OPP road death stats

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The OPP has released its first ever report of statistics on deadly road collisions in Ontario. It’s meant to shed light on those who are at risk on the roads as well as what caused the crashes. They’ve looked at crashes during a 10 year period. The data revealed young adult males are twice as likely to die in collisions as females.

Between 2005 and 2014 the OPP investigated 3091 fatal road collisions in which almost 70% were drivers and 23% were passengers. Almost 700 people died in collisions involving transport trucks and the stats show most of those killed were the drivers of the other vehicles involved. 92 truck drivers died and the majority were reported as not driving properly at the time. Police say it all boils down to four main causes. “Aggressive driving, distracted driving, impaired driving and people still not wearing their seatbelt.”

While it seems many aren’t wearing their seatbelts, the numbers show adults are at least making sure their kids do. “When we looked at the deaths in 2005 involving children and people under 16 years of age that number has dramatically decreased. It is encouraging to see that people are taking care of the children they are either properly belted, buckled or in the proper car seat.”

The study also showed just how vulnerable motorcyclists are on the roads. 279 died over the past 10 years, 190 were reported as not driving properly at the time, but 74 others died who did nothing wrong. 15 passengers also died. Police say passengers, whether on a bike or in a car need to also take charge and call out drivers who are taking chances with them in the vehicle.