Adam Scott: Father of 27yo who died in motorcycle crash pleads to make CPR training compulsory for drivers

The father of a 27-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident just three weeks before Christmas has pleaded with the WA Government to make CPR training compulsory for all drivers. Adam Scott, 27, suffered fatal injuries after his motorcycle collided with a Mercedes hatchback at the intersection of Hepburn Avenue and Walter Padbury Boulevard, Padbury, about 10.45pm on December 6. Mr Scott died at the scene, while the woman driving the Mercedes, aged in her 40s, was not hurt. Mr Scott — a father of two young boys — had just started a new job as a truck driver. Mr Scott’s father, Andrew, said he wanted learners to be taught how to drive in wet weather and at high speeds. “The Government can put billions of dollars into advertising ... on motorbike safety, but it’s not going to get through,” he told The West. “When you are going for your licence, you are being taught how to pass the test (but) you are not being taught the things that really matter. “Every rider and every driver should have to know CPR and do an advanced drivers course to get a licence, because knowing and understanding how a car or motorbike behaves in the wet (weather) is far different than how it behaves in dry (conditions) ... the same goes for speed.” Andrew said he was feeling “lots of hurt” but said he had “no hate” towards the female driver and did not want to see her charged so close to Christmas. “As for the female driver who hit my son ... as a father, I’m trying so hard to remain non-judgmental and I’m quite sure you are going through the same nightmare that I’m currently going through,” he said. “All I can say is I am so sorry that this has happened to you. “I have no hate towards this lady whatsoever, just a lot of tears and hurt, not just for the loss of my son Adam, but for this lady’s hurt and pain that she would be feeling right now.” “If this all comes down to just an accident, then I really hope that the police and everyone involved in attending my son’s death can see that it was an accident and not charge the lady ... as it is so close to Christmas. “I don’t want this lady and her family to have any more grief or worry in their lives with a court case pending over their head.” Andrew — who is also an avid motorcyclist — said his son died doing what he loved and recalled spending weekends away together, riding their quad bikes across the Nullarbor. “Adam was a person who liked to find out things his own way ... he was a troubled teenager but found out that life is what he makes of it and that anything was possible if he put his mind to it,” he said. “Adam’s love of motorbikes (started) from when he was a kid and I would take him away on weekends with our quad bikes, swages tied to the rear racks and just go riding out on the Nullarbor, stopping overnight next to a waterhole. “The hardest part of all of this is trying to explain to Adam’s two young boys that they will never see their dad again.” Andrew said it “hurt” to know that locals had been pleading with the local council to improve the safety of the deadly intersection for “years”. “Hearing the local people on the news saying that they had been asking the local council for years to do something about the intersection before someone dies, hurts more than anything,” he said. “If the council had listened to the locals please, then maybe, just maybe, I’d have my son and his girlfriend sitting at my table on Christmas Day.” It comes after a horror weekend on WA roads, with seven fatalities, four of which were on motorcycles. On Friday evening, a 69-year-old man died after his Mitsubishi Lancer collided with a Toyota Corolla near Toodyay. The 43-year-old driver of the Toyota was not hurt and charged with careless driving causing death and grievous bodily harm or bodily harm. On Saturday morning, a man in his 30s died in Lange, Albany, after his Toyota Kluger rolled and caught fire. Less than four hours later, a woman in her 50s died after her Holden collided with a truck near Nippering. On Saturday afternoon, a 64-year-old man died when his Harley-Davidson motorcycle hit a wall and tree near Denmark. A 60-year-old man also died when his motorcycle crashed in Thornlie on Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon, police were called to another fatal crash involving a motorcycle, south-east of Bunbury. A man in his 70s died at the scene. And on Tuesday morning, a female pedestrian died after being hit by a car on Kings Park Road about 7am. Less than three hours later, a 24-year-old woman was killed after her Mitsubishi Lancer collided with a Mercedes Benz truck near Karragullen. Road Safety Commission figures show WA has recorded its second worst road toll in the past decade, with 175 fatalities in 2024, eclipsed only by 177 in 2016. “Every rider knows that the minute they get on their bike, there is very little protection to your body if you crash. “There will always be crashes ... we have become a society of impatient people ... (trying) to get to work on time (and) get home in time for the kids. “It doesn’t matter what time of the year it is, once your time is up, it’s up.”