EDMONTON — It’s a startling number: since the May Long Weekend, an average of one person a day has died in collisions on Alberta roads.
In the 75 days between May 15 and July 29, 2015, 75 people have died in Alberta crashes.
Long weekends are, statistically, deadly ones as more people head out of town. The warmer weather means more campers, trailers, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians will be travelling throughout the province.
As we head into the August Long Weekend, RCMP are again urging drivers to slow down, be patient and pay attention.
The Victoria Day Weekend saw a number of traffic collisions and fatalities on Alberta roads. The weeks since have not been much better.
From May 15 to July 29, RCMP responded to the following:
- 1,071 injury collisions
- 65 of those collisions resulted in 75 fatalities
- 125 motorcycle collisions
- 2 pedestrians were killed in two incidents
The numbers from RCMP do not include collisions investigated by the other forces, such as the Edmonton and Calgary police services.
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Police are urging drivers this weekend to obey the speed limits, do not drive while distracted, don’t drink and drive and be aware of sharing the road with motorcyclists, pedestrians and cyclists.
To ensure drivers are following the rules of the road, on Saturday night RCMP will be operating enhanced check stops across the country as part of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.
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