Overview
- WA Police said the motorcycles were traveling in opposite directions when they collided on Grantham Street near Pangbourne Street about 10.50pm Thursday.
- Both riders were male, with one dying at the scene and the other dying shortly after in hospital.
- The WA Road Safety Commission counts five road fatalities in Western Australia within the first ten days of the year.
- Other recent deaths include a 56-year-old motorcyclist in a Kawasaki–Kia Carnival collision at Indian Ocean Drive and Yanchep Beach Road, a 29-year-old woman in a rollover at Leschenault, and a 39-year-old driver in a St Ronans crash.
- Three men were charged over a July burnout incident filmed in Jane Brook, with a 20-year-old Ballajura man due in Midland Magistrates Court on Friday on reckless driving in a confiscation zone and criminal damage, as police warn reckless drivers will be identified and prosecuted.