Collision Facts 330 people killed 17,907 people injured 140,705 collisions May 2017 www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics
Collision Facts 330 people killed 17,907 people injured 140,705 collisions Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Total Collisions Day of Week 19,851 21,081 21,188 21,832 Total Number of Collisions Fatal 288 Injury 13,531 PDO 126,886 Urban Rural Fatal Collisions 32% 68% Injury Collisions Friday 23,395 Total 140,705 76% 24% Saturday Sunday 14,403 18,815 PDO Collisions 85% 15% Early Morning Morning Rush Hour Mid Day Evening Rush Hour Evening Late Night Total Collisions Time Period 7,061 8,569 18,795 25,547 35,100 42,101 PDO means Property Damage Only ; in other words, nobody was hurt Total Number of Casualties Fatalities 330 Major Injuries 3,056 Minor Injuries 14,851 Total 18,237 Month of Collision Occurrence Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Fatal 23 14 14 18 23 37 40 31 26 23 18 21 Injury 1,262 1,036 975 910 1,119 1,173 1,219 1,101 1,105 1,267 1,172 1,189 PDO 14,053 10,865 9,998 8,716 9,558 9,964 9,454 8,886 9,802 10,458 12,168 12,827 www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 2
Collision Rates per 10,000 Population Rates Fatal 2011 2012 2013 2014 Injury 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 36.8 35.7 35.0 34.6 PDO 32.2 330.7 316.1 316.1 315.8 302.4 Total 368.3 352.6 351.9 351.2 335.3 Casualty Rates per 10,000 Population 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Number Killed 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 Number Injured 49.2 47.0 46.3 45.5 42.7 www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 3
173 Fatalities 11,254 Victims Injuries Total 330 Total 17,907 70 3,906 36 33 3 11 4 1,198 640 534 228 147 Casualty Rate per 10,000 Population by Age 71.9 71.0 62.1 8.3 13.6 18.9 49.1 48.2 45.5 38.8 28.5 Under 5 5 9 10 14 15 19 20 24 25 29 30 34 35 44 45 54 55 64 65+ The Alberta seat belt wearing rate was 95.1% in 2011* Seatbelt users had a much lower injury rate (6.8%) than those not using seatbelts (22.4%) Did Not Use a Seatbelt Fatal Injury Used a Seatbelt Fatal Injury Minor Injury Minor Injury Fatal Injury Major Injury Minor Injury www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 4
86.4 of total collisions involved at least one driver who committed a driving error Drivers Speeding Increases Collision Severity 1 in 4 drivers in fatal collisions (25.7%) and 1 in 10 drivers in injury crashes (8.3%) were driving at an unsafe speed Involvement Rates per 10,000 Licensed Drivers 54% of crashes on rural highways involved an animal Of these crashes, 4% resulted in human casualties. The crash factors that lead to deaths and injuries include things like speeding, tailgating and drinking and driving. Fatal Collisions 2.9 Females Males 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0 0.3 under 0.0 16 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 34 35 44 45 54 55 64 65 + Injury Collisions 150 Females 125 127 122 127 Males 27 69 97 72 94 65 83 82 58 45 70 35 58 under 16 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 34 35 44 45 54 55 64 65 + www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 5
Drivers Most Common Driver Errors Include... Ran Off the Road 104 Drinking Drivers... Fatal Crashes Left Turn Across Path 19 Left of Centre 50 Stop Sign Violation 22 Injury Crashes Followed Too Closely 3,420 Ran Off the Road 1,917 Left Turn Across Path 1,218 Stop Sign Violation 886 1 in 5 Drivers in Fatal Crashes Drank (19.8%) 1 in 32 Drivers in Injury Crashes Drank (3.1%) 720 drivers in fatal and injury crashes consumed alcohol prior to the crash. 85 people died 399 people sustained major injuries 643 people sustained minor injuries Involvement Rates per 1,000 Licensed Drivers Show... Males aged 18 to 21 were most likely to have consumed alcohol before the crash Four times more males than females consumed alcohol before the crash www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 6
Vehicles Fatal Collisions Injury Collisions 134 5,488 110 9,201 83 6,916 39 457 Vehicle factors rarely contribute to collisions 97.3% of the vehicles in fatal collisions and 99.1% of those in injury collisions did not have an apparent defect that contributed to the crash 35 31 9 3 876 622 95 536 The most common point of impact in fatal and injury collisions was the front of the vehicle (45.1%) The centre rear was the point of impact in 21.4% of fatal and injury collisions The point of impact in 17.3% of fatal collisions was rollover compared to 5% in injury 11 Other 252 Visit www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics for more information on motor vehicle collisions in Alberta *Visit www.transportation.alberta.ca/content/doctype48/production/albertaseatbeltuse2006 2011.pdf for more information on seatbelt wearing rates in Alberta. Note: The information presented in this fact sheet is based on those cases where the respective information was specified on the Alberta Collision Report Form. For more information on the categories presented in this report and motor vehicle collisions in Alberta, please refer to the annual Alberta Traffic Collision Statistics report, available at the above website. www.transportation.alberta.ca/statistics 7