WA inquest held to investigate the circumstances of the deaths of six persons has found police were not responsible for any of the crashes.
The findings by the state coroner, Ros Fogliani, were released following an inquest in March last year.
The inquest heard that four of the five drivers evading police had an impaired ability to drive due to the consumption of drug methylamphetamine [Meth].
Twenty-seven people died in crashes connected to police pursuits in WA between 2010 and 2016.
Of the 5,278 pursuits conducted in that period, 38% resulted in someone being arrested while 16% ended in a crash, reported .
The first two deaths examined at the inquest were of 28-year-old taxi driver Kuldeep Singh and his passenger, 36-year-old Sean Duncan Barrett who died on 19 October 2012.
It was reported that a drug addict high on Meth ran a stolen 4WD on 170km/h the moments before he ploughed into the taxi, killing the driver and his British passenger.
Police had been chasing the 4WD for eight minutes but called it off due to the risk associated with the pursuit just four minutes before the crash.
Despite being called off, one car continued to follow the 4WD with its lights and sirens blaring.
The inquest found that car did not contribute to the crash, because it was 2km back at the time of incident.
The Coroner has recommended more funding for additional police helicopter in support of bringing pursuits to a safe conclusion.
