The number of people who have been killed or injured on Saskatchewan roads in the past year has decreased. Numbers released Wednesday by Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) said there were 128 fatalities between July 1, 2014 and June 15, 2015.
That’s a decrease of 19 per cent compared to the previous four-year average of 158 traffic fatalities.
SGI also reported around 5,600 people were injured, down 18 per cent from the four-year average of nearly 6,900.
The drop comes after tougher traffic laws were enacted on June 27, 2014.
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“Early numbers indicate your safe driving has saved 30 lives and prevented more than 1,200 injuries,” said Don McMorris, the minister responsible for SGI.
“There is still work to be done so I encourage everyone to keep up your safe driving habits because even one preventable injury or death is too many.”
The number of fatalities caused by impaired driving decreased to 48 from an average of 56 drunk driving deaths over the previous four years.
The figures are preliminary because some collisions are still under investigation.
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