In July 2022, the Road Safety Commission conducted a six-month trial of mobile safety camera trailers.
The safety cameras were able to identify several high-risk behaviours at once including:
- not wearing or incorrectly wearing a seatbelt
- using a mobile phone while driving; and
- speeding.
The camera technology was tested on a range of roads in the metropolitan, South West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern, Pilbara, Goldfields and Mid West regions.
In an Australian-first, the safety camera trailers were also used in pairs to measure both average speed and spot-speed.
Results from the trial highlight the prevalence of dangerous driving behaviour.
During the trial the safety camera trailers detected:
- more than 265,000 drivers speeding
- 66,000 drivers distracted by their mobile phones; and
- 11,400 drivers or front seat passengers not wearing a seatbelt or wearing it incorrectly.
No infringements were issued during the trial.
A summary of trial findings is available below.
