Traffic Fatalities

• A deadly week on B.C.’s roads as more than a dozen people killed in crashes

  In each case, either speed, impaired or distracted driving has bee a factor, which remains the top three causes of motor vehicle collisions in B.C.

  Traffic

  Jul 11
  
• OPP say traffic collisions down but fatalities up in 2020 across Ontario

  OPP say traffic fell sharply in 2020 because of stay-at-home orders and other measures. Overall, collisions fell 26 per cent from 2019 but the fatality rate was up 22 per cent.

  Traffic

  Mar 16, 2021
  
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• Deadly highways: Manitoba records 5 fatalities in one week

  This week the province has recorded five fatalities, bumping the number of deaths on Manitoba roads so far this year to 48.

  Traffic

  Aug 15, 2020
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• Montreal pedestrians look forward to new safety measures at intersections

  In 2019, 24 pedestrians died in accidents — an increase from 18 fatalities in 2018, and 16 in 2017.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2020
• Deaths on Manitoba highways during summer holding steady year over year: RCMP

  This year's total highway deaths to date (between May 17 and Sept. 2) is holding steady at 30 – the same as 2018 – but according to Manitoba RCMP stats, the province has only seen three such fatalities on a long weekend, all between Aug. 2-5.

  Traffic

  Sep 4, 2019
• One-third of B.C. traffic fatalities in last decade involved drugs or alcohol: coroner

  Nearly the same number of fatalities occurred in crashes where occupants weren't using seat belts or car seats.

  May 16, 2019
• Pot activist disagrees with UBC study on pot-related traffic fatalities

  A B.C pot activist isn't convinced a UBC study linking marijauana use on April 20th to fatal crashes in the United States is entirely accurate.

  Feb 12, 2018
• 2017 saw the lowest number of traffic deaths in the province in 60 years

  In 2017 Saskatchewan had the lowest number of traffic fatalities in more than six decades.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2018
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• Edmonton traffic deaths up 50%; police chief calls it ‘tremendous concern’

  The number of traffic fatalities in Edmonton has increased by 50 per cent since last year.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2015