It’s Canada Road Safety Week and the Ontario Provincial Police say that preventable road fatalities are on the rise. The National campaign is meant to educate motorists about the dangers of preventable collisions.
Police say that, as of last Monday, 71 people had died as a result of a collision on OPP-patrolled roads.
Speed is linked to the most fatalities but police say that inattentive-related deaths have seen a significant increase. Other common factors include motorists not wearing seatbelts, alcohol and drug-related fatalities and pedestrian fatalities.
In total, police say that 335 people died in 304 fatal collisions on OPP roads last year.
OPP Traffic Data
Number of fatal collisions: 63 up 10.5 percent from 2019 when there was 57.
Persons killed: 71 up 16.4 percent from 61 in 2019.
Speed-related fatalities: 17 up 13.3 percent from 2019 when there was 15 .
(Lack of) seat belt-related fatalities: 15 up 25 percent from 2019 when there was 12.
Inattentive-related fatalities: 12 a huge increase of 300 percent from 2019 when there was 3.
Alcohol/drug-related fatalities: 12 up 20 percent from the 10 in 2019.
Pedestrians fatalities: 14 up 75 percent from 2019 when there was 8.
