By XAVIER SMERDON
WYNDHAM remains the dangerous driving capital of the West, with one in every 321 drivers caught drink driving over the last 18 months.
New figures released by the RoadSafe Westgate Community Road Safety Council as part of its Annual Report show that more hoons were also caught in Wyndham than in Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong and Melton, with a total of 159 being caught over the last year.
Only Melton topped Wyndham when it came to speeding drivers, with 272 drivers being nabbed this year.
While Melton and Hobsons Bay both saw a decrease in the number of speeding drivers when compared to the year before, Wyndham and Maribyrnong saw marginal increases.
A total of 95 speeding drivers were caught in Hobsons Bay while 83 and 159 were caught in Maribyrnong and Wyndham respectively.
A total of 136 drivers were caught above the blood alcohol level in Wyndham, the equivalent of one in every 351 drivers tested by police.
Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong each had around one in 650 drivers nabbed while Melton had one in 523.
The figures also pointed towards a worrying trend of drink driving based on gender.
In most municipalities men were about twice as likely to be caught drink driving while in Wyndham they were almost three times as likely.
In the annual report, chairman Jim Giddings said the community needed to unite to help lower the amount of dangers on the roads.
“The challenges of road safety issues are still there, but by bringing our local communities on board, we will continue to drive changes, including legislative changes, to meet the community’s expectations,” Mr Giddings said.
“We still have a long way to go to reduce the over-representation of young drivers involved in road crashes however success has been achieved with the limited resources at our disposal.”
