Last year found the region as far as it has been from the grips of the pandemic since 2020, yet recent figures showing the 2022 road toll show that getting out of houses has had some fatal impacts.
In the western plains, just three councils made the list of 25 ‘fatality-free’ local government areas.
The return to near normalcy saw road traffic increase across the country, and with it, the road toll rose across the state throughout 2022, following a near 100-year-low of 275 deaths in 2021…