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Friday 23 October 2026

WA puts a horror villain in the back seat to fight fatigue

WA's Unwanted Passenger campaign launched this week. Fatigue was a factor in serious crashes involving 870+ people over five years, 181 of them fatal.

Grace Whitfield Friday 23 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

Photo: Calistemon / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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Western Australia's newest road safety ad doesn't show a crash. It shows a shadowy figure in the back seat of a car at night, waiting for the driver to nod off.

The Munglinup Roadhouse beside a quiet highway in Western Australia, with cars parked out front — Photo: Calistemon / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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