Motorbike riders across the state are being urged to take stock of the “fatal five” and wear appropriate safety gear as WA reels from three road deaths in separate crashes within the space of two hours on Wednesday night.

A motorcyclist died in a fiery crash in Trigg on Wednesday night, while another died in Aubin Grove after hitting a car on the Kwinana Freeway.

A driver was also killed when he hit a tree near Three Springs and on Thursday morning a 42-year-old man died after the car he was driving also hit a tree near Kojonup.

Commander Mike Peters, from WA Police’s road policing command, said there had been 13 fewer motorcycle deaths to date in 2025 compared to the previous year – when there had been 30 deaths by this point – but it was still 17 deaths too many.

Peters urged the fam

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