Drug Driving

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:16): Further supplementary: can the minister confirm that in the 16 road fatalities, the responsible drivers involved just had cannabis or THC in their system and had a blood alcohol content of zero?

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:17): My advice, as I stated, is that there were 66 drivers who were killed in that period over the last five years that tested positive to drugs. Of those, 48 tested positive to cannabis on its own or in combination with other drugs or alcohol. Of those, 20 tested positive to THC alone; that is, with no other drugs or alcohol present. Of those 20 fatalities, 16 were deemed to be responsible for the crash. To answer your question more succinctly, those numbers that you refer to, yes, my advice is they only had THC within their system.