Men lead West Australia's drunk driving fatalities says Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich Police respond to an alcohol-related incident. Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich says he is worried by the high number of very drunk drivers dying on Perth's roads. NEARLY every drunk driver killed in a car crash in WA is male. The statistic has prompted a plea from the state's top traffic cop for men to take more responsibility for their drunk mates who want to drive. Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich says he is worried by the high number of very drunk drivers dying on our roads. WA Police figures show more than half the 91 drunk drivers killed in the past three years had blood-alcohol readings above 0.15. And nine in every 10 fatal drunk drivers were male. Mr Anticich said the trend was pronounced in WA where cashed-up fly-in, fly-out workers drove up the toll. "While we're seeing a decline in fatalities, what we're seeing is this proportion of high blood-alcohol readings increasing," Mr Anticich said. If you're a true mate, you need to step up and look after your mate; that is, don't let them drink and drive. The last thing you want to be doing is delivering the eulogy for your best mate when you could have stopped that person from killing themselves. Drivers with blood-alcohol readings above 0.15 are 25 times more likely to crash, Mr Anticich said. An analysis of fatal crashes across WA found 53 of the 91 drunk drivers killed between 2010-12 had a blood alcohol level above 0.15. Mr Anticich said binge drinking had become a social norm along with a "work-hard, play hard" attitude and they were claiming lives. "We are economically ahead of many states and we've got a huge proportion of people who earn lots of money," he said. That's excess cash they can put to things such as alcohol. We've got a culture of having a good time, a fast time, and unfortunately it leads to people consuming too much alcohol and driving vehicles and getting involved in fatalities. Our officers can try to curtail it, but at the end of the day it's a societal norm that needs to be addressed it's the elephant in the room.