Car Accidents

• Why the ‘significant’ weight of electric vehicles is sparking new safety fears

  "The occupants in the lighter vehicle are always going to come out worse," one expert says about growing electric vehicle safety fears.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2023
  
• CAQ MNA Marilyne Picard mourns the loss of second son in less than a year

  Montreal-area CAQ MNA Marilyne Picard and her family are in mourning after the loss of her 19-year-old stepson London-Eliot Mercier.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2022
  
• Advertisement
• Serious crash injuries double, on track for worst year yet: Manitoba Public Insurance

  More people have suffered serious injuries as a result of accidents on Manitoba's roads so far this year than any other year on record.

  Health

  Aug 28, 2020
• Advertisement
• Drivers in PEI warned against being too nice

  Police in Prince Edward Island are warning drivers to stop being so nice to each other, after a number of accidents caused by motorists trying to be kind.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2016
• 41 people have been seriously hurt or killed cycling or walking in Toronto so far this year

  Several cyclists and pedestrians are hit by cars every day in Toronto, according to data from the police.

  Politics

  Jul 14, 2016
• More than half of Halifax accidents happen at crosswalks

  Halifax police said 55 per cent of the vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the first four months of the year were at crosswalks.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2016
• Snapchat sued over ‘speed filter’ after teen allegedly caused high-speed car crash

  Snapchat is facing a lawsuit after one of its users allegedly caused a high-speed crash while playing with the app’s speed filter.

  Tech

  Apr 28, 2016
• RCMP collision investigators kept busy Sunday

  RCMP collision investigators were kept busy on Sunday following two car separate car accidents.

  Nov 2, 2015
• Advertisement
• Google self-driving car involved in 1st injury-causing accident

  Google Inc. revealed Thursday that one of its self-driving car prototypes was involved in an injury accident for the first time.

  Tech

  Jul 17, 2015
• Advertisement
• Google acknowledges 11 accidents involving self-driving cars in 6 years

  The self-driving cars that Google Inc. has been testing on California's roads and highways were involved in 11 minor accidents over the past six years, according to the tech giant.

  Tech

  May 12, 2015