Media releases

With more than $141 million sitting unspent in the Road Trauma Trust Account, RAC is calling on local Members of Parliament to urgently plan and deliver improvements for road safety in the Wheatbelt.

RAC's Community Education team and the Elephant in the Wheatbelt are visiting the Wheatbelt next week to educate students and young drivers about staying safe on the roads.

This year’s State Budget must include funding for essential projects and programs to make it safer, easier and more sustainable for Western Australians to move around their State.

Today RAC launched the next stage of its five year campaign – #ItsMyElephant – encouraging the community to change the Wheatbelt’s unacceptable road safety record.

RAC is urging Western Australians to take extra security precautions if they are heading away this Easter, with an 11 per cent increase in home contents theft claims so far this financial year.

RAC is urging Western Australians to drive with care, take regular rest stops and ensure they are well prepared for their travel arrangements this Easter weekend.

More than 8000 students from across Western Australia will witness first-hand the consequences of distracted driving when RAC, St John Ambulance WA, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, WA Police and Royal Perth Hospital stage this year’s RAC bstreetsmart event tomorrow.

RAC's Community Education team is heading east to the Goldfields next week to educate students and young drivers about staying safe on the roads.

More drug and alcohol testing is needed on WA roads, following a recent RAC analysis which has found Western Australia is testing far fewer drivers than other States.

RAC's Community Education team is heading north to the Kimberley next week to educate students and young drivers about staying safe on the roads.