All-terrain Vehicles

• Fatal ATV crashes on the rise in Ontario: OPP

  In 2024 there have been eight driver deaths related to ATVs, with one passenger also dying in an ATV incident.

  Traffic

  Jun 13, 2024
  
• Ride safely or don’t ride at all, Shared Health warns

  Since mid-March, Health Sciences Centre has treated 20 underage patients for injuries including fractures to the skull, spine, pelvis and jaw.

  Health

  May 25, 2023
  
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• Ministry of Labour investigating after woman crushed by ATVs at Kawartha Lakes business: OPP

  OPP say a 53-year-old woman was transported to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2022
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• Safety advocates, physicians worry about rising number of kids hurt in ATV crashes

  A growing number of Maritime children were seriously hurt in all-terrain vehicle incidents last year and child safety advocates say it's time for stricter rules.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2022
• City of Kawartha Lakes to consider off-road vehicle access on municipal streets

  The Kawartha Lakes Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Task Force will make recommendations to city council at the committee of the whole meeting on May 4.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2021
• Police: $100,000 worth of heavy equipment and vehicles recovered in Central Okanagan

  Police said they recovered two all-terrain vehicles, a pickup truck, a flatdeck trailer and an excavator.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2020
• ATV riders found safe and sound in South Okanagan

  Four people who got lost in the wilderness in the South Okanagan have been found safe and sound.

  News

  Oct 15, 2018
• ‘We realize that was too stringent’: council drops proposed ATV riding ban in Princeton

  Armitage heard the message loud and clear from Princeton and Area H residents who attended the meeting that a complete ban on riding ATVs in the community is not the most favourable decision.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2016
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• Residents fight proposed ATV riding ban in Princeton

  Motorized vehicles like snow mobiles, quads and dirt bikes have been prohibited on the section of the KVR trail that runs through the town since 2011.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2016
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• ATVs top cause of sport-related hospital visits in Atlantic provinces

  Statistics released by the Canadian Institute of Health Information show that All-Terrain Vehicles account for more hospital visits in Atlantic Canada than any other sport-related trauma.

  Health

  Aug 2, 2016