Ferguson crash: Driver, 37, dies after ute slams into tree near Bunbury adding to horror weekend road toll

A 37-year-old man has died after his ute slammed into a tree near Bunbury — the eighth person to lose their life on WA roads since Friday. Police said that the man was driving his Mitsubishi Triton in a southerly direction on Ferguson Road in Ferguson when it left the road and hit the tree. The 37-year-old died at the scene. It comes after a horror weekend, with another seven fatalities in four separate crashes between Friday and Sunday. WA Police acting road policing Commander Mike Peters said on Monday that he was “deeply concerned” by the numbers. “We are certainly out there every single day patrolling the highways, our regional police officers are undertaking road policing activities all the time and I don’t know what else to do,” he said. On Friday, 18-year-old Seb Foufas was killed when a white Isuzu ute that he was a passenger in rolled on an off-road track in Pinjar. The 19-year-old driver of the ute has been charged with dangerous driving causing death. On Saturday, a 32-year-old man died after his off-road trail bike crashed in bushland in Allanson, north-west of Collie. On Sunday morning, two teenagers riding a KTM motorcycle — aged 16 and 17 — died after colliding with a ute on North West Coastal Highway in Roebourne. And on Sunday afternoon, three mates — Kyle Retallack, 27, Joshua Cox, 26, and Chloe Websdale, 23 — died on their way home from a camping trip when their white Nissan Patrol veered off Brookton Highway in Lesley and hit a tree. Since the beginning of 2025, 40 people have died on WA roads — two more than the same time in 2024 and six more than the five-year average. Cdr Peters did not say what caused each of the crashes but believeed that they were all “completely avoidable”. He pointed to the “fatal five” — casual factors behind most road deaths — distractions, speed, drugs and alcohol, fatigue and seatbelts. “It’s back to the community, to honestly, to take responsibility before you get behind the wheel,” Cdr Peters said. Major crash detectives are appealing for any witnesses to any of the crashes to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.