Media releases

RAC is urging Western Australians to be extra vigilant this weekend as new data reveals storm claims have more than doubled over the past four years.

RAC has welcomed funding in today’s State Budget for a range of strategic road and rail projects, however WA’s road maintenance backlog remains an issue and a risk.

The RAC Intellibus® has today become the first driverless and electric vehicle to operate on public roads in regional Western Australia, after commencing an eight-week demonstration in Busselton.

Investment in a long-term regional road safety package must be included in this month’s State Budget to reduce the alarming number of people being killed and seriously injured on WA’s country roads.

RAC has released the results of its latest Risky Roads survey, which asked the community to identify Perth’s most dangerous roads and intersections.

RAC has released the results of its latest Risky Roads survey, which asked the community to identify WA’s most dangerous roads and intersections.

More than 9,000 students across Western Australia will witness first-hand the consequences of risky driving when RAC, in partnership with St John Ambulance WA, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA Police Force and Royal Perth Hospital stage this year’s RAC bstreetsmart at RAC Arena.

WA is set to receive $1.6 billion toward transport projects as part of the Federal Government’s 2019/20 Budget, however funding for a new and long-term strategy to address regional road trauma has not been included.

RAC today joins forces with the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles football clubs to promote road safety, as it announces the new naming rights sponsorship of the RAC Derby.

A new report commissioned by RAC reveals that over the past 12 years, for every dollar of motoring taxation collected by successive Federal Governments, WA has received an average of just 34 cents toward road and transport projects.