WA road toll reaches 119 for the year

A man has died after his Mazda ute hit a tree in Western Australia's South West region overnight, taking the road toll to 119.

The road toll in Western Australia is far worse than this time last year after a man died in the state's South West.

The number of road fatalities this year has reached 119, compared to 100 for the same time period last year.

There have been 10 fatalities in five days in WA, including a crash in Yanchep on Sunday that killed three people.