A new set of fixed safety cameras will now detect seatbelt and mobile phone offences on the Mitchell Freeway in Western Australia.

The Mitchell Freeway is a major road in the state, connecting Perth’s CBD to the growing northern suburbs.

Its new set of cameras were recently installed at Karrinyup Road, and join fixed safety cameras previously set up at Vincent Street.

Both of these camera locations also add to the two existing fixed freeway safety cameras on the Kwinana Freeway, as well as a fleet of eight mobile safety camera trailers operating state-wide.

The cameras detect seatbelt, mobile phone, and speeding offences.

The State Government has taken an education before approach with the new cameras on Mitchell Freeway, giving drivers a six-month period of grace where caution notices will be issued instead of infringements for seatbelt and mobile phone offences.

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“The new fixed safety cameras on the Mitchell Freeway send a powerful message to the community that bad behaviour behind the wheel will not be tolerated and they will be caught,” said Reece Whitby, State Minister for Road Safety.

“The six-month education and awareness period will end on 30 November with enforcement beginning in time for the busy summer holidays, a traditionally challenging time for road safety.”

Between February 2025 – when the first group of cameras were introduced – and May, rates of detached seatbelt offences dropped by more than 86 per cent, mobile phone offences have dropped by 88 per cent, and speeding has improved, falling by 51 per cent.

Additionally, the rate of motor vehicle fatalities linked to people not wearing seatbelts dropped from 23 per cent from 2014 to 2024, to 13.8 per cent in the year since the safety cameras were introduced.

All money from safety camera infringements goes into the Road Trauma Trust Account to be spent on road safety initiatives.

“Drivers can be part of the solution to save lives on our roads, by slowing down, putting their phones away, and wearing a seatbelt correctly,” Whitby said.

“It’s that simple.”