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A male pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle in Butler. (ABC News)
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in Butler just before 1am on Saturday. 
It follows a spate of pedestrian deaths in Perth in recent months as WA's road toll continues to climb. 
A 19-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries.
Western Australia's road toll continues to climb after a pedestrian was killed in Perth's north overnight.
Police say emergency services received reports that a man and a vehicle were involved in a collision just before 1am on Marmion Avenue in Butler.
He was declared dead at the scene.
A 19-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries.
The man was declared dead at the scene. (ABC News)
Police are urging anyone with relevant CCTV, dash cam or mobile phone footage of the area at that time to contact Crime Stoppers.
WA's annual road toll neared a two-decade high last month, and the latest figures from the Road Safety Commission show 123 people have lost their lives since January 1. 
Five people die in 24 hours in separate crashes on WA roads, as the state's road toll sits at its highest year-to-date level in a decade. 
But that figure will rise on Monday when the commission updates its figures to reflect the fatalities that happened over the weekend, including this latest pedestrian death. 
There have been several pedestrian deaths in recent months, including a 51-year-old man who died after being struck by a jeep in Mundaring on July 4.
Praveen Matcha, 45, was killed when he was struck by a Transperth bus in "abysmal" weather conditions outside the Perth Arena on June 20. 
Thanh Phan, 51, died after being hit by an English backpacker who was riding an e-scooter under the influence of alcohol in the Perth CBD on May 31.
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