The deaths of 11 people in six separate crashes on West Australian roads during the Labour Day long weekend have been described by the road safety commissioner as a shocking 72 hours of mayhem.
A man was killed when his car ploughed into a tree in Mindarabin, in the state's Great Southern region, on Monday morning.
On Sunday night, a 24-year-old man was overtaking another car in Two Rocks, in Perth's north, when he crashed head-on into a third vehicle, killing himself and his 30-year-old male passenger.
His three other passengers, aged between 23 and 25, were also injured.
The 47-year-old female driver of the other car was also killed while her 17-year-old male passenger was injured.
The two occupants of the car that was overtaken were not injured, police said.
In a separate crash, a 20-year-old German woman died after a car she was a passenger in rolled on Corrigin-Kondinin Road, in WA's Wheatbelt, on Sunday morning after the car travelled onto the gravel verge and over-corrected.
The 19-year-old female driver, also from Germany, sustained minor injuries.
Just after 7am on Sunday, a passer-by discovered a 23-year-old man had died after crashing his car into a tree on Northam-Pithara Road, northeast of Perth.
A 21-year-old man, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was also injured.
On Saturday, a 26-year-old man from the Northern Territory and two men from WA's Wheatbelt, aged 25 and 26, died after their car hit a tree in Bruce Rock.
Two men, both aged 25, also died on Friday evening when the motorcycle they were riding collided with a truck in Bunbury, in the state's South West region.
The 11 deaths take the state's road toll for the year to 41, including 31 on country roads.
Road Safety Commissioner Kim Papalia said it had been a terrible start to the year.
"We've had 72 hours of mayhem on the roads," he told 6PR radio on Monday.
"As a community, we don't have to accept that death will occur on our roads.
"Every death that is on the roads is avoidable. Zero actually is possible."
Opposition police spokeswoman Michelle Roberts, who was the minister when double demerit points were introduced in WA, said the system might need to be reviewed.
She said people had become complacent about double demerits so they did not have the impact they had when they were first introduced and people on country roads did not think they would be caught.
Ms Roberts said she wanted to see a stronger police presence on roads to keep drivers in check.
Mr Papalia said police enforcement was part of the response that also included education.
Superintendent Ian Clarke said the 11 fatalities were the result of different factors including speed, alcohol, inattention and not wearing a seat belt.
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