Regional Profile

The Pilbara Region is situated in the North West of the state and incorporates four Local Government Areas: Ashburton, East Pilbara, Port Hedland and Roebourne. The region has a population of approximately 48,374 and covers an area of 511,258 sq kms which includes 1,688.4kms of sealed and 5,563.9kms of unsealed roads.

The major industries of the region are mining, oil, gas, tourism, pastoral, fishing and aquaculture.

Road Safety Officer - Karen Bell

Committees:

Port Hedland
Roebourne
Newman
Shire of Ashburton

Pilbara hospitalisation and fatality crashes 2002 - 2006

The maps below provide the location of crashes which occured in the Pilbara region between 2002 - 2006. The crashes highlighted on the first map all resulted in hospitalisation. The crashes highlighted on the second map highlight crash fatalities. Click on the maps to enlarge.

iPod Winner - Speed and the Police will stop you

The winners of the Pilbara ipod competitions run during September and October were:

Mr Peter Edward (Newman) and Ms Leah Labato (Karratha)

More than 2170 people visited the RoadWise website to enter the competition. Entrants had to answer a series of questions about the impact of speeding when driving.

Congratulations to the winners.

Pilbara road safety issues - recent media coverage

The following articles recently published in local papers highlight some of the road safety issues in the Pilbara region:

Seperate crashes kill two on Pilbara roads - Sept 07

Safety forum to fight road deaths - Aug 07

Growing road toll in Pilbara demands extra funding - Aug 07

Talks held on road safety - Aug 07

Main Roads WA - up to date road information for the Pilbara Region

The Main Roads WA Customer Contact Centre provides up-to-date road information for the State's roads including the Pilbara region. The information line is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Telephone 138 138.

Regional contacts:

Lynelle Fozard
Pilbara Regional Project Officer
School Drug Education and Road Aware
Ph: (08) 9185 0111
Fax: (08) 9185 0137
Mobile: 0428 855 594

http://www.sdera.wa.edu.au/index.html