim milestone as WA road toll surpasses entire 2025 total after five people killed in 72-hours

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WA has reached a grim and sombre milestone with the number of lives lost on the roads this year surpassing the toll for the entirety of 2025.

WA has recorded a grim and sombre statistic with the number of lives lost on the roads this year surpassing the toll for the entirety of 2025. The deaths of three young people in a single car crash near Narrogin on Friday, a motorcyclist who was killed in Mandurah that night and a Landcruiser driver who died in the South West on Saturday night has taken this year’s toll past the 184 road deaths recorded in 2025. The Landcruiser was travelling along Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road near Mumballup on Saturday night when it struck a tree. Its 41-year-old driver and sole occupant died at the scene.

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