TRAFFIC COLLISION STATISTICS Police-attended Injury and Fatal Collisions British Columbia 2006
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: British Columbia traffic collision statistics / Motor Vehicle Branch. -- 1994- Annual Title from cover. Continues: Traffic accident statistics. ISSN 0847-1517. ISSN 1203-8008 = British Columbia traffic collision statistics 1. Traffic accidents - British Columbia - Statistics - Periodicals. I. British Columbia. Motor-Vehicle Branch. HE5614.5.C3B74 363.12_52_09711021 C96-960010-0
Introduction Attention: Important changes for 2006 The 2006 publication reflects an important change in the counting of a fatal collision resulting from a revision of the exclusion criteria, a reconciliation of fatalities in the Traffic Accident System with those in the Coroners' database and a subsequent cleaning of the data. In past years, collisions on industrial roads and some collisions on forestry roads involving private vehicles were eligible for inclusion in the Traffic Accident System. These fatal collisions were excluded in 2006. In addition, a reconciliation with fatalities in the Coroners' database resulted in identification of additional ineligible cases where death occurred off-road, on private property or was due to natural causes. These fatal collisions have always been ineligible according to the criteria laid out in the Traffic Accident Reporting Police Procedures Manual. However previous years' data were not cleaned. The 2006 fatal collision and fatality counts are therefore lower than they would have been in the absence of the revised process and are not directly comparable with published counts for previous years. Previous years' data are undergoing reconciliation and cleaning and will be revised in future publications. Chapter 17 Police Jurisdiction Report was revised in 2006 to include all collision reports received, both attended and unattended. Overview British Columbia s Traffic Accident System compiles and maintains information on all traffic collisions in the province reported to the police. Traffic collision information is used to determine collision trends over time and to identify problem factors (e.g., driver, vehicle, environmental). The information supports road safety programs and enforcement campaigns such as CounterAttack and Operation Impact. It is used to evaluate provincial road safety initiatives, for monitoring of commercial vehicle collision trends and commercial vehicle safety programs; for identification of highway locations which may require improvement; for highway planning; and for guiding the development of new policies and programs to reduce the frequency and severity of collisions in the province. Data extracted from the system are used in planning and research by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), provincial government ministries and by the federal government. The Ministry of Transportation and municipal engineering departments across the province rely on traffic collision data to assist in the planning, design and improvement of roads and highways. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and municipal police forces also use the data to assist in determining law enforcement priorities and locations to target traffic enforcement. Data collection and processing Motor vehicle collisions are reportable in British Columbia if they result in personal injury or death or aggregate property damage in excess of $1,000 ($600 for a motorcycle). The damage level thresholds were amended on January 1, 1991 from a previous level of $400. A driver is required to report a collision to police within 24 hours of occurrence (48 hours if the collision occurred outside a municipality). The Traffic Accident Police Investigation Report (MV6020, formerly known as MV104) is completed by a police officer or employee. When a police officer attends a collision, the report is most often completed at the scene. In many police jurisdictions, the police do not attend all reportable collisions; in the case of unattended collisions, a driver is required to report the collision to a police station if it meets the injury or aggregate damage criteria. These collision reports are referred to as unattended or self-reports. Some police jurisdictions no longer accept self-reports at the counter, with the result that these reportable collisions do not get recorded and are lost to the system. In most cases, these are non-injury collisions. The police forward completed MV6020s to the ICBC office in Victoria. ICBC staff review and microfilm the forms and then enter the data into an Oracle database. In 1996, significant changes took place in police reporting of collisions. Many police agencies changed their standards or practices for collision reporting, thus resulting in fewer reported collisions overall, in particular those involving property damage only or minor injury. A few jurisdictions even suspended the submission of all MV104s to MVB/ICBC. Such changes rendered year to year comparisons of annual collision statistics untenable. By January 1999, all police jurisdictions had resumed full submission of completed collision reports, although police attendance at collisions has remained well below pre-1996 levels. The reporting level appears to have stabilised since 1999. This publication In order to maintain this report as a consistent source of annual collisions statistics, information provided includes only police-attended personal injury and fatal collisions. The decision to exclude property damage only collisions and unattended collisions was due to the changes in collision reporting standards and practices by the police, resulting in a declining number of self-reported collisions. Following the practice of reports for the past several years, the 2006 Annual Traffic Collision Statistics Report has been based on police-reported injury collisions and all fatal collisions. A very small number of unattended fatal collisions are included.. 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Introduction British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions Since the annual collision frequencies have stabilized in the past several years, some sections in this report now include a 5-year summary bar chart to demonstrate the changes in the five year period. This publication is based on data extracted from the Traffic Accident System on December 2, 2007. Due to the dynamic nature of the database, all numbers reported in this publication may be subject to changes over time. Further Information We hope that this publication will provide you with the answers you are seeking about collisions in British Columbia. The ultimate goal is to increase public awareness of the importance of safe driving and to contribute to improved traffic safety on British Columbia s roads and highways. Better information leads to better solutions. If you have questions regarding the contents of this publication, please contact: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia Road Safety Research P.O. Box 3750 Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3Y5 Telephone: (250) 414-7923 Fax: (250) 978-8025 ii
Contents SECTION 1 Summary Statistics & Historical Trends 1 Table 1.01 Long term traffic collision and casualty statistics 2 Figure 1.01 Twenty year reported traffic fatality trend: 1987-2006 2 Figure 1.02 Ten year reported collision trend: 1997-2006 3 Table 1.02 Summary statistics: Collisions and victims 3 Table 1.03 Summary population statistics: BC population, drivers and vehicles 4 Table 1.04 Reported collisions by police attendance: 1997 2006 4 Figure 1.03 Property damage only collisions by police attendance 5 Figure 1.04 Injury collisions by police attendance 5 Figure 1.05 Total number of collisions by police attendance 5 SECTION 2 Time of Occurrence in 2006 Collisions 7 Table 2.01 Collisions and victims by month 8 Figure 2.01 Distribution of collisions and victims by month 8 Figure 2.02 Distribution of collisions and victims by day of week 8 Table 2.02 Collisions and victims by day of week 9 Table 2.03 Collisions and victims by collision hour 9 Figure 2.03 Distribution of casualty collisions and victims by collision hour 10 Table 2.04 Victims in 2006 holiday collisions 10 SECTION 3 Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions 11 Table 3.01 Frequency of contributing factors in collisions by category 12 Figure 3.01 Top five human condition contributing factors in casualty collisions 12 Figure 3.02 Top five human action contributing factors in casualty collisions 12 Table 3.02 Frequency of human condition factors in injury and fatal collisions 13 Table 3.03 Frequency of human action factors in injury and fatal collisions 13 Table 3.04 Frequency of environmental factors in injury and fatal collisions 14 Figure 3.03 Top five environmental factors in casualty collisions 14 Table 3.05 Frequency of vehicle factors in injury and fatal collisions 15 Figure 3.04 Top five vehicle condition factors in casualty collisions 15 Table 3.06 Contributing factors in collisions in order of magnitude: By number of collisions 16 Figure 3.05 Top ten contributing factors in collisions by percentage of total collisions 16 Table 3.07 Contributing factors in fatal collisions in order of magnitude: By number of collisions 17 Figure 3.06 Top five contributing factors in fatal collisions by percentage of total fatal collisions 17 SECTION 4 Victims in 2006 Collisions 19 Table 4.01 Victims injured by road user class by month 20 Figure 4.01 Classification of injured victims by road user class 20 Table 4.02 Victims killed by road user class by month 21 Figure 4.02 Classification of victims killed by road user class 21 Table 4.03 Victims injured by road user class and age 22 Table 4.04 Victims killed by road user class and age 23 Table 4.05 Victims Injured by age and gender 24 Figure 4.03 Number of injured victims by age and gender 24 Table 4.06 Victims killed by age and gender 25 Figure 4.04 Number of victims killed by age and gender 25 Table 4.07 Injury class and injury status 25 Table 4.08 Location of most severe injury and injury type (fatal and non-fatal injuries) 26 Table 4.09 Victims by location of most severe injury 26 Table 4.10 Victims by injury type 26 iii
SECTION 5 - Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2006 Collisions 27 Figure Licensed driver population by age 27 Table 5.01 Comparison of licensed drivers and drivers involved in injury and fatal collisions by age 28 Table 5.02 Age and gender of drivers involved in collisions 29 Table 5.03 BC driver licence class by driver type: Drivers involved in injury collisions 30 Table 5.04 BC driver licence class by driver type: Drivers involved in fatal collisions 30 Table 5.05 Definitions of BC driver licence classes 30 SECTION 6 Vehicles in 2006 Collisions 31 Table 6.01 Number of vehicles involved in collisions by month 31 Table 6.02 Number of vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle use 31 Table 6.03 Collisions by vehicle type 32 Table 6.04 Number of vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle type 32 Table 6.05 Vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle use and type 33 Table 6.06 Stolen vehicles in 2006 collisions by month 34 SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions 35 Table 7.01 Type of restraint used by driver 35 Table 7.02 Type of restraint used by passengers 35 Table 7.03 Restraint used by victims injured in collisions by position in vehicle 36 Table 7.04 Restraint used by victims killed in collisions by position in vehicle 36 Table 7.05 Driver age by restraint use for drivers injured 37 Table 7.06 Driver age by restraint use for drivers killed 38 Figure 7.01 Restraint use by drivers injured 39 Figure 7.02 Restraint use by drivers killed 39 Table 7.07 Passenger age by restraint use for injured passengers 40 Table 7.08 Passenger age by restraint use for passengers killed 41 Figure 7.03 Restraint use by injured passengers 42 Figure 7.04 Restraint use by passengers killed 42 Table 7.09 Ejection of drivers and injury outcome in casualty collisions 43 Table 7.10 Ejection of passengers and injury outcome in casualty collisions 43 Table 7.11 Restraint use and occupant ejection for vehicle occupants 43 Table 7.12 Restraint use by victims injured by vehicle type 44 Table 7.13 Restraint use by victims killed by vehicle type 45 SECTION 8 Environmental Conditions and Collision Context 47 Table 8.01 Collisions by road surface type 47 Table 8.02 Collisions by roadway surface condition 47 Table 8.03 Collisions by lighting condition 48 Table 8.04 Collisions by weather condition 48 Table 8.05 Collisions by land usage 48 Table 8.06 Collisions by collision location 48 Table 8.07 Collisions by road jurisdiction 49 Table 8.08 Collisions by speed limit 49 Table 8.09 Collisions by advisory speed limit 49 Figure 8.01 Proportion of fatal to total casualty collisions by speed limit 50 Table 8.10 Collisions by traffic control device 50 Table 8.11 Collisions at intersection by traffic control device 50 Table 8.12 Traffic control device and collision location 51 Table 8.13 Fatal collision by regular speed limit and advisory speed limit 51 Table 8.14 Injury collision by regular speed limit and advisory speed limit 52 SECTION 9 Collision Configurations in 2006 53 Figure Single and multiple vehicle collisions by collision type 53 Table 9.01 Collisions by primary collision occurrence 53 Table 9.02 Single vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence 53 Table 9.03 Non-single vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence 54 Table 9.04 Multi-vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence 54 SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 55 iv
Table 10.01 Alcohol related collisions and victims by month 56 Figure 10.01 Alcohol related collisions: Collisions and victims by month 56 Table 10.02 Alcohol related collisions by alcohol factors and month 57 Table 10.03 Victims in alcohol related collisions by alcohol factors and month 57 Table 10.04 Alcohol related injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision 58 Figure 10.02 Distribution of alcohol related collisions and victims by collision hour 59 Figure 10.03 Distribution of alcohol related collisions and victims by day of week 59 Table 10.05 Alcohol related fatal collisions by day of week and hour of collision 60 Figure 10.04 Drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions by driver age and gender 61 Figure 10.05 Non drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions 61 Table 10.06 Drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions by driver age and gender 62 Table 10.07 Drivers in alcohol-related collisions by age and gender Non drinking drivers 62 Table 10.08 Drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions compared to all licensed drivers by age 63 Table 10.09 Victims injured in alcohol related collisions by victim age and road user class 64 Table 10.10 Victims killed in alcohol related collisions by victim age and road user class 65 Table 10.11 Victims injured in alcohol-related collisions in drinking drivers vehicles by victim age and road user class (or where pedestrian was drinking) 66 Figure 10.06 Victims injured in alcohol related collisions 67 Figure 10.07 Victims killed in alcohol related collisions 67 Table 10.12 Victims killed in alcohol-related collisions in drinking drivers vehicles by victim age and road user class (or where pedestrian was drinking) 68 Table 10.13 Victims injured by victim age and road user class for victims not in drinking driver s vehicle in alcohol related collisions 69 Table 10.14 Victims killed by victim age and road user class for victims not in drinking driver s vehicle 70 SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 71 Table 11.01 Speed related collisions and victims by month 72 Figure 11.01 Speed type in speed related collisions by month 72 Table 11.02 Speed related injury collisions by speed factors and month 73 Table 11.03 Victims in speed related collisions by speed factors and month 73 Table 11.04 Speed related injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision 74 Table 11.05 Speed related fatal collisions by day of week and by hour of collisions 75 Figure 11.02 Speed related collisions and victims by collision hour 76 Figure 11.03 Speed related collisions and victims by day of week 76 Table 11.06 Age and gender of speeding drivers involved in speed related collisions 77 Table 11.07 Age and gender of non-speeding drivers involved in speed related collisions 77 Figure 11.04 Speeding drivers involved in speed related collisions 78 Figure 11.05 Drivers not in speeding vehicles involved in speed related collisions 78 Table 11.08 Licensed drivers and drivers involved in speed related collisions (speeding drivers only) by age 79 Table 11.09 Victims injured by victim age and road user class in speed related collisions 80 Table 11.10 Victims killed by victim age and road user class in speed related collisions 81 Table 11.11 Victims injured in speeding vehicles by victim age and road user class 82 Table 11.12 Victims killed in speeding vehicles by victim age and road user class 83 Figure 11.06 Victims injured in speed related collisions in/not in speeding vehicles 84 Figure 11.07 Victims killed in speed related collisions in/not in speeding vehicles 84 Table 11.13 Victims injured in speed related collisions by victim age and road user class not in speeding vehicles 85 Table 11.14 Victims killed in speed related collisions by victim age and road user class not in speeding vehicles 86 Table 11.15 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction City/Municipal street 86 Table 11.16 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction Provincial highway 87 Table 11.17 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction Rural road 87 SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions 89 Table 12.01 Motorcycle collisions and victims by month 90 Figure 12.01 Motorcycle collisions and victims by month 90 Table 12.02 Contributing factors in motorcycle collisions Motorcycle driver factors only: By number of collisions 91 Table 12.03 Contributing factors in motorcycle collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions 91 Table 12.04 Motorcycle collisions by primary collision occurrence 92 Table 12.05 Pre-collision action by collision type in motorcycle collisions: Motorcycle drivers 92 Table 12.06 Pre-collision action by collision type in motorcycle collisions: Other drivers 92 Table 12.07 Collision location by collision type in motorcycle collisions 92 v
Table 12.08 Motorcycle collisions by roadway surface condition 93 Table 12.09 Motorcycle collisions by lighting condition 93 Table 12.10 Motorcycle collisions by weather condition 93 Table 12.11 Motorcycle collisions by collision hour 93 Table 12.12 Motorcycle collisions by driver age Motorcycle drivers only 94 Table 12.13 Motorcycle collisions by driver age Other driver involved 94 Figure 12.02 Drivers involved in motorcycle collisions by age group Motorcycle drivers only 95 Figure 12.03 Drivers involved in motorcycle collisions by age group Other drivers involved 95 Table 12.14 Motorcycle drivers and passengers injured and killed by helmet use and location of injury 96 Table 12.15 Motorcycle drivers and passengers injured and killed by helmet usage and injury type 97 Figure 12.04 Percent of victims with head injury among helmeted and non-helmeted motorcycle drivers and passengers 98 Figure 12.05 Killed victims as a proportion of total casualties by helmet usage 98 Table 12.16 Helmet usage by motorcycle drivers and passengers 98 SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions 99 Table 13.01 Pedestrian collisions and victims by month 100 Figure 13.01 Pedestrian collisions and victims by month (includes both pedestrians and occupants of involved motor vehicles) 100 Table 13.02 Pedestrian collisions by pedestrian action and pedestrian location 101 Figure 13.02 Pedestrian collisions by collision location 101 Figure 13.03 Pedestrian collisions by day of week 101 Table 13.03 Pedestrian injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision 102 Table 13.04 Pedestrian fatal collisions by day of week and hour of collision 103 Table 13.05 Pedestrian victims injured by age and gender 104 Figure 13.04 Pedestrians injured by gender and age group 104 Figure 13.05 Pedestrians killed by gender and age group 104 Table 13.06 Pedestrian victims killed by age and gender 105 Table 13.07 Contributing factors in pedestrian collisions Pedestrian factors only: By number of collisions 105 Table 13.08 Contributing factors in pedestrian collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions 106 Table 13.09 Pedestrians injured and killed by location of injury 106 Table 13.10 Pedestrians injured and killed by type of injury 106 Table 13.11 Pedestrians injured and killed by age and pedestrian action 107 SECTION 14 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions 109 Table 14.01 Bicycle collisions and victims by month 110 Figure 14.01 Bicycle collisions and victims by month 110 Table 14.02 Contributing factors in bicycle collisions Bicycle driver factors only 111 Table 14.03 Contributing factors in bicycle collisions Other driver factors only 111 Table 14.04 Bicycle collisions by primary collision occurrence 112 Table 14.05 Pre-collision action by collision type in bicycle collisions Bicycles only 112 Table 14.06 Pre-collision action by collision type in bicycle collisions Other Vehicles 113 Table 14.07 Collision location of bicycle collisions 113 Table 14.08 Bicycle collisions by roadway surface condition 113 Table 14.09 Bicycle collisions by lighting condition 114 Table 14.10 Bicycle collisions by weather condition 114 Table 14.11 Bicycle collisions by collision hour 114 Table 14.12 Bicycle drivers involved in collisions by age 115 Table 14.13 Bicycle drivers injured in bicycle collisions by age and gender 115 Figure 14.02 Bicycle drivers injured in bicycle collisions by age and gender 116 Table 14.14 Bicycle drivers killed by age and gender in bicycle collisions 116 Figure 14.03 Percent of victims with head injury among helmeted and non-helmeted bicycle drivers in collisions 116 Table 14.15 Bicycle drivers injured and killed by helmet usage and location of injury 116 SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions 117 Table 15.01 Commercial vehicle collisions and victims by month 118 Figure 15.01 Commercial vehicle collisions and victims by month 118 Table 15.02 Contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions Commercial vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 119 vi
Figure 15.02 Top five contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions (commercial vehicle driver factors only) as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions 119 Table 15.03 Contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions 120 Figure 15.03 Top five contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions (other driver factors only) as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions 120 Table 15.04 Vehicle factors in commercial vehicle collisions: Commercial vehicle factors only 120 Table 15.05 Number of commercial vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle type 121 Table 15.06 Commercial vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence 121 Table 15.07 Collision location of commercial vehicle collisions 121 Table 15.08 BC driver licence class of commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: injury collisions 122 Table 15.09 BC driver licence class of commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: fatal collisions 122 Table 15.10 Emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by month 123 Table 15.11 Victims in emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by month 123 Table 15.12 Contributing factors in emergency vehicle collisions Emergency vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 124 Table 15.13 Contributing factors in emergency vehicle collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 124 Table 15.14 Contributing factors in taxi collisions Taxi driver factors only: By number of collisions 125 Table 15.15 Contributing factors in taxi collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 125 Table 15.16 Contributing factors in school bus collisions School bus driver factors only: By number of collisions 126 Table 15.17 Contributing factors in school bus collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 126 Table 15.18 Emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by primary collision occurrence 127 SECTION 16 Heavy Commercial Vehicles in 2006 Collisions 129 Table 16.01 Heavy Commercial vehicle collisions and victims by month 130 Figure 16.01 Heavy commercial vehicle collisions and victims by month 130 Figure 16.02 Top five contributing factors in heavy commercial vehicle collisions: Heavy commercial vehicle driver factors only 130 Table 16.02 Contributing factors in heavy commercial vehicle collisions Heavy Commercial vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions 131 Table 16.03 Contributing factors in heavy commercial vehicle collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions 131 Figure 16.03 Top five contributing factors in heavy commercial vehicle collisions: Other vehicle driver factors only 132 Table 16.04 Vehicle factors in heavy commercial vehicle collisions: Heavy commercial vehicles only 132 Table 16.05 Heavy commercial vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence 132 Table 16.06 Collision location of heavy commercial vehicle collisions 132 Table 16.07 Heavy commercial vehicle collisions by roadway surface condition 133 Table 16.08 Heavy commercial vehicle collisions by lighting condition 133 Table 16.09 Heavy commercial vehicle collisions by weather condition 133 Table 16.10 Driver age in heavy commercial vehicle collisions:heavy commercial vehicle drivers only 133 Table 16.11 BC driver licence class of heavy commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: Injury collisions 134 Table 16.12 BC driver licence class of heavy commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: Fatal collisions 134 SECTION 17 Police Jurisdiction Reports 135 Table 17.01 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction in Southeast District (RCMP) 135 Table 17.02 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction in North District (RCMP) 136 Table 17.03 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction in Lower Mainland District (RCMP) 137 Table 17.04 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction in Island District (RCMP) 138 Table 17.05 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction Indpendent Forces 139 Table 17.06 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction Other Forces and Locations 139 Table 17.07 Collisions and victims by police jurisdiction First Nation Police Forces 139 vii
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Glossary Ability Impaired by Alcohol The police officer has evidence that alcohol impaired the individual s driving ability. The level of impairment will be reflected in the fact the individual received a 24 hour suspension or was charged with impaired driving. Ability Impaired by Drugs The police officer has evidence that drugs impaired the individual s driving ability. The level of impairment will be reflected in the fact the individual received a 24 hour suspension or was charged with impaired driving. Ability Impaired by Medication The police officer has evidence that medication impaired the individual s driving ability. This is used when a person has taken medication legally for medicinal purposes. The level of impairment will be reflected in the fact the individual received a 24 hour suspension or was charged with impaired driving. Advisory Speed Zone This speed is posted as an advisory change to the overall Posted/Not Posted Speed Limit that is always in effect. e.g. at sharp curves. Air Bag Inflatable safety device usually stored in vehicle dashboard or steering wheel/column. Upon impact, bag is released and inflated to cushion vehicle occupants and prevent serious injury. Alcohol Suspected The police officer has some evidence to suspect the individual may have consumed alcohol but does not have enough evidence to prove impairment. The driver is not given a 24 hour suspension or charged with impaired driving. A.T.V. All Terrain Vehicle: any type of vehicle propelled by motorized power and capable of travel on or off a highway as defined in the HIGHWAY ACT and that is designated as an All Terrain Vehicle by regulation under the ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE ACT. Bicycle Cycle Bi/Tri 2 or 3 wheeled, pedal driven vehicle. Child Restraint Federally approved child safety seat. Collision The encounter of a moving vehicle with another moving vehicle or with a fixed object. Reportable in British Columbia when injury or death occurs or when greater than $1,000 aggregate property damage is sustained; in the case of a motorcycle when greater than $600 in damage is sustained. Comb. Unit Truck/Heavy Combination Unit - Truck/Heavy: truck and trailer unit over 10,900 kg. Comb. Unit /Truck/Light Combination Unit - Truck/Light: truck and trailer unit, trailer under 4,600 kg, and total not over 10,900 kg. Comb. Unit Tractor Trailer Combination Unit - Tractor Trailer: tractor and semi-trailer unit, over 10,900 kg. Comb. Unit Tractor/Trailer & Pup Combination Unit - Tractor Trailer & Pup: tractor and semi-trailer and pup trailer (pup = 4 wheel trailer). Commercial Vehicle A vehicle licensed as such under the COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT and used primarily for commercial/business purposes. Communication/Video Equipment This includes any one or two way communication equipment such as a cellular phone, C.B. Radio, Palm devices, computers, A.M./F.M. Radio/ tape deck/c.d. players and any video equipment such as a DVD player, T.V., Mapping program. Construction Road maintenance, and/or construction on roadway which contributes to collision. Contributing Factor Those circumstances or events that the attending police officer perceives to directly contribute to a traffic collision. Drugs Suspected The police officer has some evidence to suspect the individual may have consumed drugs but does not have enough evidence to prove impairment. The driver is not given a 24 hour suspension or charged with impaired driving. Fatal Collision Any motor vehicle or other road vehicle collision occurring on a 'public highway' as defined in the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT which results in fatal injuries to one or more persons and these persons are deceased within 30 days of the collision. General Construction Vehicle Backhoe, bulldozer, crawler, digger, excavator, forklift, loader, mower, skidder, trencher. Internal/External Distraction To cause to turn away from the focus of driving. To divert attention away from driving. ix
Log Truck & Pole Trailer Tractor or Truck and Pole trailer. Used in combination to haul logs. Mini Van A vehicle that is a van in body type and can be used as a passenger vehicle. Minor Injury Classified as abrasions, bruises, and lacerations and was immediately released from hospital (same day). Modified Vehicle A vehicle which deviates from the manufacturer s specifications. Moped Vehicle capable of being operated by pedals and is equipped with a motor under 50 cc (any class driver s licence or special class 6). Moped on flat surface not to exceed 50 km/h under power. Motor Vehicle A mechanically or electrically powered device not operated upon rails, upon which or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway. Excludes: devices used solely to move persons or property within the confines of a building and its premises, such as an electric baggage or mail truck used solely within an industrial plant. The exclusion does not apply if these devices are in used outside the confines of a building and its environs. Obstruction/debris Debris on travelled portion of roadway which contributes to a traffic collision. Oversize Vehicle A vehicle more than 12.5 metres in length with width greater than 2.6 metres, and height greater than 4.15 metres. Off Highway Private place, field, bush, etc., All Terrain Vehicles on private road indicated by signs. Distinguished from Ran off/left highway (see below). Panel Van A vehicle that is a van in body type that is designed or used primarily for the transportation of property within a closed container. Power Bicycle A power-assisted bicycle requires the use of pedals, and the motor is only permitted to provide assistance to the rider. These vehicles are classed as limited speed motorcycles. Both gas and battery powered models are available. Ran off/left Highway Where a vehicle travelling on a roadway, in the course of an accident, leaves the roadway. Road Construction Vehicle Grader, paver, roller. Safety Equipment Seatbelts, motorcycle helmets, airbags, child restraints. Safety Equipment Used This field is defined as the type of safety equipment that a vehicle occupant was using at the time of an accident. Data origin: Safety equipment is found on the MV6020 in the All Involved section, column #12. Serious Injury Classified as victim required stay overnight at hospital. Single Unit Truck/Heavy Single Unit Truck/Heavy: single unit truck over 10,900 kg. Single Unit Truck/Light (Pickup Truck) Single Unit Truck/Light: single unit truck up to 10,900 kg. Special Speed Zone This speed is posted as a special change to the overall Posted/Not Posted Speed Limit that is always in effect. i.e., at construction zones. Speed Zone The primary speed limit on section of roadway where a collision occurred. Sport Utility Vehicle Otherwise known as an SUV, a sport utility vehicle is a station wagon by body style but is identified as an SUV by the manufacturer. Trailer A vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle Trailers include: All trailers 700 kg GVW or less including tar kettles, mixers, welders, toolsheds, towing dollies, and so on. Recreation type trailers - tent, camper, travel, or other similar design in excess of 700 kg GVW. House trailers designed, constructed and equipped for human habitation or occupancy including use for industrial, professional, or commercial purposes in excess of 700 kg GVW. Trailers designed to carry recreational equipment for personal use. All trailers excess of 700 kg GVW designed to transport freight, lumber or other goods regardless of whether the goods are for resale or for private use or used for commercial purposes including: a dolly when pulled unattached from a trailer box (pup trailer), a welder, compressor, or trailer of a similar design, a flatdeck, high boy, van, or other semi trailer, a tool shed, a pole, pipe, or other similar type of trailer, a trailer pulled by a Farm Truck. x
Trailers do not include: an implement of husbandry, a side car attached to a motorcycle, or a disabled motor vehicle that is towed by a tow car. Note: Commercial and Non-Commercial trailers are not distinguished from each other on the Traffic Accident Report. Vehicle A device in, upon, or by which a person or thing is, or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except a device designed to be moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. Bicycles are included with vehicles when a collision involves a bicycle and a motor vehicle. Windows Obstructed Any window in a vehicle that obstructed the driver s vision because of items like window stickers, foggy or frosty windows or similar window related obstructions that prevented a clear view. 5th Wheel Trailer A 5th wheel Trailer is connected to the towing vehicle with a plate and pin not to be confused with a trailer connected to the towing vehicle with a ball and chain. Note: This section has been updated with definitions from the Traffic Accident Reporting Police Procedures Manual, revised February, 2006. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions xi
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Summary Statistics & Historical Trends SECTION 1 Reporting Police-reported collisions do not include all reportable collisions in the province. This is particularly the case since 1996 when major changes in police reporting occurred. Police in some municipalities began to attend only collisions of a more serious nature and some discontinued accepting self-reports at the counter. These changes have had a profound impact on the total number of collisions recorded in the BC traffic collision database. The numbers of reported collisions (property damage only and personal injury) have been under reported from 1995 on. From 1996 to 1998, some fatal collisions may also have gone unreported. From 1995 to 1996, total reported collisions dropped by 19% (from 93,490 to 75,288). From 1996 to 1997, they fell by a further 37% (to 47,495). During these years, a handful of police jurisdictions ceased to submit collisions report forms altogether. Fortunately, from 1999, the police reporting level has stabilised and all police jurisdictions submit completed MV6020 forms. The long-term traffic collision trends were also affected by an official reporting level change that occurred on January 1, 1991. On that date the minimum reporting levels for property damage only traffic collisions were increased from $400 to $1,000 for vehicles, and to $600 for motorcycles. As a result, there were more than 55,000 fewer property damage only collisions reported in 1991 than in the previous year. Official criteria for personal injury and fatal collision reporting have not changed. To illustrate trends in reporting, this chapter shows all collisions in the database, including property damage only and self-reports. In all other chapters of this book, all tables and graphs refer to only police-attended injury collisions and fatal collisions (attended and unattended). Summary Statistics Collisions* In 2006, 50,192 traffic collisions were reported. There were 19,849 injury collisions and 370 fatal collisions. Of all collisions, 45,178 (90.0%) were attended by police. Fatalities* The total reported number of fatally injured victims was 413. On average a fatality occurred every 21.2 hours in 2006. Injuries* The number of people reported injured in 2006 was 27,556 compared to 28,763 in 2005. On average, 79 people were reported injured each day in 2006. Drivers Licensed In 2006, there were 2,955,879 actively licensed drivers holding a BC driver s licence. This number includes 1,518,191 males and 1,435,279 females. Note that the definition of licensed driver has been changed to include only active licensed drivers. Driver counts reported prior to the 1999 publication cannot be compared with the counts reported in the current publication. In 2005, there were 2,912,935 actively licensed drivers. Vehicles Licensed In 2006, there were 3,721,162 licensed vehicles, an increase of about 1.8% over 2005. Note: * Collision and victim counts are updated for 2002 to 2005. Therefore they may be different than were stated in 2005 edition. Note that the 2006 figure reflects the application of exclusion criteria not applied in previous years. Thus the apparent large drop in fatalities is at least partly due to differences in definition. See note page i. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 1
SECTION 1 Summary Statistics & Historical Trends Table 1.01 Long term traffic collision and casualty statistics Collisions Victims Year Property Damage Only Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total 1987 84,630 29,194 542 114,366 41,291 622 41,913 1988 101,277 30,935 535 132,747 44,161 615 44,776 1989 111,300 33,062 491 144,853 47,471 587 48,058 1990 122,291 35,073 567 157,931 50,569 654 51,223 1991 66,563 32,975 463 100,001 47,383 537 47,920 1992 62,331 33,328 419 96,078 48,435 473 48,908 1993 60,984 32,393 442 93,819 46,952 512 47,464 1994 63,362 33,337 458 97,157 48,299 534 48,833 1995 60,398 32,681 411 93,490 47,474 493 47,967 1996 47,783 27,145 357 75,285 40,201 407 40,608 1997 26,094 21,077 341 47,512 31,542 391 31,933 1998 22,115 19,975 367 42,457 29,950 421 30,371 1999 20,997 20,006 377 41,380 30,031 415 30,446 2000 22,255 20,018 379 42,652 29,938 424 30,362 2001 25,318 20,218 371 45,907 29,655 416 30,071 2002 27,158 20,117 410 47,685 29,374 466 29,840 2003 28,596 20,938 405 49,939 30,795 453 31,248 2004 28,811 20,305 408 49,524 29,207 440 29,647 2005 29,815 20,378 406 50,599 28,763 459 29,222 2006 29,973 19,849 370 50,192 27,556 413 27,969 Note: 1) This table is based on total reported collisions, both police attended and unattended. 2) Numbers for 1996 to 2006 are updated. 3) On January 1, 1991, the minimum reporting level for property damage collisions was increased from $400 to $1,000. This has significantly reduced the number of accidents reported in 1991. Figure 1.01 Twenty year reported traffic fatality trend: 1987 2006 700 Fatality Trend: 1987 2006 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
SECTION 1 Summary Statistics & Historical Trends Figure 1.02 Ten year reported collision trend: 1997 2006 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Note: Graph is based on total reported collisions, both police attended and unattended. Table 1.02 Summary statistics: Collisions and victims 1 % Change 2 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 03 02 04 03 05 04 06 05 Collisions Property Damage Only 27,158 28,596 28,811 29,815 29,973 5.29% 0.75% 3.48% 0.53% Injury 20,117 20,938 20,305 20,378 19,849 4.08% -3.02% 0.36% -2.60% Fatal 410 405 408 406 370-1.22% 0.74% -0.49% -8.87% Total Reported Collisions 47,685 49,939 49,524 50,599 50,192 4.73% -0.83% 2.17% -0.80% Victims Number of Persons Injured 29,374 30,795 29,207 28,763 27,556 4.84% -5.16% -1.52% -4.20% Number of Persons Killed 466 453 440 459 413-2.79% -2.87% 4.32% -10.02% Total Victims 29,840 31,248 29,647 29,222 27,969 4.72% -5.12% -1.43% -4.29% Note: 1) This table is based on total reported collisions, both police attended and unattended. 2) The percentage change may reflect changes in number of collisions reported by the police, as well as the change in actual number of collisions which occurred. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 3
SECTION 1 Summary Statistics & Historical Trends Table 1.03 Summary population statistics: BC population, drivers and vehicles 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 03-02 04-03 05-04 06-05 B.C. Population 4,115,000 4,155,000 4,203,000 4,260,000 4,320,000 0.97% 1.16% 1.36% 1.41% Drivers Licensed Male Drivers 1,445,571 1,462,778 1,474,654 1,498,356 1,518,191 1.19% 0.81% 1.61% 1.32% Female Drivers 1,357,120 1,372,550 1,384,110 1,412,065 1,435,279 1.14% 0.84% 2.02% 1.64% Unknown 136 2,322 2,480 2,514 2,409 Total 2,802,827 2,837,650 2,861,244 2,912,935 2,955,879 1.24% 0.83% 1.81% 1.47% Vehicles Licensed Passenger Vehicles 2,241,717 2,279,356 2,321,288 2,374,924 2,385,341 1.68% 1.84% 2.31% 0.44% Commercial Vehicles 747,827 751,665 760,042 775,981 799,080 0.51% 1.11% 2.10% 2.98% Trailers 379,535 386,286 400,512 419,816 444,897 1.78% 3.68% 4.82% 5.97% Motorcycles 69,136 73,258 77,670 83,218 91,844 5.96% 6.02% 7.14% 10.37% Total 3,438,215 3,490,565 3,559,512 3,653,939 3,721,162 1.52% 1.98% 2.65% 1.84% Notes: 1) B.C. population estimates are based on population projection as of July 1, 2007 by Statistics Canada. 2) Driver counts from publications prior to 1999 can not be compared with the revised driver counts shown above. 3) Starting from 2003, the active driver count was obtained from Business Information Warehouse. Prior to 2003, the count was obtained from Driver Licensing System data extract. This change resulted in higher counts with gender unknown. 4) Licensed vehicles were those that had an active policy during 2006, including duplicate counts of vehicles that were licensed more than once during the year. Table 1.04 Reported collisions by police attendance: 1997 2006 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Police Attended Collisions Property Damage Only 18,001 17,494 17,207 18,381 20,445 22,526 23,867 24,186 25,118 25,895 Injury 18,371 18,008 18,207 18,232 18,347 18,581 19,539 19,071 19,310 18,915 Fatal 340 367 376 378 369 410 405 407 403 368 Total attended collisions 36,712 35,869 35,790 36,991 39,161 41,517 43,811 43,664 44,831 45,178 Police Unattended Collisions Property Damage Only 8,093 4,621 3,790 3,874 4,873 4,632 4,729 4,625 4,697 4,078 Injury 2,706 1,967 1,799 1,786 1,871 1,536 1,399 1,234 1,068 934 Fatal 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 3 2 Total unattended collisions 10,800 6,588 5,590 5,661 6,746 6,168 6,128 5,860 5,768 5,014 Total Fatal Collisions 341 367 377 379 371 410 405 408 406 370 Total Collisions 47,512 42,457 41,380 42,652 45,907 47,685 49,939 49,524 50,599 50,192 Total Victims 31,933 30,371 30,446 30,362 30,071 29,840 31,248 29,647 29,222 27,969 Note: 1) Collisions which are neither attended by police nor driver self-reported do not get recorded in the database. 2) The 2006 fatal collision counts and fatality counts are lower than they would be in the absence of the fatality re-definition and are not comparable to prior years (See page vii). No changes have been made to the reporting of injury collisions. 4 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Summary Statistics & Historical Trends SECTION 1 Figure 1.03 Property damage only collisions by police attendance Figure 1.04 Injury collisions by police attendance 30,000 25,000 Police Attended Collisions Police Unattended Collisions 22,500 20,000 17,500 20,000 15,000 15,000 12,500 10,000 Police Attended Collisions Police Unattended Collisions 10,000 7,500 5,000 5,000 2,500 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Figure 1.05 Total number of collisions by police attendance 50,000 45,000 Total attended collisions Total unattended collisions 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 5
SECTION 1 Summary Statistics & Historical Trends 6 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Time of Occurrence in 2006 Collisions SECTION 2 The highest number of reported casualty collisions (those involving injury or fatality) occurred in November of 2006 (1,833 collisions). The lowest number of casualty collisions (1,317) occurred in February of 2006. The highest casualty (persons injured and killed) count occurred in July of 2006 (2,513 casualties). The lowest count occurred in February of 2006 (1,806). July experienced the highest number of fatalities (44). May and December had the lowest (27). As in previous years, more casualty collisions happened on Friday (16.8%) than on any other day of the week. Next highest was Saturday (14.7%). Monday had the fewest casualty collisions (13.4%). The greatest number of injury collisions occurred between the hours of 3 pm and 4 pm in 2006 (7.7% of all personal injury collisions). Close to 28.2% of all injury collisions occurred between 3 pm and 7 pm (i.e. the evening rush hour). The highest number of fatal collisions happened between 4 pm and 5 pm in 2006 (6.2% of all fatal collisions). Victims in collisions during the holiday periods in 2006 made up about 9.1% of the total casualties in police attended collisions. The Christmas holiday weekend recorded the highest number of casualties including 350 injured and 3 killed. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 7
SECTION 2 Time of Occurrence in 2006 Collisions Table 2.01 Collisions and victims by month Collisions Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 1,694 33 1,727 2,346 42 2,388 February 1,290 27 1,317 1,778 28 1,806 March 1,417 28 1,445 1,974 31 2,005 Victims April 1,413 28 1,441 1,980 32 2,012 May 1,506 25 1,531 2,132 27 2,159 June 1,567 39 1,606 2,265 41 2,306 July 1,731 40 1,771 2,469 44 2,513 August 1,695 33 1,728 2,450 36 2,486 September 1,589 29 1,618 2,158 30 2,188 October 1,627 34 1,661 2,183 42 2,225 November 1,804 29 1,833 2,456 33 2,489 December 1,582 25 1,607 2,222 27 2,249 Total 18,915 370 19,285 26,413 413 26,826 Figure 2.01 Distribution of casualty collisions and victims by month Figure 2.02 Distribution of casualty collisions and victims by day of week Number of Collisions/Victims Number of Collisions/Victims 3,000 2,500 Collisions Victims 5,000 4,500 4,000 Collisions Victims 2,000 3,500 3,000 1,500 2,500 2,000 1,000 1,500 500 1,000 500 0 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 8 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
SECTION 2 Time of Occurrence in 2006 Collisions Table 2.02 Collisions and victims by day of week Collisions Victims Day of Week Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total Sunday 2,526 63 2,589 3,734 73 3,807 Monday 2,491 48 2,539 3,421 57 3,478 Tuesday 2,574 31 2,605 3,490 32 3,522 Wednesday 2,637 51 2,688 3,574 60 3,634 Thursday 2,745 46 2,791 3,716 49 3,765 Friday 3,165 68 3,233 4,428 72 4,500 Saturday 2,777 63 2,840 4,050 70 4,120 Total 18,915 370 19,285 26,413 413 26,826 Table 2.03 Collisions and victims by collision hour Collisions Victims Hour Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total 0000-0059 381 17 398 527 18 545 0100-0159 356 13 369 508 15 523 0200-0259 361 10 371 501 14 515 0300-0359 252 8 260 346 8 354 0400-0459 225 10 235 289 12 301 0500-0559 259 10 269 371 10 381 0600-0659 446 9 455 601 9 610 0700-0759 685 17 702 896 19 915 0800-0859 896 16 912 1,211 16 1,227 0900-0959 781 18 799 1,083 20 1,103 1000-1059 881 13 894 1,201 13 1,214 1100-1159 995 12 1,007 1,356 13 1,369 1200-1259 1,001 20 1,021 1,390 22 1,412 1300-1359 1,050 21 1,071 1,472 23 1,495 1400-1459 1,203 15 1,218 1,713 17 1,730 1500-1559 1,450 21 1,471 2,035 25 2,060 1600-1659 1,403 23 1,426 1,992 29 2,021 1700-1759 1,394 20 1,414 1,977 20 1,997 1800-1859 1,082 21 1,103 1,558 23 1,581 1900-1959 882 13 895 1,224 13 1,237 2000-2059 742 15 757 1,047 16 1,063 2100-2159 670 9 679 956 11 967 2200-2259 618 15 633 886 20 906 2300-2359 477 17 494 680 20 700 Unknown 425 7 432 593 7 600 Total 18,915 370 19,285 26,413 413 26,826 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 9
SECTION 2 Time of Occurrence in 2006 Collisions Figure 2.03 Distribution of casualty collisions and victims by collision hour 2,500 Number of Collisions/Victims 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 12am 1am Collisions Victims Table 2.04 Victims in 2006 holiday collisions Holiday Period Injured Killed Total Easter (April 13 to April 17) 338 5 343 Victoria Day (May 19 to May 22) 286 3 289 Canada Day (June 30 to July 3) 271 5 276 B.C. Day (August 4 to August 7) 283 5 288 Labour Day (September 1 to September 4) 227 3 230 Thanksgiving (October 6 to October 9) 188 3 191 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Unknown Remembrance Day (November 10 to November 13) 254 6 260 Christmas (December 22 to December 26) 350 3 353 New Years 06/07 (December 29 to January 1) 202 1 203 Total 2,399 34 2,433 Note: Holiday periods were calculated from 1800 of the first day to 2400 of the last day. For example, Easter holiday period was calculated starting from 1800 on April 13 to 2400 on April 17. Some holidays may occur on a weekend one year but not on a weekend in other years. This will affect year to year comparisons. 10 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions SECTION 3 The BC traffic accident database recognizes that a collision is often the result of an interaction of events or situations. Contributing factors are those circumstances, events or behaviors that the attending police officer judges to contribute to a traffic collision. Procedure for reporting contributing factors In this document all contributing factors assigned to drivers are reflected in the presentation of the data. The report does not differentiate between whether the factors are listed as first, second, third or fourth. For example, a collision could result from a combination of ability impaired by alcohol (factor 1), driving too fast for conditions (factor 2) road condition (factor 3) and headlights defective (factor 4) on the part of Driver 1 and failure to yield right of way (factor 1) and road intersection design (factor 2) assigned to Driver 2. This totals six different contributing factors assigned to the same collision and represents the complete information available from the Traffic Accident System on the role of contributing factors in that collision. Tables 3.01 to 3.05 and Figures 3.01 to 3.04 present the number of factors in 2006 collisions. In addition to the tables and graphs that consider factors, tables that display the same data in terms of collisions are also presented. These include Tables 3.06 and 3.07 and Figure 3.05 and 3.06. These tables and figures display the number of collisions in which a contributing factor was present and not the total number of occurrences of that factor. For example, if impaired by alcohol was a factor assigned to both drivers in the same collision, in these tables, it would be counted just once for that collision. If at least one driver was also assigned a second factor (e.g., exceeding speed limit), the collision would be counted again under speed. To demonstrate the difference between counting factors and counting collisions, we can see that the contributing factor, driver inattentive was recorded in 6,864 collisions (Table 3.06); however, there were 7,285 occurrences of driver inattentive in the database (Table 3.02). In other words, 7,285 drivers involved in collisions were noted as having been driver inattentive. Those same 7,285 drivers were involved in 6,864 collisions because some collisions involved more than one inattentive driver. Contributing factors summary In 2006, 36,631 contributing factors were attributed to 19,285 reported casualty collisions. Of all contributing factors assigned to collisions during 2006, 81.5% involved human action or condition; 16.9% were related to environmental conditions; 1.6% involved vehicle condition. The top five most frequently reported contributing factors in 2006 injury collisions (as a percentage of total injury collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (35.6%); (2) Speed (19.3%); (3) Driver error/confusion (20.8%); (4) Failing to yield to the right of way (16.4%); (5) Road Condition (12.1%). The top five most frequently reported contributing factors in 2006 fatal collisions (as a percentage of total fatal collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Speed (35.7%); (2) Alcohol (26.8%); (3) Driver inattentive (20.0%); (4) Driver error/confusion (16.0%); (5) Driving on wrong side of road (12.7%). Note: a) Speed includes Exceeding speed limit, Excessive speed over 40km/hr, and Driving too fast for conditions; b) Alcohol includes Alcohol suspected and ability impaired by alcohol. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 11
SECTION 3 Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions Table 3.01 Frequency of contributing factors 1 in collisions by category Contributing Factor Total % of Total Category Injury Fatal Factors Factors Human Action 17,871 358 18,229 49.76 Human Condition 11,382 258 11,640 31.78 Environmental Condition 6,065 108 6,173 16.85 Vehicle Factor 567 22 589 1.61 Total 35,885 746 36,631 100% Note: There were 36,631 contributing factors attributed to 19,285 police attended casualty collisions in 2006. 'Frequency' represents the total number of occurrences of the contributing factors, not the number of collisions in which the contributing factors were present. Figure 3.01 Top five human condition contributing factors in casulalty collisions 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Percent of Total Human Condition Factors 62.59 18.20 5.63 4.28 2.29 Figure 3.02 Top five human action contributing factors in casualty collisions 0 Driver Inattentive Alcohol Driver Distraction Fell Asleep Drugs Suspected Percent of Total Human Action Factors 25.0 23.03 20.79 20.0 17.64 15.0 10.0 11.01 7.81 5.0 0.0 Driver Error Speeding Fail to Yield Follow too Closely Ignore Traffic Device 12 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions SECTION 3 Table 3.02 Frequency of human condition factors 1 in injury and fatal collisions % of Human % of Human Condition All Condition Factor Injury Fatal Total Factors Factors 2 Driver Inattentive 7,210 75 7,285 62.59 19.89 Alcohol Ability Impaired by Alcohol 1,006 33 1,039 Alcohol Suspected 1,013 66 1,079 Alcohol Total 2,019 99 2,118 18.20 5.78 Driver Internal/External Distraction 643 12 655 5.63 1.79 Fell Asleep 476 22 498 4.28 1.36 Drugs Suspected 252 15 267 2.29 0.73 Extreme Fatigue 205 5 210 1.80 0.57 Illness 184 11 195 1.68 0.53 Unconscious 150 2 152 1.31 0.41 Ability Impaired by Drugs 102 13 115 0.99 0.31 Physical Disability 73 1 74 0.64 0.20 Ability Impaired by Medication 59 1 60 0.52 0.16 Deceased Prior to Collision 9 2 11 0.09 0.03 Total 11,382 258 11,640 100% 31.78% Note: 1) There were 36,631 contributing factors attributed to 19,285 police attended casualty collisions in 2006. 'Frequency' represents the total number of occurrences of the contributing factors, not the number of collisions in which the contributing factors were present. 2) "All factors" refers to all four categories of contributing factors (see Table 3.01). In other words, "Percent of All Factors" shows the percentage each "Human Condition Factor" accounted for across all four categories of contributing factors. Table 3.03 Frequency of human action factors 1 in injury and fatal collisions % of Human Human Action % of all Action Factors Injury Fatal Total Factors Factors 2 Driver Error/Confusion 4,136 62 4,198 23.03 11.46 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 1,198 62 1,260 Driving too Fast For Conditions 2,311 51 2,362 Excessive Speed 3 145 23 168 Speed Total 3,654 136 3,790 20.79 10.35 Failing to Yield Right of Way 3,187 28 3,215 17.64 8.78 Following too Closely 2,006 1 2,007 11.01 5.48 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 1,403 20 1,423 7.81 3.88 Improper Turning 936 7 943 5.17 2.57 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 560 48 608 3.34 1.66 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 453 11 464 2.55 1.27 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 425 25 450 2.47 1.23 Improper Passing 331 5 336 1.84 0.92 Cutting In 302 6 308 1.69 0.84 Backing Unsafely 237 2 239 1.31 0.65 Failing to Signal 76 0 76 0.42 0.21 Ignoring Officer/Flagman/Guard 66 1 67 0.37 0.18 Use of Comunication/Video Equipment 53 2 55 0.30 0.15 Failure to Secure Stopped Vehicle 46 4 50 0.27 0.14 Total 17,871 358 18,229 100% 49.76% Note: 1) There were 36,631 contributing factors attributed to 19,285 police attended casualty collisions in 2006. 'Frequency' represents the total number of occurrences of the contributing factors, not the number of collisions in which the contributing factors were present. 2) "All factors" refers to all four categories of contributing factors (see Table 3.01). In other words, "Percent of All Factors" shows the percentage each "Human Action Factor" accounted for across all four categories of contributing factors. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 13
SECTION 3 Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions Table 3.04 Frequency of environmental factors 1 in injury and fatal collisions Environ- Environmental mental % of all Factors Injury Fatal Total Factors Factors 2 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 2,594 46 2,640 42.77 7.21 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 1,634 30 1,664 26.96 4.54 Wild Animal 484 6 490 7.94 1.34 Sunlight Glare 329 6 335 5.43 0.91 Site Line Obstruction 186 4 190 3.08 0.52 Road/Intersection Design 176 4 180 2.92 0.49 % of Figure 3.03 Top five environmental factors in casualty collisions Percent of Total Environmental Factors 42.77 45 40 35 26.96 30 25 Roadside Hazard 169 2 171 2.77 0.47 Obstruction/Debris on Road 131 5 136 2.20 0.37 Previous Traffic Collision 85 1 86 1.39 0.23 Defective/Inoperative Traffic Control Device 73 2 75 1.21 0.20 Roadway Surface Defects 73 1 74 1.20 0.20 Domestic Animal 50 0 50 0.81 0.14 Artificial Glare 41 1 42 0.68 0.11 Insufficient Worksite/Construction Traffic Control 40 0 40 0.65 0.11 20 15 10 5 0 7.94 5.43 3.08 Road Cond. Weather Wild animal Sunlight Glare Site Line Obstruction Total 6,065 108 6,173 100% 16.85% Note: 1) There were 36,631 contributing factors attributed to 19,285 police attended casualty collisions in 2006. 'Frequency' represents the total number of occurrences of the contributing factors, not the number of collisions in which the contributing factors were present. 2) "All factors" refers to all four categories of contributing factors (see Table 3.01). In other words, "Percent of All Factors" shows the percentage each "Environmental Factor" accounted for across all four categories of contributing factors. 14 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions SECTION 3 Table 3.05 Frequency of vehicle condition factors 1 in injury and fatal collisions % of Vehicle Vehicle % of all Condition Factors Injury Fatal Total Factors Factors 2 Defective Tires 174 9 183 31.07 0.50 Defective Brakes 123 2 125 21.22 0.34 Defective Headlights 39 2 41 6.96 0.11 Figure 3.04 Top five vehicle condition factors in casualty collisions Percent of Total Vehicle Factors 35.00 31.07 30.00 25.00 21.22 Insecure Load 31 2 33 5.60 0.09 Defective Steering 32 0 32 5.43 0.09 Windows Obstructed 31 1 32 5.43 0.09 20.00 15.00 10.00 6.96 5.60 5.43 5.43 No Driver 28 3 31 5.26 0.08 Defective Engine 22 0 22 3.74 0.06 Defective Accelerator 21 0 21 3.57 0.06 Defective Tow Hitch 14 0 14 2.38 0.04 Trailer Brakes out of Adjustment/Inoperative 10 1 11 1.87 0.03 Defective Brakelights 9 0 9 1.53 0.02 5.00 0.00 Defective Tires Defective Brakes Defective Headlights Insecure Load Defective Steering Windows Obstructed Defective Suspension 9 0 9 1.53 0.02 Oversize Vehicle 8 0 8 1.36 0.02 Dangerous Goods 4 1 5 0.85 0.01 Defective Turn Signals 5 0 5 0.85 0.01 Illegal Vehicle Modifications 5 0 5 0.85 0.01 Defective Windshield 2 1 3 0.51 0.01 Total 567 22 589 100% 1.61% Note: 1) There were 36,631 contributing factors attributed to 19,285 police attended casualty collisions in 2006. 'Frequency' represents the total number of occurrences of the contributing factors, not the number of collisions in which the contributing factors were present. 2) "All factors" refers to all four categories of contributing factors (see Table 3.01). In other words, "Percent of All Factors" shows the percentage each "Vehicle Condition Factor" accounted for across all four categories of contributing factors. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 15
SECTION 3 Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions Table 3.06 Contributing factors in collisions in order of magnitude: By number of collisions % of Total Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 6,790 74 6,864 35.59 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 1,181 58 Driving too Fast For Conditions 2,263 51 Excessive Speed 142 23 Speed Total 3,586 132 3,718 19.28 Driver Error/Confusion 3,946 59 4,005 20.77 Failing to Yield Right of Way 3,133 27 3,160 16.39 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 2,295 40 2,335 12.11 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 1,004 66 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 999 33 Alcohol Total 2,003 99 2,102 10.90 Following too Closely 1,838 1 1,839 9.54 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 1,382 22 1,404 7.28 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 1,352 19 1,371 7.11 Improper Turning 925 7 932 4.83 Driver Internal/External Distraction 625 12 637 3.30 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 553 47 600 3.11 Figure 3.05 Top ten contributing factors in collisions by percentage of total collisions Driver Inattentive Speed Fail to Yield Driver Error Road Condition Alcohol Following too Closely Weather Ignore Traffic Device 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% Fell Asleep 475 22 497 2.58 Wild Animal 474 5 479 2.48 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 399 20 419 2.17 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 403 11 414 2.15 Drugs Drugs Suspected 251 15 Ability Impaired by Drugs 101 13 Drugs Total 352 28 380 1.97 Improper Passing 324 5 329 1.71 Sunlight Glare 300 6 306 1.59 Cutting In 297 6 303 1.57 Backing Unsafely 231 2 233 1.21 Extreme Fatigue 205 5 210 1.09 Illness 184 11 195 1.01 Defective Tires 174 9 183 0.95 Site Line Obstruction 161 4 165 0.86 Road/Intersection Design 147 4 151 0.78 Roadside Hazard 149 2 151 0.78 Unconscious 147 2 149 0.77 Obstruction/Debris on Road 123 3 126 0.65 Defective Brakes 122 2 124 0.64 Other 2,784 95 2,879 14.93 Unknown 1,591 49 1,640 8.50 Note: 1) "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions will occur in the data presented in this table. For example, a two vehicle collision involving a speeding driver and a second driver operating under the influence of alcohol will be counted above as both a speed related collision, and as an alcohol related collision. 'Percent of Total' represents the number of collisions with the factor as a percentage of total police-attended collisions (i.e. 19,285) recorded in British Columbia during 2006. Due to multiple occurrences of factors in a single collision, Percent of Total Collisions' does not add up to 100. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 100 occurrences plus unspecified other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. 16 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions SECTION 3 Table 3.07 Contributing factors in fatal collisions in order of magnitude: By number of collisions Total Fatal Contributing Factors Fatal Collisions Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 58 Driving too Fast For Conditions 51 Excessive Speed 3 23 Speed Total 132 35.68 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 66 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 33 Alcohol Total 99 26.76 % of Figure 3.06 Top five contributing factors in fatal collisions by percentage of total fatal collisions Speed Alcohol Driver Inattentive 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% Driver Inattentive 74 20.00 Driver Error/Confusion 59 15.95 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 47 12.70 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 40 10.81 Drugs Drugs Suspected 15 Ability Impaired by Drugs 13 Drug Total 28 7.57 Driver Error Driving on Wrong Side of Road Failing to Yield Right of Way 27 7.30 Fell Asleep 22 5.95 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 22 5.95 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 20 5.41 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 19 5.14 Driver Internal/External Distraction 12 3.24 Illness 11 2.97 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 11 2.97 Defective Tires 9 2.43 Improper Turning 7 1.89 Cutting In 6 1.62 Sunlight Glare 6 1.62 Extreme Fatigue 5 1.35 Improper Passing 5 1.35 Wild Animal 5 1.35 Other 115 31.08 Unknown 49 13.24 Note: 1) "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions will occur in the data presented in this table. For example, a two vehicle fatal collision involving a speeding driver and a second driver operating under the influence of alcohol will be counted above as both a fatal speed related collision, and as a fatal alcohol related collision. 'Percent of Total' represents the number of collisions with the factor as a percentage of total police-attended fatal collisions (i.e. 370) recorded in British Columbia during 2006. Due to multiple occurrences of factors in a single collision, Percent of Total Fatal Collisions' does not add up to 100. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 5 occurrences plus unspecified other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 17
SECTION 3 Contributing Factors in 2006 Collisions 18 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Victims in 2006 Collisions SECTION 4 In 2006, the number of persons killed in police-attended traffic collisions in British Columbia was 413. The number of persons reported injured in police attended collisions was 26,413. Male victims made up 52.9% of all casualties (persons injured or killed), compared to previous year s 53.5%. Females made up 46.6%, while the remaining 0.5% was unidentified as to gender. Of all fatally injured victims in 2006, 71.4% were male (295 victims), and 27.9% (115 victims) were female. The distribution of fatally injured victims among the various road user class categories in 2006 was: (1) Drivers (47.0%) (2) Passengers (22.3%) (3) Pedestrians (16.9%) (4) Bicycle drivers (2.9%) (5) Motorcycle Drivers (9.9%) (6) Motorcycle Passengers (0.5%) Of all persons reported injured in 2006, 14.0% were between the ages of 16 and 20, compared to 14.4% in 2005. There were 13.1% between the ages of 21 and 25, same as in 2005. The proportion of victims aged 6 to 15 was 4.7% (compared to 4.9% in 2005) and 1.0% for those aged 5 and under. Of all persons killed in 2006, 13.3% were between the ages of 16 and 20, (compared to 10.7% in 2005); 10.9% were between the ages of 21 and 25. The proportion of victims aged 6 to 15 was 2.4% in 2006. The number of children killed aged five and under was 4 (1.0%). British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 19
SECTION 4 Victims in 2006 Collisions Table 4.01 Victims injured by road user class and month Bicycle Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Total % of Month Driver Passenger Hanging on Pedestrian Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Other Unknown Victims Total January 1,442 601 4 221 57 1 14 1 2 3 2,346 8.88 February 1,077 459 0 154 54 5 19 3 3 4 1,778 6.73 March 1,245 499 2 139 47 6 24 3 4 5 1,974 7.47 April 1,152 514 3 133 69 8 83 10 6 2 1,980 7.50 May 1,228 554 2 142 83 5 100 5 9 4 2,132 8.07 June 1,225 603 4 147 124 1 140 16 3 2 2,265 8.58 July 1,314 693 10 131 124 0 165 23 3 6 2,469 9.35 August 1,302 681 6 125 103 0 198 29 0 6 2,450 9.28 September 1,183 519 2 156 117 0 153 15 10 3 2,158 8.17 October 1,304 566 2 156 93 1 57 3 1 0 2,183 8.26 November 1,511 635 3 228 60 0 14 0 2 3 2,456 9.30 December 1,294 686 2 183 49 0 7 0 1 0 2,222 8.41 Total 15,277 7,010 40 1,915 980 27 974 108 44 38 26,413 100% Figure 4.01 Classification of Injured Victims by Road User Class Injured Victims 26,413 (100%) Bicyclists 1,007 (3.8%) Pedestrians 1,915 (7.3%) Vehicle Occupants 22,327 (84.5%) Unknown/Other 82 (0.3%) Motorcyclists 1,082 (4.1%) Bicycle Drivers 980 Bicycle Passengers 27 Vehicle Drivers 15,277 Vehicle Passengers 7,010 Hanging On Outside 40 Motorcycle Drivers 974 Motorcycle Passengers 108 20 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Victims in 2006 Collisions SECTION 4 Table 4.02 Victims killed by road user class and month Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Total % of Month Driver Passenger Hanging on Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Victims Total January 20 12 0 6 3 1 0 42 10.17 February 15 4 0 6 1 2 0 28 6.78 March 17 7 0 7 0 0 0 31 7.51 April 16 6 1 4 0 5 0 32 7.75 May 13 6 0 4 1 3 0 27 6.54 June 20 7 0 9 1 4 0 41 9.93 July 18 9 1 6 4 6 0 44 10.65 August 12 7 0 6 0 11 0 36 8.72 September 16 6 0 3 0 5 0 30 7.26 October 16 13 0 6 1 4 2 42 10.17 November 15 10 0 8 0 0 0 33 7.99 December 16 5 0 5 1 0 0 27 6.54 Total 194 92 2 70 12 41 2 413 100% Figure 4.02 Classification of Victims Killed by Road User Class Victims Killed 413 (100%) Bicyclists 12 (2.9%) Pedestrians 70 (16.9%) Vehicle Occupants 288 (69.7%) Motorcyclists 43 (10.4%) Bicycle Drivers 12 Bicycle Passengers 0 Vehicle Drivers 194 Vehicle Passengers 92 Hanging On Outside 2 Motorcycle Drivers 41 Motorcycle Passengers 2 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 21
SECTION 4 Victims in 2006 Collisions Table 4.03 Victims injured by road user class and age Victim Bicycle Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Total % of Age Driver Passenger Hanging on Pedestrian Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Other Unknown Victims Total 1 0 39 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0.17 2 0 31 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0.14 3 0 60 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0.25 4 0 54 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 61 0.23 5 0 50 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 56 0.21 6 0 54 0 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 65 0.25 7 0 75 0 13 3 0 0 0 1 1 93 0.35 8 0 72 1 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 93 0.35 9 1 77 1 8 8 0 0 2 0 0 97 0.37 10 0 90 0 15 8 0 0 0 0 1 114 0.43 11 1 84 1 14 15 1 0 0 0 1 117 0.44 12 2 94 0 28 22 2 0 0 1 1 150 0.57 13 1 80 1 26 23 1 1 3 1 2 139 0.53 14 4 88 2 37 25 1 1 2 0 0 160 0.61 15 6 132 1 54 25 0 2 0 2 1 223 0.84 16 39 214 1 49 26 2 7 2 0 1 341 1.29 17 373 254 1 54 27 0 7 2 2 0 720 2.73 18 504 311 2 37 24 0 16 1 1 2 898 3.40 19 479 277 1 52 20 1 23 5 0 2 860 3.26 20 516 252 1 47 27 1 23 2 0 2 871 3.30 21 487 212 0 43 19 1 28 6 5 2 803 3.04 22 404 199 2 39 20 0 26 1 1 1 693 2.62 23 424 176 0 43 28 2 36 0 1 0 710 2.69 24 380 143 1 33 31 1 36 3 0 1 629 2.38 25 369 169 1 35 28 0 20 2 0 0 624 2.36 26-30 1,518 540 2 130 73 0 100 11 1 0 2,375 8.99 31-35 1,454 398 1 126 75 1 78 10 1 0 2,144 8.12 36-40 1,466 376 1 111 101 1 91 8 2 0 2,157 8.17 41-45 1,621 341 5 148 91 2 112 10 4 2 2,336 8.84 46-50 1,381 316 5 132 92 3 124 14 3 0 2,070 7.84 51-55 1,133 274 2 119 45 0 108 6 4 2 1,693 6.41 56-60 892 266 3 78 38 2 64 5 2 4 1,354 5.13 61-65 575 193 0 73 15 0 39 4 1 0 900 3.41 66-70 390 146 0 53 8 1 13 1 0 0 612 2.32 71-75 299 126 0 62 14 0 9 0 0 1 511 1.93 76-80 241 103 0 55 4 0 2 0 1 2 408 1.54 81-85 177 77 1 37 7 0 1 0 0 1 301 1.14 86-90 46 33 0 23 2 0 0 0 1 2 107 0.41 91-95 6 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.06 95+ 1 2 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0.05 Unknown 87 527 3 84 20 4 6 7 9 5 752 2.85 Total 15,277 7,010 40 1,915 980 27 974 108 44 38 26,413 100% Note: Age 1 includes victims less than 12 months of age. 22 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Victims in 2006 Collisions SECTION 4 Table 4.04 Victims killed by road user class and age Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle % of Age Driver Passenger Hanging on Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Total Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.24 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.24 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.48 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.48 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.73 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.24 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.97 16 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.45 17 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 9 2.18 18 5 4 0 1 2 1 0 13 3.15 19 6 4 0 3 0 1 0 14 3.39 20 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 3.15 21 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 8 1.94 22 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.66 23 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1.21 24 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 13 3.15 25 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 8 1.94 26-30 15 6 0 2 0 5 0 28 6.78 31-35 14 9 0 2 1 6 0 32 7.75 36-40 14 6 1 5 0 4 1 31 7.51 41-45 14 5 0 6 3 5 0 33 7.99 46-50 20 4 0 4 1 2 0 31 7.51 51-55 15 3 0 5 0 3 0 26 6.30 56-60 12 2 0 5 1 5 0 25 6.05 61-65 11 7 0 1 1 0 0 20 4.84 66-70 4 2 0 3 0 1 0 10 2.42 71-75 6 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 2.42 76-80 6 4 0 5 0 0 0 15 3.63 81-85 6 4 0 11 0 0 0 21 5.08 86-90 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1.21 91-95 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.73 Unknown 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 9 2.18 Total 194 92 2 70 12 41 2 413 100% Note: Age 1 includes victims less than 12 months of age. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 23
SECTION 4 Victims in 2006 Collisions Table 4.05 Victims Injured by age and gender Victim Age Male Female Unknown Total 1 24 20 0 44 2 17 20 0 37 3 30 36 0 66 4 28 33 0 61 5 28 28 0 56 6 34 31 0 65 7 52 41 0 93 8 43 49 1 93 9 47 50 0 97 Figure 4.03 Number of injured victims by age and gender 4500 Male Female 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 10 58 54 2 114 11 69 48 0 117 12 82 68 0 150 13 69 70 0 139 14 83 77 0 160 15 96 127 0 223 16 159 182 0 341 17 348 372 0 720 18 472 426 0 898 1500 1000 500 0 Under 16 16 25 26 35 36 45 46 55 56+ 19 483 377 0 860 20 483 388 0 871 21 453 349 1 803 22 378 315 0 693 23 384 326 0 710 24 352 277 0 629 25 350 274 0 624 26-30 1,321 1,052 2 2,375 31-35 1,160 984 0 2,144 36-40 1,161 996 0 2,157 41-45 1,265 1,071 0 2,336 46-50 1,123 946 1 2,070 51-55 850 843 0 1,693 56-60 697 657 0 1,354 61-65 455 445 0 900 66-70 304 308 0 612 71-75 253 257 1 511 76-80 181 227 0 408 81-85 161 140 0 301 86-90 62 45 0 107 91-95 6 10 0 16 95+ 9 4 0 13 Unkn 253 366 133 752 Total 13,883 12,389 141 26,413 24 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 4.06 Victims killed by age and gender Victim Age Male Female Unknown Total 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 2 12 1 1 0 2 13 2 1 0 3 14 1 0 0 1 15 3 1 0 4 16 5 1 0 6 17 3 6 0 9 Victims in 2006 Collisions SECTION 4 Figure 4.04 Number of victims killed by age and gender 80 Male Female 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 18 8 5 0 13 19 12 2 0 14 20 10 3 0 13 0 Under 16 16 25 26 35 36 45 46 55 56+ 21 8 0 0 8 22 7 4 0 11 23 4 1 0 5 24 9 4 0 13 25 7 1 0 8 26-30 26 2 0 28 31-35 23 9 0 32 36-40 23 8 0 31 41-45 25 8 0 33 46-50 21 10 0 31 51-55 20 6 0 26 56-60 16 9 0 25 Table 4.07 Injury class and injury status Injury Class Injured Killed Total % of Total Minor 18,344 0 18,344 68.4 Serious 2,266 0 2,266 8.4 Unknown 5,799 0 5,799 21.6 Not Applicable 4 413 417 1.6 Total 26,413 413 26,826 100% Note: This field is meant for victims injured only. Of 26,826 injured victims, 20,610 were assigned an injury class. Unknown refers to injured victims whose injury class was not specified. Not applicable should be used for fatally injured victims only. 61-65 17 3 0 20 66-70 5 5 0 10 71-75 6 4 0 10 76-80 7 8 0 15 81-85 13 8 0 21 86-90 4 1 0 5 91-95 3 0 0 3 Unknown 3 3 3 9 Total 295 115 3 413 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 25
SECTION 4 Victims in 2006 Collisions Table 4.08 Location of most severe injury and injury type (fatal and non-fatal injuries) Elbow Knee/ Face/ Shoulder Lower Abdomen Hip/Upper Lower Entire Injury Type Head Nose Eye Neck Chest Back Upper Arm Arm/Hand Pelvis Leg Leg/foot Body Unknown Total Whiplash 416 33 16 5,512 250 1,233 220 30 39 23 44 194 127 8,137 Bruises 813 282 26 621 1,108 679 682 596 287 465 1,140 294 105 7,098 Abrasion 623 367 19 196 150 135 193 518 47 99 465 77 45 2,934 Lacerations 700 320 22 54 32 26 53 348 16 25 123 55 21 1,795 Fracture 141 49 5 59 169 71 157 266 71 144 405 177 15 1,729 Bleeding 521 343 15 43 42 15 37 144 26 12 78 107 13 1,396 Concussion 462 2 0 49 18 15 10 5 5 2 5 26 16 615 Dislocation 6 2 0 12 2 24 112 28 2 11 41 4 2 246 Burns 3 2 0 3 7 5 8 24 0 1 7 17 3 80 Drowning 3 1 0 12 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 10 5 38 Amputations 5 2 0 2 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 3 2 26 Other 31 6 1 32 30 34 19 19 16 8 18 30 27 271 Unknown 216 56 1 358 171 272 121 82 57 47 140 73 867 2,461 Total 3,940 1,465 105 6,953 1,983 2,511 1,614 2,065 566 837 2,472 1,067 1,248 26,826 Note: Injury type was recorded by the attending police officer and may not be confirmed by medical examination. Non-observable injuries may be based on victim's testimony only. Table 4.09 Victims by location of most severe injury Injury Location Injured Killed Total Neck 6,931 22 6,953 Head 3,783 157 3,940 Back 2,510 1 2,511 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 2,468 4 2,472 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 2,065 0 2,065 Chest 1,950 33 1,983 Shoulder/Upper Arm 1,613 1 1,614 Face/Nose 1,462 3 1,465 Entire Body 903 164 1,067 Hip/Upper Leg 834 3 837 Abdomen/Pelvis 558 8 566 Eye 105 0 105 Unknown 1,231 17 1,248 Total 26,413 413 26,826 Table 4.10 Victims by injury type Injury Type Injured Killed Total Whiplash 8,133 4 8,137 Bruises 7,083 15 7,098 Abrasion 2,929 5 2,934 Lacerations 1,773 22 1,795 Fracture 1,560 169 1,729 Bleeding 1,307 89 1,396 Concussion 593 22 615 Dislocation 242 4 246 Burns 69 11 80 Drowning 24 14 38 Amputations 20 6 26 Other 244 27 271 Unknown 2,436 25 2,461 Total 26,413 413 26,826 Note: Injury type was determined by the attending police officer and may not always be confirmed by medical examination. Non-observable injuries may be based on victim's testimony only. 26 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2006 Collisions SECTION 5 Drivers licensed and valid to operate in British Columbia totalled 2,955,879 at the end of 2006. The number of drivers licensed in 2006 showed an increase of 1.5% over the previous year. Driver counts from prior to 1999 publications cannot be compared with the revised driver counts in this chapter. Driver counts are calculated using the active driver definition. An active licensed driver is one who holds a valid BC photo licence (including a Learner or Novice licence). To be valid the licence must not be suspended, cancelled or expired on the date of interest. There were 31,759 drivers involved in injury or fatal collisions in 2006. Certain age groups are over-represented in traffic collisions. However, note that these comparisons do not take into account differences in the amount of driving done by different age groups. In general, the oldest and youngest age groups drive less than the mid-age group. Young drivers (16 to 20) made up only 6.2% of all licensed drivers in 2006, but they accounted for 11.5% of all drivers involved in 2006 collisions. Older age groups are more likely to be under-represented in both the total driver population and the population of drivers involved in collisions. Drivers over 50 made up 37.8% of the total driver population in 2006, and comprised 25.6% of drivers involved in collisions. Finally, drivers between the ages of 21 and 50 made up 55.9% of the total driver population in 2006. They accounted for 60.3% of drivers involved in collisions. More males were involved in collisions than females in almost all age categories. Among BC drivers with known licence class involved in injury collisions, 73.8% (20, 830) of those drivers held a Class 5 licence, 5.9% (1,675) held a Class 1 licence and 15.0% (4,233) held a Class 7 Learner or Novice class. Among BC drivers with known licence class involved in fatal collisions, 66.9% (309) held a Class 5, 15.6% (54) held a Class 1 and 10.8% (50) held a Class 7 licence. Note that 9.4% of drivers involved in fatal collisions in BC were licensed from out-of-province. 51+ 37.8% 51+, 25.6% Unknow n, 2.5% Under 16, 0.1% 21-50 55.9% Unknow n 0.0% 21-50, 60.3% 16-20, 11.5% 16-20 6.2% Licensed Driv er Population By Age Driv ers inv olv ed in 2006 Collisions by Age British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 27
SECTION 5 Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2006 Collisions Table 5.01 Comparison of licensed drivers and drivers involved in injury and fatal collisions by age % of Age Group # of Drivers % of Total Driver Population % of Total Involved in Drivers Involved Involved in Licensed Driver Injury and in Injury and Injury and Fatal Driver Age Drivers 1 Population Fatal Collisions Fatal Collisions 2 Collisions 3 Under 16 0 0 28 0.09 NA 16 26,240 0.89 106 0.33 0.40 17 36,332 1.23 715 2.25 1.97 18 38,823 1.31 983 3.10 2.53 19 40,512 1.37 924 2.91 2.28 20 42,672 1.44 928 2.92 2.17 21 44,456 1.50 898 2.83 2.02 22 45,409 1.54 809 2.55 1.78 23 46,200 1.56 814 2.56 1.76 24 48,064 1.63 740 2.33 1.54 25 48,697 1.65 696 2.19 1.43 26-30 238,943 8.08 2,976 9.37 1.25 31-35 252,785 8.55 2,862 9.01 1.13 36-40 283,110 9.58 3,035 9.56 1.07 41-45 321,673 10.88 3,315 10.44 1.03 46-50 323,548 10.95 2,996 9.43 0.93 51-55 293,277 9.92 2,434 7.66 0.83 56-60 259,157 8.77 1,913 6.02 0.74 61-65 183,796 6.22 1,239 3.90 0.67 66-70 136,906 4.63 829 2.61 0.61 71-75 108,084 3.66 691 2.18 0.64 76-80 78,873 2.67 528 1.66 0.67 81+ 58,257 1.97 502 1.58 0.86 Unknown 65 0.00 798 2.51 Total 2,955,879 100% 31,759 100% Note: 1) Data source for active licensed drivers in 2006 was Business Information Warehouse. 2) Percent of drivers in each age group involved in injury and fatal collisions. 3) Percent of drivers involved in injury and fatal collisions in each age group of the licensed drivers. 28 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 5.02 Age and gender of drivers involved in collisions Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2006 Collisions SECTION 5 Collision Type Injury Fatal Total Drivers Driver Age Male Female Unknown Total Male Female Unknown Total Male Female Unknown Total 9 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 4 13 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 14 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 15 6 4 0 10 2 0 0 2 8 4 0 12 16 66 40 0 106 0 0 0 0 66 40 0 106 17 421 280 0 701 7 7 0 14 428 287 0 715 18 625 349 0 974 6 3 0 9 631 352 0 983 19 609 299 0 908 13 3 0 16 622 302 0 924 20 597 318 0 915 11 2 0 13 608 320 0 928 21 568 315 1 884 13 1 0 14 581 316 1 898 22 492 299 0 791 14 4 0 18 506 303 0 809 23 493 314 0 807 4 2 1 7 497 316 1 814 24 472 254 0 726 11 3 0 14 483 257 0 740 25 449 239 0 688 7 1 0 8 456 240 0 696 26-30 1,884 1,042 1 2,927 38 11 0 49 1,922 1,053 1 2,976 31-35 1,784 1,029 1 2,814 39 9 0 48 1,823 1,038 1 2,862 36-40 1,846 1,149 0 2,995 35 5 0 40 1,881 1,154 0 3,035 41-45 2,028 1,230 0 3,258 45 12 0 57 2,073 1,242 0 3,315 46-50 1,841 1,102 1 2,944 36 16 0 52 1,877 1,118 1 2,996 51-55 1,495 891 0 2,386 38 10 0 48 1,533 901 0 2,434 56-60 1,205 668 0 1,873 31 9 0 40 1,236 677 0 1,913 61-65 807 409 0 1,216 15 8 0 23 822 417 0 1,239 66-70 533 281 0 814 10 5 0 15 543 286 0 829 71-75 445 230 0 675 12 4 0 16 457 234 0 691 76-80 324 194 0 518 6 4 0 10 330 198 0 528 81-85 234 122 0 356 7 2 0 9 241 124 0 365 86-90 73 37 0 110 3 0 0 3 76 37 0 113 91-95 14 3 0 17 3 0 0 3 17 3 0 20 95+ 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 Unknown 15 6 772 793 0 0 5 5 15 6 777 798 Total 19,337 11,112 776 31,225 407 121 6 534 19,744 11,233 782 31,759 Note: Drivers in this table include all persons operating a motor vehicle, both licensed and unlicensed (including children). British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 29
SECTION 5 Motor Vehicle Drivers in 2006 Collisions Table 5.03 BC driver license class by driver type: Drivers involved in injury collisions Driver Motorcycle Other License Class Driver Driver Driver 1 Total 000 2 570 48 0 618 100 1,246 13 0 1,259 160 356 60 0 416 200 81 1 0 82 230 55 0 0 236 16 3 0 19 260 31 3 0 34 300 249 1 0 250 340 41 1 0 42 346 23 5 0 28 360 80 18 0 98 400 734 5 0 739 460 105 24 0 129 500 18,638 184 0 18,822 560 1,519 489 0 2,008 600 0 2 0 2 700 4,196 37 0 4,233 800 0 3 0 3 997 3 956 98 0 1,054 998 4 1,262 43 29 1,334 Total 30,158 1,038 29 31,225 Note: 1) "Other Driver" refers to drivers of snow mobiles, road construction, mobile cranes etc. 2) Indicates 'No Class'. It includes out-of-province drivers. 3) Indicates 'Out-Of-Province' drivers. 4) Indicates 'License Class Unknown'. It includes out-of-province drivers. 5) "100" to "800" refers to driver licence classes 1 to 8. "340", for example, is a combination of class 3 and class 4. Table 5.04 BC driver license class by driver type: Drivers involved in fatal collisions Driver Motorcycle License Class Driver Driver Total 000 2 19 3 22 100 51 3 54 160 13 5 18 200 1 0 1 230 3 0 3 236 1 0 1 300 6 0 6 340 2 0 2 346 0 1 1 360 2 0 2 400 10 1 11 460 2 2 4 500 247 6 253 560 37 19 56 700 48 2 50 997 3 33 3 36 998 4 11 3 14 Total 486 48 534 Note: 1) "Other Driver" refers to drivers of snow mobiles, road construction, mobile cranes etc. 2) Indicates 'No Class'. It includes out-of-province drivers. 3) Indicates 'Out-Of-Province' drivers. 4) Indicates 'Licence Class Unknown'. It includes out-of-province drivers. 5) "100" to "800" refers to driver license classes 1 to 8. "340", for example, is a combination of class 3 and class 4. Table 5.05 Definitions of BC driver license classes Class Definition 100 Permits operation of any vehicle or combination of vehicles of any size or weight except a motorcycle. 200 Permits operation of any vehicle in unrestricted class 400 and class 500. 300 Permits operation of any vehicle in class 500, 3-axle or greater (no maximum towed gross vehicle weight), multi-axle mobile crane, combination vehicle where towed vehicle does not exceed 4600 kg gross vehicle weight, combination vehicle without air brakes where the towed vehicle does exceed 4600 kg gross vehicle weight. 400 Restricted class 400 permits operation of any motor vehicle described in class 500, ambulance, taxi, special vehicle (vehicle designed/modified to carry maximum 10 persons). 500 Permits operation of any 2 axle motor vehicle (except bus, taxi, ambulance, etc), vehicle and all terrain cycle, construction vehicle (including 3-axle grader, excluding 3-axle truck, mobile crane, truck mounted backhoe), 2-axle recovery vehicle (maximum towed vehicle 4600 kg). 600 Permits operation of motorcycles, scooters, limited speed motorcycles (mopeds, etc.), all terrain vehicles/cycles. 700 For a GLP novice driver, permits operation of any 2 axle motor vehicle (except bus, taxi, ambulance, etc.), motorhome (including 3-axle motorhome), limited speed motorcycle, all terrain vehicle and all terrain cycle, construction vehicle (including 3-axle grader, excluding 3-axle truck, mobile crane, truck mounted backhoe), 2-axle recovery vehicle (maximum towed vehicle 4600 kg). 800 For a GLP novice driver, permits operation of motorcycles, scooters, limited speed motorcycles (mopeds, etc.), all terrain vehicles/cycles. Note: Driver class definitions are based on Driver Licensing System data dictionary. 30 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Vehicles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 6 This section includes information on all types of vehicles including bicycles, snowmobiles and other off-road vehicles, farm and construction vehicles and others (see Table 6.03 for a complete list). There were 33,593 vehicles involved in police-attended injury and fatal collisions in 2006, compared to 34,668 vehicles during 2005. Note that if the same vehicle was involved in two or more separate collisions in 2006, it would be counted each time as if it were a different vehicle. Passenger cars were by far the most frequently involved vehicles in 2006 police attended casualty collisions, accounting for 59.4% of all vehicles involved in collisions. A total of 19,947 passenger cars were involved in 13,936 collisions. Vehicles driven for personal use comprised 82.0% of the vehicles involved in police-attended casualty collisions. Vehicles used for commercial and business purposes accounted for only 9.1% of the vehicles in collisions. There were 120 stolen vehicles involved in collisions, 3 of them in fatal collisions. Table 6.01 Number of vehicles involved in collisions by month Total % of Month Injury Fatal Vehicles Total January 2,899 49 2,948 8.78 February 2,246 48 2,294 6.83 March 2,557 47 2,604 7.75 April 2,563 42 2,605 7.75 May 2,656 36 2,692 8.01 June 2,783 57 2,840 8.45 July 3,008 59 3,067 9.13 August 2,981 51 3,032 9.03 September 2,780 43 2,823 8.40 October 2,857 51 2,908 8.66 November 3,005 39 3,044 9.06 December 2,696 40 2,736 8.14 Total 33,031 562 33,593 100% Note: Includes motor vehicles, bicycles, and miscellaneous unclassified vehicle types. Table 6.02 Number of vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle use % of Vehicle Use Injury Fatal Total Total Personal 27,135 415 27,550 82.01 Business/Commercial 2,962 97 3,059 9.11 Recreational 871 20 891 2.65 Parked 796 14 810 2.41 Taxi 254 3 257 0.77 Emergency 129 0 129 0.38 Government 57 1 58 0.17 Towing/Towed 25 2 27 0.08 Farm Use 25 0 25 0.07 Driver Training Facility 7 0 7 0.02 Military 1 0 1 0.00 Other 43 0 43 0.13 Unknown 726 10 736 2.19 Total 33,031 562 33,593 100% Note: Includes motor vehicles, bicycles, and miscellaneous unclassified vehicle types. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 31
SECTION 6 Vehicles in 2006 Collisions Table 6.03 Collisions by vehicle type Vehicle Type Injury Fatal Total Passenger Car Only 13,750 186 13,936 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 4,052 106 4,158 Sport Utility Vehicle 2,465 45 2,510 Panel Van 4500 kg & under (Includes Mini Vans) 1,999 25 2,024 Bicycle 1,001 12 1,013 Motorcycle 930 41 971 Tractor Trailer* 430 26 456 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy* 332 15 347 Heavy Truck/Trailer* 84 5 89 Tractor Trailer & Pup* 80 9 89 Truck & Camper 82 2 84 Local Transit Bus 80 3 83 Sport utility Vehicle & Trailer 70 2 72 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer* 63 9 72 Moped/Power Bicycle(<50CC) 72 0 72 Passenger Car & Trailer Only 68 1 69 Motor Home 67 1 68 Panel Van 4500 kg & under & Trailer 65 1 66 Light Truck/Trailer 57 1 58 Tow Truck 46 3 49 Combination Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 41 5 46 Truck/ Camper & Trailer 38 1 39 All-Terrain Cycle 15 3 18 School Bus 16 0 16 Intercity Bus 15 1 16 General Construction 15 0 15 4 Wheel Drive Vehicle 12 1 13 Road Construction 12 0 12 Farm Vehicle 10 0 10 Trailer Only 7 0 7 Trailer Bike 6 0 6 Motor Home/Trailer 3 0 3 Mini Bike 3 0 3 Mobile Crane 2 0 2 Snow Mobile 0 1 1 Mobile Home 1 0 1 Other 57 0 57 Unknown 248 4 252 Total 26,294 509 26,803 Note: 1) * These vehicles are defined as weighing 10,900 kg or over. 2) Includes motor vehicles, bicycles, and miscellaneous unclassified vehicle types. 3) The purpose of the above table is to illustrate the occurrences of particular vehicle types in collisions. As the table is counting "collisions" rather than "vehicles" (please see Table 6.04 for a vehicle count), some double counting of collisions occurs in the data. For example, a two vehicle fatal collision involving a passenger car and a logging truck will be counted above as both a fatal passenger car collision, and a fatal logging truck collision. Table 6.04 Number of Vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle type Total Vehicle type Injury Fatal Vehicles Total Passenger Car Only 19,723 224 19,947 59.4 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 4,433 110 4,543 13.5 Sport Utility Vehicle 2,614 46 2,660 7.9 Panel Van 4500 kg & under (Includes Mini Vans) 2,140 26 2,166 6.4 Bicycle 1,010 14 1,024 3.0 Motorcycle 943 45 988 2.9 Tractor Trailer* 467 29 496 1.5 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy* 337 15 352 1.0 Tractor Trailer & Pup* 83 9 92 0.3 Heavy Truck/Trailer* 84 5 89 0.3 Truck & Camper 85 2 87 0.3 Local Transit Bus 82 3 85 0.3 Sport utility Vehicle & Trailer 73 2 75 0.2 Passenger Car & Trailer Only 73 1 74 0.2 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer* 65 9 74 0.2 Moped/Power Bicycle(<50CC) 72 0 72 0.2 Panel Van 4500 kg & under & Trailer 68 1 69 0.2 Motor Home 67 1 68 0.2 Light Truck/Trailer 59 1 60 0.2 Tow Truck 46 3 49 0.1 Combination Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 41 5 46 0.1 Truck/ Camper & Trailer 38 1 39 0.1 All-Terrain Cycle 16 3 19 0.1 School Bus 16 0 16 0.0 Intercity Bus 15 1 16 0.0 General Construction 15 0 15 0.0 4 Wheel Drive Vehicle 13 1 14 0.0 Road Construction 12 0 12 0.0 Farm Vehicle 10 0 10 0.0 Trailer Only 7 0 7 0.0 Trailer Bike 6 0 6 0.0 Mini Bike 4 0 4 0.0 Motor Home/Trailer 3 0 3 0.0 Mobile Crane 2 0 2 0.0 Snow Mobile 0 1 1 0.0 Mobile Home 1 0 1 0.0 Other 58 0 58 0.2 Unknown 250 4 254 0.8 Total 33,031 562 33,593 100% Note: Includes motor vehicles, bicycles, and miscellaneous unclassified vehicle types. % of 32 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Vehicles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 6 Table 6.05 Vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle use and type Vehicle Use Bus/ Drv Com- Train Recrea- Emer- Mili- Farm Towing Vehicle Type Parked Personal mercial Facility tional gency tary Taxi Use Govt /Towed Other Ukn Total Passenger Car Only 479 18,358 482 7 7 88 0 230 1 22 10 14 249 19,947 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 133 3,611 661 0 1 3 1 1 11 12 3 12 94 4,543 Sport Utility Vehicle 54 2,384 147 0 4 11 0 3 0 1 2 3 51 2,660 Panel Van 4500 kg & under (Includes Mini Vans) 61 1,591 431 0 3 9 0 20 1 7 1 1 41 2,166 Bicycle 0 230 4 0 765 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 1,024 Motorcycle 3 948 9 0 12 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 988 Tractor Trailer 9 7 471 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 496 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 14 58 261 0 0 8 0 0 3 6 0 0 2 352 Tractor Trailer & Pup 2 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 Heavy Truck/Trailer 3 2 82 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 89 Truck & Camper 3 59 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 87 Local Transit Bus 2 1 79 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 85 Sport utility Vehicle & Trailer 0 69 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 75 Passenger Car & Trailer Only 2 46 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 74 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer 1 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 Moped/Power Bicycle(<50CC) 0 57 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 72 Panel Van 4500 kg & under & Trailer 5 20 41 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 69 Motor Home 5 22 3 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 68 Light Truck/Trailer 7 19 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 60 Tow Truck 7 2 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 49 Combination Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 0 12 32 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 Truck/ Camper & Trailer 3 23 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 All-Terrain Cycle 0 4 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 School Bus 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Intercity Bus 2 0 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 General Construction 2 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 4 Wheel Drive Vehicle 0 3 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Road Construction 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 Farm Vehicle 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 10 Trailer Only 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Trailer Bike 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Mini Bike 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Motor Home/Trailer 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Mobile Crane 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Snow Mobile 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mobile Home 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Unknown 4 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 231 254 Other 0 10 26 0 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 58 Total 810 27,550 3,059 7 891 129 1 257 25 58 27 43 736 33,593 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 33
SECTION 6 Vehicles in 2006 Collisions Table 6.06 Stolen vehicles in 2006 collisions by month Month Injury Fatal Total January 10 0 10 February 11 0 11 March 18 0 18 April 12 0 12 May 4 3 7 June 7 0 7 July 9 0 9 August 7 0 7 September 11 0 11 October 16 0 16 November 7 0 7 December 5 0 5 Total 117 3 120 34 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 The use of seat belts by motor vehicle drivers and passengers has been mandatory in British Columbia since 1977. In March 1985, child restraint legislation was passed, making it compulsory for children 18 kg and under to be secured in an approved child restraint. In police-attended injury collisions where driver restraint use was known, 90.4% of injured drivers were wearing a lap and harness (standard lap and shoulder belt assembly). Only 58.8% of drivers killed were wearing a lap and harness. Among victims killed in passenger cars, 35.8% were unrestrained whereas for victims killed in light trucks, 57.1% were unrestrained. The tables and graphs in this section strongly indicate the effectiveness of occupant restraints in reducing casualties. In 2006, 80.5% of the drivers involved in casualty collisions who did not use restraints were injured or killed, while 51.7% of those who used the standard lap and harness restraint system were injured or killed. Similarly, among vehicle passengers involved in casualty collisions, 79.4% of those not using a restraint were injured or killed compared to 47.3% using the standard lap and harness assembly. Among 811 passengers in child restraints, 169 (20.8%) were injured and none was killed. Note that these data include only casualty collisions (those in which at least one person was killed or injured). Therefore the data do not address the overall effectiveness of safety devices in preventing injury across all levels of crash severity. Statistics on occupants ejected from vehicles show that ejection carries a very high risk of injury or death. Among ejected or partially ejected drivers, 22.4% were killed and another 71.4% were injured. Similarly, 16.9% of ejected or partially ejected passengers were killed and 76.5% were injured. Child restraint apparently were effective in preventing children from being injured or killed in crashes. Table 7.01 Type of restraint used by drivers Not % Safety Equipment Injured Injured Killed Total Total Lap & Harness with no Air Bag Deployed 10,917 9,660 64 20,641 67.47 Lap & harness & Air Bag Deployed 1,240 3,247 40 4,527 14.80 Lap Belt Only 601 560 2 1,163 3.80 No Restraint Used 128 569 61 758 2.48 Air Bag Deployed(No Restraint Used) 37 164 8 209 0.68 Position Not Equipped 28 24 0 52 0.17 Restraint Inoperative/Broken 14 27 0 41 0.13 Misuse of Restraint 3 10 2 15 0.05 Child Restraint Used 2 0 0 2 0.01 Other 5 14 0 19 0.06 Unknown 2,175 974 15 3,164 10.34 Total 15,150 15,249 192 30,591 100% Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. Table 7.02 Type of restraint used by passengers Not % Safety Equipment Injured Injured Killed Total Total Lap & Harness with no Air Bag Deployed 4,801 4,334 26 9,161 64.30 Lap & harness & Air Bag Deployed 452 1,064 18 1,534 10.77 Lap Belt Only 465 379 2 846 5.94 Child Restraint Used 642 169 0 811 5.69 No Restraint Used 167 514 32 713 5.00 Position Not Equipped 95 91 3 189 1.33 Air Bag Deployed(No Restraint Used) 11 60 2 73 0.51 Misuse of Restraint 3 7 0 10 0.07 Restraint Inoperative/Broken 0 7 1 8 0.06 Misuse of Child Restraint 3 5 0 8 0.06 Other 2 18 0 20 0.14 Unknown 439 427 9 875 6.14 Total 7,080 7,075 93 14,248 100% Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 35
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions Table 7.03 Restraint use by victims injured in collisions by position in vehicle Front Front Back Back Back In the Hanging Seat Seat Seat Seat Seat Cargo on % of Safety Equipment Drivers Centre Right Left Centre Right Area Outside Other Unk Total Total Lap & Harness with no Air Bag Deployed 9,660 406 2,828 378 107 558 44 1 6 6 13,994 62.69 Lap & harness & Air Bag Deployed 3,247 117 854 29 10 37 9 1 1 6 4,311 19.31 No Restraint Used 569 63 223 71 41 69 38 3 3 3 1,083 4.85 Lap Belt Only 560 61 128 50 45 76 14 1 3 1 939 4.21 Air Bag Deployed(No Restraint Used) 164 8 41 4 2 3 0 0 0 2 224 1.00 Child Restraint Used 0 4 13 46 32 71 3 0 0 0 169 0.76 Position Not Equipped 24 10 14 5 3 5 42 6 5 1 115 0.52 Restraint Inoperative/Broken 27 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0.15 Misuse of Restraint 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 17 0.08 Misuse of Child Restraint 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 0.02 Other 14 0 8 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 32 0.14 Unknown 974 71 212 51 19 44 6 5 4 15 1,401 6.28 Total 15,249 741 4,332 637 260 866 156 20 28 35 22,324 100% Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. Table 7.04 Restraint use by victims killed in collisions by position in vehicle Front Front Back Back Back In the Hanging Seat Seat Seat Seat Seat Cargo on % of Safety Equipment Drivers Right Centre Left Centre Right Area Outside Total Total No Restraint Used 61 18 2 3 2 6 1 0 93 32.63 Lap & Harness with no Air Bag Deployed 64 17 4 3 0 2 0 0 90 31.58 Lap & harness & Air Bag Deployed 40 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 58 20.35 Air Bag Deployed(No Restraint Used) 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3.51 Lap Belt Only 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.40 Position Not Equipped 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1.05 Misuse of Restraint 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.70 Restraint Inoperative/Broken 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.35 Unknown 15 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 24 8.42 Total 192 59 7 9 2 12 3 1 285 100% Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. 36 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 7.05 Driver age by restraint use for drivers injured Air Bag Lap & Lap & Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 No Deployed Restraint Harness & Harness Driver Position Restraint Lap Belt No Rest Inoperative Air Bag No Air Bag Misuse of % of Age Not Equipped Used Only Used /Broken Deployed Deployed Restraint Other Unknown Total Total 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.01 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.01 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.01 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.03 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 0.04 16 0 2 1 0 0 6 25 0 0 6 40 0.26 17 2 16 10 3 2 81 234 0 0 22 370 2.43 18 1 25 17 6 2 110 304 1 1 35 502 3.29 19 0 25 15 7 0 114 285 0 0 32 478 3.13 20 1 26 19 8 1 125 299 1 1 36 517 3.39 21 0 18 13 8 1 125 287 1 1 32 486 3.19 22 0 24 14 3 0 103 237 0 2 19 402 2.64 23 1 17 17 4 2 101 254 1 0 26 423 2.77 24 0 16 19 6 0 85 237 0 0 21 384 2.52 25 0 22 10 3 1 78 223 0 1 30 368 2.41 26-30 2 68 59 19 4 311 940 1 1 109 1,514 9.93 31-35 1 55 50 15 2 307 925 0 1 98 1,454 9.54 36-40 2 65 50 14 2 270 959 3 1 97 1,463 9.59 41-45 1 65 55 21 0 306 1060 0 0 107 1,615 10.59 46-50 2 25 62 18 4 272 905 2 3 85 1,378 9.04 51-55 3 26 39 7 2 225 764 0 1 64 1,131 7.42 56-60 4 23 46 9 2 173 588 0 0 47 892 5.85 61-65 1 18 26 5 1 144 360 0 0 17 572 3.75 66-70 1 4 17 2 0 102 245 0 0 19 390 2.56 71-75 1 6 7 0 0 83 190 0 0 11 298 1.95 76-80 0 6 8 1 0 59 159 0 0 8 241 1.58 81-85 0 3 3 3 1 49 106 0 0 12 177 1.16 86-90 0 1 0 0 0 11 33 0 0 1 46 0.30 91-95 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 0.04 95+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.01 Unknown 0 10 1 2 0 5 30 0 1 38 87 0.57 Total 24 569 560 164 27 3,247 9,660 10 14 974 15,249 99% Note: Excludes drivers of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 37
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions Table 7.06 Driver age by restraint use for drivers killed Air Bag Lap & Lap & No Deployed Harness & Harness Driver Restraint Lap Belt No Rest Air Bag No Air Bag Misuse of Age Used Only Used Deployed Deployed Restraint Unknown Total % of Total 17 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 6 3.13 18 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 2.60 19 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 6 3.13 20 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 4.17 21 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 2.60 22 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 8 4.17 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.52 24 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 3.13 25 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.56 26-30 6 0 2 3 3 0 1 15 7.81 31-35 7 0 1 0 4 0 2 14 7.29 36-40 7 0 0 1 5 0 1 14 7.29 41-45 5 0 1 3 3 0 2 14 7.29 46-50 7 1 2 1 7 0 2 20 10.42 51-55 6 0 1 6 2 0 0 15 7.81 56-60 1 0 0 4 5 1 1 12 6.25 61-65 4 0 0 3 4 0 0 11 5.73 66-70 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 2.08 71-75 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 3.13 76-80 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 3.13 81-85 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 3.13 86-90 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1.56 91-95 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.56 Unknown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.52 Total 61 2 8 40 64 2 15 192 100% Note: 1) Excludes drivers of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. 2) Types of restraint use categories with zero fatality counts are not included in this table. 38 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 Figure 7.01 Restraint use by drivers injured Restrained 84% Air Bag Deployed No restraint Used 7% Restraint Inoperative/Broken 1% Other 1% Other 15% Lap Belt Only 24% Unknown 42% No Restraint Used 24% Position Not Equipped 1% Note: Restrained includes Lap and harness and air bag deployed and Lap and harness with no air bag deployed. Figure 7.02 Restraint use by drivers killed Restrained 55% No Restraint Used 72% Other 45% Lap Belt Only 2% Unknown 17% Air Bag Deployed No restraint Used 9% Note: Restrained includes Lap and harness with air bag deployed and Lap and harness with no air bag deployed. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 39
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions Table 7.07 Passenger age by restraint use for injured passengers Air Bag Lap & Lap & Pass- Position No Lap Deployed Child Restraint Harness & Harness Misuse Misuse of enger Not Restraint Belt No Rest Restraint Inoperative Air Bag No Air Bag of Child % of Age Equipped Used Only Used Used /Broken Deployed Deployed Restraint Restraint Other Ukn Total Total 1 0 1 0 0 29 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 39 0.55 2 1 2 2 0 17 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 31 0.44 3 1 2 2 0 34 0 3 15 0 1 0 2 60 0.85 4 0 4 3 0 27 0 3 14 1 0 0 3 55 0.78 5 0 1 3 0 16 0 1 26 1 2 0 0 50 0.71 6 0 3 4 0 13 0 5 27 0 0 0 2 54 0.76 7 0 3 10 0 11 0 8 40 2 0 0 3 77 1.09 8 0 0 8 0 5 0 10 49 0 0 0 0 72 1.02 9 0 2 11 1 3 0 8 49 0 0 0 4 78 1.10 10 0 3 4 1 0 0 10 68 0 0 0 5 91 1.29 11 2 2 7 0 1 0 9 61 0 0 0 2 84 1.19 12 0 2 10 0 0 0 9 68 0 0 0 5 94 1.33 13 0 7 7 0 1 0 15 51 0 0 1 1 83 1.17 14 3 9 9 0 0 0 9 57 0 1 0 1 89 1.26 15 0 9 14 2 0 0 17 85 0 0 0 7 134 1.89 16 0 29 14 1 0 0 37 126 0 0 0 9 216 3.05 17 8 33 17 0 0 0 38 143 0 0 0 16 255 3.60 18 3 31 21 5 0 0 44 193 0 0 0 16 313 4.42 19 0 36 17 5 0 0 49 148 0 0 3 20 278 3.93 20 1 25 9 5 0 3 43 153 0 0 1 11 251 3.55 21 3 22 12 6 0 0 48 112 0 0 1 15 219 3.10 22 3 22 11 2 1 0 33 109 0 0 0 19 200 2.83 23 2 15 8 3 0 0 23 106 0 0 0 19 176 2.49 24 0 18 11 2 0 0 24 81 0 0 0 6 142 2.01 25 2 15 7 2 0 0 20 105 0 0 0 18 169 2.39 26-30 6 44 23 3 0 0 89 339 1 0 1 35 541 7.65 31-35 6 28 23 4 0 1 50 256 0 0 2 30 400 5.65 36-40 5 25 14 1 0 1 61 256 1 0 0 15 379 5.36 41-45 5 26 17 4 0 1 43 228 1 0 2 19 346 4.89 46-50 3 16 16 4 0 0 53 216 0 0 3 12 323 4.57 51-55 9 14 6 1 0 1 44 190 0 0 0 13 278 3.93 56-60 4 8 8 1 0 0 43 186 0 0 0 20 270 3.82 61-65 2 4 10 0 0 0 35 136 0 0 0 6 193 2.73 66-70 1 5 6 0 0 0 30 96 0 0 0 8 146 2.06 71-75 3 5 2 0 0 0 20 92 0 0 0 5 127 1.80 76-80 2 1 5 1 0 0 26 64 0 0 2 5 106 1.50 81-85 3 3 5 0 0 0 18 47 0 0 0 2 78 1.10 86-90 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 19 0 0 0 3 34 0.48 91-95 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.07 95+ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.03 Unknown 12 39 21 5 11 0 75 305 0 0 2 67 537 7.59 Total 91 514 379 60 169 7 1,064 4,334 7 5 18 427 7,075 100% Note: Excludes drivers of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. 40 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions Table 7.08 Passenger age by restraint use for passengers killed Air Bag Lap & Lap & Pass- Position No Deployed Restraint Harness & Harness enger Not Restraint Lap Belt No Rest Inoperative Air Bag No Air Bag Age Equipped Used Only Used /Broken Deployed Deployed Unknown Total % of Total 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.08 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.23 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.08 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.15 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 4.30 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.08 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.30 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 4.30 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.15 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.15 23 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.15 24 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.30 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 3.23 26-30 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 6.45 31-35 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 9 9.68 36-40 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 7.53 41-45 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5.38 46-50 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 4.30 51-55 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3.23 56-60 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.15 61-65 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 7 7.53 66-70 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.15 71-75 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.15 76-80 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4.30 81-85 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 4.30 Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 5.38 Total 3 32 2 2 1 18 26 9 93 100% Note: Excludes drivers of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 41
Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 Figure 7.03 Restraint use by injured passengers Restrained 79% Other 21% No Restraint Used 35% Lap Belt Only 25% Air Bag Deployed No restraint Used 4% Restraint Inoperative/Broken 0% Other 1% Position Not Equipped 6% Unknown 29% Note: Restrained includes lap and harness and air bag deployed, lap and harness with no air bag deployed, lap & harness and child restraint used Figure 7.04 Restraint use by passengers killed Restrained 47% No Restraint Used 72% Lap Belt Only 4% Air Bag Deployed No restraint Used 4% Other 53% Unknown 20% Note: Restrained includes lap and harness and air bag deployed and lap and harness with no air bag deployed. 42 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions Table 7.09 Ejection of drivers and injury outcome in casualty collisions Not Ejection Injured Injured Killed Total Not Ejected 14,948 15,089 158 30,195 Partially Ejected 5 38 5 48 Ejected 4 67 28 99 Unknown 193 55 1 249 Total 15,150 15,249 192 30,591 Note: Excludes drivers of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. Table 7.10 Ejection of passengers and injury outcome in casualty collisions Not Ejection Injured Injured Killed Total Not Ejected 7,039 6,904 64 14,007 Partially Ejected 3 28 4 35 Ejected 8 99 24 131 Unknown 30 44 1 75 Total 7,080 7,075 93 14,248 Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. Table 7.11 Restraint use and occupant ejection for vehicle occupants Not Partially Safety Equipment Ejected Ejected Ejected Ukn Total Lap & Harness with no Air Bag Deployed 29,749 13 19 21 29,802 Lap & harness & Air Bag Deployed 6,045 4 7 5 6,061 Lap Belt Only 1,996 5 6 2 2,009 No Restraint Used 1,270 45 153 3 1,471 Child Restraint Used 813 0 0 0 813 Air Bag Deployed(No Restraint Used) 272 3 7 0 282 Position Not Equipped 208 4 21 8 241 Restraint Inoperative/Broken 47 0 2 0 49 Misuse of Restraint 25 0 0 0 25 Misuse of Child Restraint 8 0 0 0 8 Other 33 1 2 3 39 Unknown 3,736 8 13 282 4,039 Total 44,202 83 230 324 44,839 Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 43
Table 7.12 Restraint use by victims injured by vehicle type Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 Air Bag Lap & Lap & Position No Deployed Child Restraint Harness & Harness Misuse of Not Restraint Lap Belt No Rest Restraint Inoperative Air Bag No Air Bag Misuse of Child Vehicle Type Equipped Used Only Used Used /Broken Deployed Deployed Restraint Restraint Other Ukn Total Passenger Car Only 30 583 610 167 101 26 3,267 9,441 12 2 18 908 15,165 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 18 246 116 33 16 3 334 1,817 4 1 8 201 2,797 Sport Utility Vehicle 9 94 78 15 23 3 359 1,259 1 1 1 110 1,953 Panel Van 4500 kg & under (Includes Mini Vans) 9 67 75 8 26 2 279 879 0 1 2 87 1,435 Tractor Trailer 12 33 5 1 0 0 10 151 0 0 0 27 239 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 0 18 9 0 0 0 9 95 0 0 0 20 151 Truck & Camper 0 2 2 0 0 0 9 43 0 0 0 4 60 Sport utility Vehicle & Trailer 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 47 0 0 0 0 57 Motor Home 1 3 4 0 1 0 9 24 0 0 1 3 46 Passenger Car & Trailer Only 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 32 0 0 0 4 45 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer 0 8 10 0 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 5 43 Tractor Trailer & Pup 0 8 2 0 0 0 1 29 0 0 0 2 42 Panel Van 4500 kg & under & Trailer 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 27 0 0 0 1 39 Local Transit Bus 20 4 6 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 2 39 Truck/ Camper & Trailer 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 1 2 31 Combination Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 18 0 0 0 5 30 Light Truck/Trailer 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 20 0 0 0 1 28 Heavy Truck/Trailer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 3 26 Tow Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 1 3 17 School Bus 0 1 3 0 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 14 Intercity Bus 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 Wheel Drive Vehicle 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 Road Construction 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 5 Farm Vehicle 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 General Construction 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 Motor Home/Trailer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Mobile Crane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Other 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 3 18 UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 6 16 Total 115 1,083 939 224 169 34 4,311 13,994 17 5 32 1,401 22,324 Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. 44 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions SECTION 7 Table 7.13 Restraint use by victims killed by vehicle type Air Bag Lap & Lap & Position No Deployed Restraint Harness & Harness Not Restraint Lap Belt No Rest Inoperative Air Bag No Air Bag Misuse of Vehicle Type Equipped Used Only Used /Broken Deployed Deployed Restraint Unknown Total Passenger Car Only 0 44 1 8 1 33 60 1 9 157 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 1 29 2 2 0 6 16 0 2 58 Sport Utility Vehicle 1 8 0 0 0 10 9 1 7 36 Panel/Mini Van 4,500 kg & under 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 0 2 14 Tractor Trailer 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 Combination Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Tractor Trailer & Pup 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Heavy Truck/Trailer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Log Truck & Pole Trailer 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Passenger Car & Trailer Only 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Sport utility Vehicle & Trailer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Tow Truck 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Motor Home 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 3 93 4 10 1 58 90 2 24 285 Note: Excludes occupants of motorcycles, snowmobiles and bicycles. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 45
SECTION 7 Occupant Restraint Use in 2006 Collisions 46 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Environmental Conditions and Collision Context SECTION 8 The environmental conditions that are reported in police attended casualty collisions do not vary greatly from year to year. Environmental factors were reported to contribute to 16.9% of the collisions in which factors were reported in 2006. This figure was 16.1% in 2005. In general, the degree to which certain environmental conditions are represented in collisions reflects the degree to which these conditions are found in the overall environment. For example, the majority of collisions occur on asphalt roads because asphalt is the predominant road surface in the province. In 2006, of the 19,285 casualty collisions, 96.0% occurred on asphalt roads; 63.4% happened in daylight; 62.3% took place on dry road surfaces and 51.8% occurred under clear weather conditions. More than half of the injury collisions in 2006 took place in urban residential areas or business or shopping districts. These two areas accounted for 56.7% of all 2006 injury collisions. In fatal collisions, about 31.6% occurred in agricultural or undeveloped areas while urban residential and business or shopping districts together accounted for 30.0% of the fatal collisions. A little more than one half of all casualty collisions (56.8%) took place on roads where the speed limit is 50 km/h. This is likely because a 50 km/h speed limit applies to the largest distance of roads in the province. Speed limits of 80 km/h and greater accounted for 23.2% of all injury collisions and 50.3% of all fatal collisions. In 2006, 56.8% of all casualty collisions occurred in locations without traffic control devices and 15.8% of these collisions took place at intersections. Locations with illuminated traffic signals accounted for 19.0% of all 2006 casualty collisions and locations with stops signs accounted for 11.7%. Overall, 41.8% of casualty collisions occurred at intersections. Table 8.01 Collisions by road surface type % of Road Surface Type Injury Fatal Total Total Asphalt 18,153 351 18,504 95.95 Gravel 436 15 451 2.34 Concrete 175 1 176 0.91 Earth 64 3 67 0.35 Oiled Gravel 15 0 15 0.08 Wood 11 0 11 0.06 Brick/Stone 9 0 9 0.05 Other 3 0 3 0.02 Unknown 49 0 49 0.25 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Table 8.02 Collisions by roadway surface condition Road % of Surface Injury Fatal Total Total Dry 11,767 250 12,017 62.31 Wet 5,196 79 5,275 27.35 Ice 833 18 851 4.41 Snow 648 11 659 3.42 Slush 349 3 352 1.83 Muddy 35 2 37 0.19 Other 7 1 8 0.04 Unknown 80 6 86 0.45 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 47
SECTION 8 Environmental Conditions and Collision Context in 2006 Table 8.03 Collisions by lighting condition % of Lighting condition Injury Fatal Total Total Daylight 12,037 197 12,234 63.44 Dark/Some Illumination 2,559 44 2,603 13.50 Dark/No Illumination 1,519 76 1,595 8.27 Table 8.04 Collisions by weather condition % of Weather Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Clear 9,806 188 9,994 51.82 Cloudy 4,900 114 5,014 26.00 Raining 3,111 40 3,151 16.34 Dark/Full Illumination 1,517 20 1,537 7.97 Dusk 725 18 743 3.85 Dawn 469 8 477 2.47 Other 2 2 4 0.02 Unknown 87 5 92 0.48 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Snowing 808 15 823 4.27 Fog 93 3 96 0.50 Strong Wind 39 0 39 0.20 Hail 32 2 34 0.18 Smog/Smoke 10 0 10 0.05 Other 8 2 10 0.05 Unknown 108 6 114 0.59 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Table 8.05 Collisions by land usage % of Land Use Injury Fatal Total Total Urban Residential 6,088 71 6,159 31.94 Business / Shopping 4,636 40 4,676 24.25 Agricultural / Undeveloped 2,967 117 3,084 15.99 Rural Residential 2,350 92 2,442 12.66 Industrial / Manufacturing 1,213 21 1,234 6.40 Apartment Residential 707 7 714 3.70 School/Playground 402 5 407 2.11 Recreational / Park / Camping 350 12 362 1.88 Other 40 1 41 0.21 Unknown 162 4 166 0.86 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Table 8.06 Collisions by collision location % of Collision Location Injury Fatal Total Total Between Intersection:Exchanges 7,936 249 8,185 42.44 At intersection 7,989 74 8,063 41.81 Intersection of Road & Driveway or Alley 917 8 925 4.80 Off Highway 467 12 479 2.48 Parking Lot:Single/Multilevel 448 4 452 2.34 Bridge 277 7 284 1.47 Entrance Ramp 147 1 148 0.77 Exit Ramp 124 1 125 0.65 Entrance Intersection 73 0 73 0.38 Entrance Acceleration Lane 57 2 59 0.31 Industrial Road 51 1 52 0.27 Exit Intersection 49 2 51 0.26 Railroad crossing 31 1 32 0.17 Tunnel 30 0 30 0.16 Exit Deceleration lane 18 0 18 0.09 Ferry or Dock 11 0 11 0.06 Transit -Express Lane 9 0 9 0.05 Other 103 3 106 0.55 Unknown 178 5 183 0.95 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% 48 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 8.07 Collisions by road jurisdiction Road % of Jurisdiction Injury Fatal Total Total City/Muni Street 12,376 131 12,507 64.85 Prov Highway 5,563 208 5,771 29.92 Rural Road 976 31 1,007 5.22 Environmental Conditions and Collision Context in 2006 SECTION 8 Table 8.08 Collisions by speed limit % % of Speed Injury Fatal Total Fatal Total Posted at 10 km/hr 26 0 26 0.00 0.15 Posted at 20 km/hr 16 1 17 5.88 0.09 Posted at 30 km/hr 282 1 283 0.35 1.58 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Posted at 40 km/hr 242 3 245 1.22 1.37 Posted at 50 km/hr 8,190 99 8,289 1.19 46.25 Posted at 60 km/hr 2,026 34 2,060 1.65 11.49 Table 8.09 Collisions by advisory speed limit Speed Injury Fatal Total Advisory - 10 km/hr 6 0 6 Advisory - 20 km/hr 6 0 6 Advisory - 30 km/hr 119 2 121 Advisory - 40 km/hr 71 1 72 Advisory - 50 km/hr 309 7 316 Advisory - 60 km/hr 96 5 101 Advisory - 70 km/hr 31 2 33 Advisory - 80 km/hr 20 2 22 Advisory - 100 km/hr 1 0 1 NA 18,256 351 18,607 Total 18,915 370 19,285 Posted at 70 km/hr 533 19 552 3.44 3.08 Posted at 80 km/hr 1,580 45 1,625 2.77 9.07 Posted at 90 km/hr 1,123 55 1,178 4.67 6.57 Posted at 100 km/hr 1,021 62 1,083 5.72 6.04 Posted at 110 km/hr 303 10 313 3.19 1.75 Special - 10 km/hr 4 0 4 0.00 0.02 Special - 20 km/hr 3 0 3 0.00 0.02 Special - 30 km/hr 24 0 24 0.00 0.13 Special - 40 km/hr 5 0 5 0.00 0.03 Special - 50 km/hr 15 0 15 0.00 0.08 Special - 60 km/hr 5 0 5 0.00 0.03 Special - 80 km/hr 2 0 2 0.00 0.01 Special - 90 km/hr 2 0 2 0.00 0.01 Special - 110 km/hr 1 0 1 0.00 0.01 Not posted - 10 km/hr 57 0 57 0.00 0.32 Not posted - 20 km/hr 25 0 25 0.00 0.14 Not posted - 30 km/hr 50 1 51 1.96 0.28 Not posted - 40 km/hr 24 0 24 0.00 0.13 Not posted - 50 km/hr 1,850 15 1,865 0.80 10.41 Not posted - 60 km/hr 47 0 47 0.00 0.26 Not posted - 70 km/hr 6 0 6 0.00 0.03 Not posted - 80 km/hr 52 3 55 5.45 0.31 Not posted - 90 km/hr 1 0 1 0.00 0.01 Other 58 0 58 0.00 0.32 NA 1,342 22 1,364 1.61 NA Total 18,915 370 19,285 1.9% 100% Note: '% Fatal' is fatal collisions out of the total of a given speed category. % of total excluded 'NA'. % of Total calculated with 'NA' removed. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 49
SECTION 8 Environmental Conditions and Collision Context in 2006 Figure 8.01 - Proportion of fatal to total casualty collisions by speed limit 6.00% 5.00% 4.66% 5.15% 4.00% 3.41% 3.00% 2.85% 2.00% 1.00% 0.79% 1.12% 1.61% 0.00% Less Than 50 km/hr 50 km/hr 60 km/hr 70 km/hr 80 km/hr 90 km/hr Greater Than 90 km/hr Table 8.10 Collisions by traffic control device Control Device Injury Fatal Total % of Total None 10,660 287 10,947 56.76 Stop Sign 2,233 20 2,253 11.68 Yield Sign 292 2 294 1.52 Officer/Flagman/School Guard 84 1 85 0.44 Railroad Crossing Sign 34 0 34 0.18 Lane Use Turn Control Sign 131 1 132 0.68 Traffic Signal 3,642 19 3,661 18.98 Traffic Signal with Advance Flashers 281 0 281 1.46 Flashing Signal 173 5 178 0.92 Lane Use Signal 21 0 21 0.11 Not Applicable 915 16 931 4.83 Other 80 3 83 0.43 Unknown 369 16 385 2.00 Table 8.11 Collisions at intersection by traffic control device Control Device Injury Fatal Total % of Total Traffic Signal 3,329 17 3,346 41.50 Stop Sign 2,025 19 2,044 25.35 None 1,708 22 1,730 21.46 Traffic Signal with Advance Flashers 256 0 256 3.17 Yield Sign 177 1 178 2.21 Flashing Signal 153 4 157 1.95 Lane Use Turn Control Sign 58 1 59 0.73 Officer/Flagman/School Guard 25 1 26 0.32 Lane Use Signal 10 0 10 0.12 Railroad Crossing Sign 4 0 4 0.05 Other 56 3 59 0.73 Unknown 188 6 194 2.41 Total 7,989 74 8,063 100 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% 50 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Environmental Conditions and Collision Context SECTION 8 Table 8.12 Traffic control device and collision location Control Device Officer/Flg/ Railrd Ln Use Signal with Land Stop Yield School Xing Turn Traffic Adv. Flashing Use Collision Location Sign Sign Guard Sign Ctrl Sign Signal Flashers Signal Signal None Other Ukn NA Total Between Intersection:Exchanges 98 17 48 11 34 239 22 11 5 7,561 15 124 0 8,185 At intersection 2,044 178 26 4 59 3,346 256 157 10 1,730 59 194 0 8,063 Intersection of Road & Driveway or Alley 65 5 1 1 9 15 0 3 0 815 0 11 0 925 Off Highway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 479 479 Parking Lot:Single/Multilevel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 452 452 Bridge 4 2 2 2 16 5 0 1 3 247 1 1 0 284 Entrance Ramp 3 35 1 0 5 7 0 0 0 93 0 4 0 148 Exit Ramp 6 22 2 0 1 6 1 1 0 85 0 1 0 125 Entrance Intersection 4 8 0 0 1 19 0 0 0 38 1 2 0 73 Entrance Acceleration Lane 3 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 59 Industrial Road 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 2 0 52 Exit Intersection 11 6 1 0 2 8 2 1 0 18 0 2 0 51 Railroad crossing 2 0 0 13 0 1 0 3 0 12 0 1 0 32 Tunnel 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22 0 1 0 30 Exit Deceleration lane 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 18 Ferry or Dock 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 11 Transit -Express Lane 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 9 Other 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 96 6 0 0 106 Unknown 8 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 122 1 41 0 183 Total 2,253 294 85 34 132 3,661 281 178 21 10,947 83 385 931 19,285 Table 8.13 Fatal collision by regular speed limit and advisory speed limit Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Speed 30 km/hr 40 km/hr 50 km/hr 60 km/hr 70 km/hr 80 km/hr Total Posted at 20 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Posted at 30 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Posted at 40 km/hr 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Posted at 50 km/hr 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Posted at 60 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Posted at 70 km/hr 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Posted at 80 km/hr 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 Posted at 90 km/hr 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 Posted at 100 km/hr 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Posted at 110 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 30 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 50 km/hr 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Not posted - 80 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unknown 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 Total 2 1 7 5 2 2 19 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 51
SECTION 8 Environmental Conditions and Collision Context Table 8.14 Injury collision by regular speed limit and advisory speed limit Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Advisory Speed 10 km/hr 20 km/hr 30 km/hr 40 km/hr 50 km/hr 60 km/hr 70 km/hr 80 km/hr 100 km/hr Total Posted at 10 km/hr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Posted at 20 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Posted at 30 km/hr 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Posted at 40 km/hr 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 0 12 Posted at 50 km/hr 0 3 53 12 70 1 1 0 0 140 Posted at 60 km/hr 0 0 11 13 7 12 0 0 0 43 Posted at 70 km/hr 0 0 1 5 9 2 2 0 0 19 Posted at 80 km/hr 0 0 13 27 23 51 5 5 0 124 Posted at 90 km/hr 0 0 1 2 11 13 17 0 0 44 Posted at 100 km/hr 2 0 1 1 4 6 4 10 0 28 Posted at 110 km/hr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Special - 10 km/hr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Special - 20 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special - 30 km/hr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Special - 40 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special - 50 km/hr 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Special - 60 km/hr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Special - 80 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special - 90 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Special - 110 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 10 km/hr 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 Not posted - 20 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 30 km/hr 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Not posted - 40 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 50 km/hr 0 1 9 1 33 0 0 0 0 44 Not posted - 60 km/hr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Not posted - 70 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not posted - 80 km/hr 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Not posted - 90 km/hr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 Unknown 2 2 20 9 126 10 2 3 1 175 Total 6 6 119 71 309 96 31 20 1 659 52 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Collision Configurations in 2006 SECTION 9 The distribution of police-attended casualty collisions among the various collision configurations changes little from year to year. In this section, non-single vehicle collisions are those that involve either more than one vehicle or a vehicle and another entity, such as a pedestrian or a cyclist. Multi-vehicle collisions include collisions that involved vehicles only. About 71.0% of police attended casualty collisions were non-single vehicle collisions and 29.0% were single vehicle collisions. Multi-vehicle collisions account for 55.9% of total casualty collisions. Of all fatal collisions, 40.0% involved a single vehicle. Thus non-single vehicle collisions are more common, but single vehicle collisions are more often fatal. Rear-end collisions are the most common type of non-single vehicle casualty collision, accounting for 27.2% of all such collisions in 2006. The next most frequent type is right-angle collisions, which made up 21.1% of the non-single vehicle collisions, followed by turning left across on-coming traffic at 12.9%. Head-on collisions were the most frequent occurrence among fatal non-single vehicle collisions, accounting for 20.0% of all fatal collisions (Table 9.03). Of all single vehicle casualty collisions, 44.9% involved travelling off the road to the right, followed by travelling off the road to the left (29.3%). Single and multiple vehicle collisions by collision type Injury Fatal Total Casulty Collisions Single Vehicle Collisions 40.00% Non-single Vehicle Collisions 28.88% 71.12% 29.09% 70.91% 60.00% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Percent of Total Collision Type Table 9.01 Collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Rear End 3,738 17 3,755 19.47 Intersection - Right Angle 2,879 38 2,917 15.13 Off Road Right 2,584 71 2,655 13.77 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 1,760 14 1,774 9.20 Off Road Left 1,702 68 1,770 9.18 Head On 730 74 804 4.17 Left Turn - Head On 580 4 584 3.03 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 461 9 470 2.44 Overtaking 298 3 301 1.56 Backing Up 242 3 245 1.27 Right Turn - Head On 168 0 168 0.87 Right Turn - Rear End 151 1 152 0.79 Left Turn - One Way 147 0 147 0.76 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 55 1 56 0.29 Right Turn - Same Direction 55 0 55 0.29 One Way Street 47 0 47 0.24 Other 2,434 58 2,492 12.92 Unknown 884 9 893 4.63 Total 18,915 370 19,285 100% Table 9.02 Single vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Off Road Right 2,452 68 2,520 44.92 Off Road Left 1,582 62 1,644 29.30 Head On 141 0 141 2.51 Intersection - Right Angle 36 1 37 0.66 Rear End 32 0 32 0.57 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 29 0 29 0.52 Backing Up 24 0 24 0.43 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 15 0 15 0.27 Left Turn - Head On 14 0 14 0.25 Overtaking 13 0 13 0.23 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 12 0 12 0.21 Right Turn - Same Direction 8 0 8 0.14 Right Turn - Rear End 7 0 7 0.12 Left Turn - One Way 5 0 5 0.09 One Way Street 5 0 5 0.09 Right Turn - Head On 3 0 3 0.05 Other 870 14 884 15.76 Unknown 214 3 217 3.87 Total 5,462 148 5,610 100% Note: Single vehicle collisions are those that do not involve any other entities. For example, a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian is not a single vehicle collision. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 53
SECTION 9 Collision Configurations in 2006 Table 9.03 Non-single vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision Occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Rear End 3,706 17 3,723 27.22 Intersection - Right Angle 2,843 37 2,880 21.06 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 1,748 14 1,762 12.88 Head On 589 74 663 4.85 Left Turn - Head On 566 4 570 4.17 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 432 9 441 3.22 Overtaking 285 3 288 2.11 Backing Up 218 3 221 1.62 Right Turn - Head On 165 0 165 1.21 Right Turn - Rear End 144 1 145 1.06 Left Turn - One Way 142 0 142 1.04 Off Road Right 132 3 135 0.99 Off Road Left 120 6 126 0.92 Right Turn - Same Direction 47 0 47 0.34 One Way Street 42 0 42 0.31 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 40 1 41 0.30 Other 1,564 44 1,608 11.76 Unknown 670 6 676 4.94 Total 13,453 222 13,675 100% Note: Non-single vehicle collisions are those that involve either more than one vehicle or a vehicle and another entity, such as a pedestrian or a cyclist. Table 9.04 Multi-vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision Occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Rear End 3,618 12 3,630 33.68 Intersection - Right Angle 2,273 22 2,295 21.29 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 1,490 11 1,501 13.93 Head On 497 62 559 5.19 Left Turn - Head On 476 3 479 4.44 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 369 6 375 3.48 Overtaking 229 3 232 2.15 Left Turn - One Way 116 0 116 1.08 Off Road Right 114 2 116 1.08 Off Road Left 108 6 114 1.06 Right Turn - Rear End 94 0 94 0.87 Backing Up 92 0 92 0.85 One Way Street 36 0 36 0.33 Right Turn - Head On 32 0 32 0.30 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 23 0 23 0.21 Right Turn - Same Direction 18 0 18 0.17 Other 652 12 664 6.16 Unknown 401 1 402 3.73 Total 10,638 140 10,778 100% Note: Unlike Table 9.03, this table does not include collisions that involved a vehicle and another entity such as a pedestrian or a cyclist. 54 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Alcohol-related collisions presented in this report are those police-attended collisions where either alcohol suspected or alcohol impaired was judged to be a contributing factor to the collision. These also include collisions where a pedestrian or bicyclist was judged to be impaired. This judgement is made by an attending police officer and is very often (but not always) supported by breathalyzer tests, toxicology reports or other formal measures of alcohol presence. Furthermore, the alcohol involvement factor does not always implicate the laying of charges in this connection. Police reports tend to underestimate the presence of alcohol in collisions. Where toxicology reports are available for fatally injured victims, they show a higher proportion of alcohol involvement. Collisions Note that prior to 2004, there was only one alcohol-related contributing factor available on the collision form. This was replaced by two factors, alcohol suspected and alcohol impaired. The guideline for this assignment are provided on page ix. In 2006, 2,000 (10.6%) of all police attended injury collisions and 98 (26.5%) of all reported fatal collisions involved alcohol. The number of alcohol-related injury collisions in 2006 was 189 fewer than the number in 2005 (2,189). Close to 4.7% of the alcohol-related casualty collisions resulted in death in 2006. Casualties Approximately 27.6% of all persons killed in motor vehicle collisions in 2006 were victims of collisions involving alcohol. Of all the injured victims (2,898) in 2006 alcohol-related collisions, 70.4% were in or on the drinking driver s vehicle. Similarly, 88.6% of all victims killed (114) in 2006 alcohol-related collisions were in the drinking-driver s vehicle. There were 13 (out of 114) persons killed that were not in the drinking drivers vehicle. Five of these were pedestrians. Collisions involving drinking drivers only (i.e., excluding collisions that involved drinking pedestrians and bicyclists) resulted in 2,771 victims injured and 106 victims killed. Driver age and gender Of all drivers with an alcohol factor involved in police attended casualty collisions, 82.0% were male. With respect to age, 5.9% of the alcohol-involved drivers were under the legal drinking age of 19. Most of these young drivers were aged 18, as very few drivers under age 18 are involved in alcohol-related collisions (see Table 10.08). The group 21 25 year old males accounted for the highest number of drinking drivers in collisions among 5-year age groupings. For females, alcohol involved collisions peaked in the 16-20 and 21 25 groups. However, 20 year olds (both male and female) accounted for the highest number of alcohol related collisions for any single year of age. After the age of 24, alcohol involvement in collisions declines for both males and females. Time of occurrence Consistent with previous years, alcohol-related casualty collisions are more likely to occur on weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) than on weekdays. In 2006, approximately 63.8% of all alcohol-related injury collisions occurred on weekends. Likewise, 67.3% of all alcohol-related fatal collisions happened on weekends. The highest risk times for alcohol-related injury collisions are between the hours of 9:00pm and 3:00am. Collisions occurring during this period accounted for about 46.3% of all alcohol-related injury collisions. There peak for alcohol-related fatal collisions occurred between midnight and 1:00am. The 2006 fatal collision counts and fatality counts may be lower than they would be in the absence of the fatality reconciliation and are not comparable to prior years (See page i). No changes have been made to the reporting of injury collisions. A l c ohol R e l a t e d I njury C oll i s i ons an d V i c t i m s A l coh o l R elated Fatal C o l l i sio n s a n d Vi cti m s 3500 3000 2500 2000 C o llisio n s V ictims 3,269 3,326 2,927 3,172 2,898 2,18 9 2,10 2 2,080 2,000 1,9 40 14 0 12 0 10 0 80 C o llisio ns V ictims 12 6 116 114 10 5 10 3 110 10 6 97 97 98 15 0 0 60 10 00 40 50 0 20 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 55
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.01 Alcohol related collisions and victims by month Collisions Victims Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 136 11 147 195 14 209 February 129 8 137 186 9 195 March 148 8 156 211 10 221 April 187 6 193 257 9 266 May 162 10 172 222 10 232 June 186 13 199 283 14 297 July 205 6 211 318 6 324 August 179 7 186 273 9 282 September 161 4 165 219 4 223 October 196 10 206 283 12 295 November 154 8 162 222 10 232 December 157 7 164 229 7 236 Total 2,000 98 2,098 2,898 114 3,012 Note: 1) Includes pedestrians with the alcohol factor who were responsible for the collision. 2) Alcohol factors include Ability Impaired by Alcohol, and Alcohol Suspected. Figure 10.01 Alcohol related collisions: Collisions and victims by month Number of Collisions/Victims 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Collisions Victims 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 56 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 10.02 Alcohol related collisions by alcohol factors and month Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Alcohol Impaired Alcohol Suspected Collision Type Month Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Grand Total January 66 2 68 70 9 79 147 February 64 4 68 65 4 69 137 March 74 3 77 75 6 81 158 April 93 1 94 94 5 99 193 May 97 3 100 66 7 73 173 June 87 5 92 99 8 107 199 July 114 2 116 91 4 95 211 August 83 2 85 96 5 101 186 September 70 2 72 91 2 93 165 October 89 4 93 107 6 113 206 November 76 4 80 78 4 82 162 December 86 1 87 72 6 78 165 Total 999 33 1,032 1,004 66 1,070 2,102 Note: The grand total includes duplicate counts in collisions where more than one of the two factors were assigned. Table 10.03 Victims in alcohol related collisions by alcohol factors and month Alcohol Impaired Alcohol Suspected Victims Month Injured Killed Total Injured Killed Total Grand Total January 100 2 102 95 12 107 209 February 96 5 101 90 4 94 195 March 110 5 115 104 6 110 225 April 131 1 132 126 8 134 266 May 138 3 141 85 7 92 233 June 132 5 137 151 9 160 297 July 173 2 175 145 4 149 324 August 121 2 123 152 7 159 282 September 101 2 103 118 2 120 223 October 129 5 134 154 7 161 295 November 101 4 105 121 6 127 232 December 131 1 132 99 6 105 237 Total 1,463 37 1,500 1,440 78 1,518 3,018 Note: The grand total includes duplicate counts of victims in collisions where more than one of the two factors were assigned. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 57
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.04 Alcohol related injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Total 0000-0059 27 14 5 12 12 23 47 140 7.00 0100-0159 32 13 4 4 20 26 56 155 7.75 0200-0259 47 10 6 13 16 20 53 165 8.25 0300-0359 41 4 11 10 10 11 31 118 5.90 0400-0459 31 1 2 4 5 9 23 75 3.75 0500-0559 21 3 3 3 6 3 16 55 2.75 0600-0659 10 3 3 4 3 5 6 34 1.70 0700-0759 9 2 4 3 1 6 9 34 1.70 0800-0859 9 3 2 3 2 3 8 30 1.50 0900-0959 9 1 0 2 1 3 4 20 1.00 1000-1059 3 3 1 1 3 2 5 18 0.90 1100-1159 2 3 3 1 1 5 2 17 0.85 1200-1259 5 2 2 3 2 6 5 25 1.25 1300-1359 5 2 6 0 2 1 5 21 1.05 1400-1459 11 1 3 4 2 3 6 30 1.50 1500-1559 11 1 2 11 11 9 17 62 3.10 1600-1659 11 10 2 9 8 14 17 71 3.55 1700-1759 13 8 7 9 13 13 11 74 3.70 1800-1859 15 17 7 10 13 27 21 110 5.50 1900-1959 19 10 7 12 13 23 17 101 5.05 2000-2059 20 9 12 20 13 25 25 124 6.20 2100-2159 22 11 16 21 17 39 28 154 7.70 2200-2259 18 13 16 25 17 32 33 154 7.70 2300-2359 16 12 10 18 24 42 36 158 7.90 Unknown 12 2 10 2 3 11 15 55 2.75 Total 419 158 144 204 218 361 496 2,000 100% 58 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Figure 10.02 Distribution of alcohol related collisions and victims by collision hour Number of Total Collisions/Total Victims 300 250 Total Collisions Total Victims 200 150 100 50 0 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Note: Includes both injury and fatal collisions and both injured and killed victims. Figure 10.03 Distribution of alcohol related collisions and victims by day of week Number of Total Collisions/Total Victims 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 Total Collisions Total Victims 0 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Note: Includes both injury and fatal collisions and both injured and killed victims. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 59
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.05 Alcohol related fatal collisions by day of week and hour of collision Total % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Collisions Total 0000-0059 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 12 12.24 0100-0159 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 7 7.14 0200-0259 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 8 8.16 0300-0359 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3.06 0400-0459 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 7.14 0500-0559 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.04 0700-0759 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2.04 0800-0859 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5.10 0900-0959 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2.04 1000-1059 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.02 1200-1259 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3.06 1400-1459 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3.06 1500-1559 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.04 1600-1659 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3.06 1700-1759 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 4.08 1800-1859 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 6 6.12 1900-1959 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 5.10 2000-2059 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 6 6.12 2100-2159 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 5 5.10 2200-2259 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 5 5.10 2300-2359 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 7.14 Total 27 9 5 8 10 17 22 98 100 60 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Figure 10.04 Drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions by driver age and gender Number of Drivers Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Male Female 0 Under 16 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 Figure 10.05 Non drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions by driver age and gender Number of Drivers 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Male Female 0 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 61
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.06 Drinking drivers* involved in alcohol related collisions by driver age and gender. Injury Fatal Age Male Female Total Male Female Total 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 16 4 2 6 0 0 0 17 17 9 26 1 1 2 18 61 16 77 2 0 2 19 84 18 102 5 0 5 20 92 20 112 4 1 5 21 85 17 102 4 0 4 22 62 19 81 6 1 7 23 71 11 82 3 0 3 24 71 7 78 3 2 5 25 55 9 64 0 1 1 26-30 205 36 241 11 1 12 31-35 149 31 180 12 2 14 36-40 122 32 154 10 1 11 41-45 142 48 190 5 2 7 46-50 95 26 121 6 2 8 51-55 79 15 94 1 0 1 56-60 50 9 59 2 1 3 61-65 23 3 26 2 0 2 66-70 16 1 17 1 0 1 71-75 6 0 6 0 0 0 76-80 4 1 5 0 0 0 81-85 5 0 5 0 0 0 86-90 0 1 1 0 0 0 Unknown 1 0 1 0 0 0 Total 1,500 331 1,831 78 15 93 Note: Motor vehicle drivers only and does not include gender unknown (66). Table 10.07 Drivers in alcohol-related collisions by age and gender Non drinking drivers Injury Fatal Age Male Female Total Male Female Total 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 7 5 12 0 0 0 18 19 4 23 0 0 0 19 11 8 19 0 0 0 20 11 10 21 0 0 0 21 16 8 24 0 0 0 22 14 10 24 1 1 2 23 18 15 33 0 0 0 24 8 9 17 1 0 1 25 10 7 17 1 0 1 26-30 73 34 107 2 1 3 31-35 68 34 102 3 1 4 36-40 68 24 92 1 1 2 41-45 65 30 95 3 1 4 46-50 55 19 74 3 1 4 51-55 33 24 57 5 2 7 56-60 45 9 54 2 0 2 61-65 19 7 26 3 0 3 66-70 13 3 16 1 0 1 71-75 8 6 14 1 0 1 76-80 5 3 8 0 0 0 81-85 5 2 7 0 0 0 Unknown 2 0 2 0 0 0 Total 574 271 845 27 8 35 Note: Motor vehicle drivers only and does not include gender unknown (32). 62 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Table 10.08 Drinking drivers involved in alcohol related collisions compared to all licensed drivers by age # of Drivers % of Total Active % of Total Involved in Drivers Involved Licensed Driver Alcohol-related in Alcohol-related Driver Age Drivers Population Collisions Collisions 2 Under 16 0 0 1 0.05 16 26,240 0.90 6 0.30 17 36,332 1.28 28 1.41 18 38,823 1.34 79 3.97 19 40,512 1.44 107 5.38 20 42,672 1.51 117 5.88 21 44,456 1.56 106 5.33 22 45,409 1.53 88 4.42 23 46,200 1.59 85 4.27 24 48,064 1.60 83 4.17 25 48,697 1.61 65 3.27 26-30 238,943 8.05 253 12.71 31-35 252,785 8.85 194 9.75 36-40 283,110 9.67 165 8.29 41-45 321,673 11.20 197 9.90 46-50 323,548 10.94 129 6.48 51-55 293,277 9.78 95 4.77 56-60 259,157 8.39 62 3.12 61-65 183,796 6.06 28 1.41 66-70 136,906 4.51 18 0.90 71-75 108,084 3.66 6 0.30 76-80 78,873 2.62 5 0.25 81+ 58,257 1.91 6 0.30 Unknown 65 0.00 67 3.37 Total 2,955,879 100% 1,990 100% Note: 1) Data source for active licensed drivers in 2006 was Business Information Warehouse. 2) Total number of collision involved drivers in the age group as a percentage of the total number of drivers involved in alcohol related collisions. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 63
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.09 Victims injured in alcohol related collisions by victim age and road user class Victim Hanging Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger on Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Other Unknown Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 15 0 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 22 16 4 33 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 44 17 27 44 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 77 18 62 54 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 122 19 80 75 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 165 20 96 56 1 6 2 3 0 0 0 164 21 80 50 0 7 0 2 1 2 3 145 22 65 45 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 116 23 79 33 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 121 24 63 31 0 7 4 2 0 0 0 107 25 51 40 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 99 26-30 228 88 0 11 2 9 1 0 1 340 31-35 181 56 0 11 4 3 0 0 0 255 36-40 147 48 0 9 10 4 0 0 1 219 41-45 179 42 2 8 10 13 0 1 1 256 46-50 102 19 0 18 9 10 0 0 0 158 51-55 93 23 0 11 1 3 0 0 0 131 56-60 56 16 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 78 61-65 27 7 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 40 66-70 19 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 30 71-75 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 76-80 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 81-85 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 86-90 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 95+ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Unknown 23 73 0 5 0 0 2 0 3 106 Total 1,686 926 5 139 61 59 9 4 9 2,898 64 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Table 10.10 Victims killed in alcohol related collisions by victim age and road user class Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Total 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 19 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 20 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 23 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 24 5 2 0 0 0 0 7 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 26-30 6 3 1 0 1 0 11 31-35 9 6 0 0 2 0 17 36-40 9 2 1 0 1 1 14 41-45 2 2 2 1 1 0 8 46-50 6 2 0 0 0 0 8 51-55 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 56-60 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 61-65 2 2 1 0 0 0 5 66-70 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Unknown 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Total 60 33 9 2 8 2 114 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 65
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.11 Victims injured in alcohol-related collisions in drinking drivers' vehicles by victim age and road user class (or where pedestrian was drinking 1 ) Victim Hanging Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger on 2 Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Other Unknown Total 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 4 22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 17 17 38 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 59 18 52 45 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 101 19 70 66 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 143 20 85 45 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 139 21 68 42 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 120 22 51 38 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 93 23 61 27 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 92 24 50 23 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 82 25 38 32 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 76 26-30 165 63 0 3 1 5 0 0 1 238 31-35 128 41 0 7 3 2 0 0 0 181 36-40 94 34 0 6 10 4 0 0 1 149 41-45 122 31 2 5 9 10 0 1 1 181 46-50 57 11 0 12 6 8 0 0 0 94 51-55 60 13 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 80 56-60 33 4 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 43 61-65 12 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 19 66-70 7 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 71-75 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 76-80 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 81-85 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 86-90 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Unknown 11 45 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 60 Total 1,197 657 5 64 47 49 7 4 9 2,039 Note: 1) The alcohol contributing factor is only assigned to drivers and pedestrians. Passengers and hanging-on included in this report were victims who were in/on a drinking driver's vehicle. 2) Hanging-on' refers to those hanging on a vehicle at the time of collision. 66 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Figure 10.06 Victim s injured in alcohol related collisions Driver A B Passenger C D Hanging-on C Pedestrian A B Bicycle Driver A B B M otorcycle D river A B M otorcycle Passenger C C D D 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% P ercent of To tal Victim s A: Drinking B: Not drinking C: In/on drinking driver's vehicle D: Not in/on drinking driver's vehicle Figure 10.07 Victims killed in alcohol related collisions Driver A B Passenger C D Pedestrian A D B B Bicycle Driver A B Motorcycle Driver A B 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% A Percent of Total Victims A: Drinking B: Not drinking C: In/on drinking driver's vehicle D: Not in/on drinking driver's vehicle British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 67
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.12 Victims killed in alcohol-related collisions in drinking drivers' vehicles by age and road user class (or where pedestrian was drinking) Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Total 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 18 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 19 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 20 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 6 23 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 24 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 26-30 6 3 1 0 1 0 11 31-35 9 6 0 0 1 0 16 36-40 8 2 1 0 1 1 13 41-45 2 2 1 1 0 0 6 46-50 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 51-55 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 56-60 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 61-65 2 1 1 0 0 0 4 66-70 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 57 31 4 1 6 2 101 Note: The alcohol contributing factor is only assigned to drivers and pedestrians. Passengers included in this report were victims who were in/on a drinking driver's vehicle. 68 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 10 Table 10.13 Victims injured by victim age and road user class for victims not in drinking driver's vehicle in alcohol related collisions Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Total 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 11 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 6 2 0 0 0 8 15 0 2 3 1 0 0 6 16 0 11 5 0 0 0 16 17 10 6 2 0 0 0 18 18 10 9 2 0 0 0 21 19 10 9 2 1 0 0 22 20 11 11 3 0 0 0 25 21 12 8 5 0 0 0 25 22 14 7 2 0 0 0 23 23 18 6 2 3 0 0 29 24 13 8 3 1 0 0 25 25 13 8 1 1 0 0 23 26-30 63 25 8 1 4 1 102 31-35 53 15 4 1 1 0 74 36-40 53 14 3 0 0 0 70 41-45 57 11 3 1 3 0 75 46-50 45 8 6 3 2 0 64 51-55 33 10 8 0 0 0 51 56-60 23 12 0 0 0 0 35 61-65 15 4 2 0 0 0 21 66-70 12 6 1 0 0 0 19 71-75 8 6 0 0 0 0 14 76-80 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 81-85 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 86-90 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 95+ 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unknown 12 28 5 0 0 1 46 Total 489 269 75 14 10 2 859 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 69
SECTION 10 Alcohol Related Collisions in 2006 Table 10.14 Victims killed in alcohol-related collisions by victim age and road user class for victims not in drinking driver's vehicle Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Driver Driver Total 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 18 0 0 0 1 0 1 19 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 1 0 0 0 0 1 31-35 0 0 0 0 1 1 36-40 1 0 0 0 0 1 41-45 0 0 1 0 1 2 46-50 0 1 0 0 0 1 51-55 1 0 0 0 0 1 61-65 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unknown 0 0 1 0 0 1 Total 3 2 5 1 2 13 70 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Speed related collisions in this report are those police-reported casualty collisions where speed was judged to be a contributing factor to the collision. This judgment is made by the attending police officer and may not always be accompanied by the laying of speed-related charges. However, the judgment will generally be supported by evidence presented by witnesses, indications of excessive skidding or severe crush zones on the damaged vehicles. Of 3,718 collisions where one or more of the three speed-related factors was assigned, Driving too Fast for Conditions made up 62.2%. Exceeding Speed Limit accounted for 33.3 % and Excessive Speed (i.e. driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit) made up 4.4%. Collisions During 2006 speed was involved in 3,388 (17.9%) of all reported injury collisions, and 120 (32.4%) of reported fatal collisions. In 2006, the total of the three speed related contributing factors were collectively the most cited contributing factor to fatal collisions (See Table 3.07 in Section 3). Casualties A total of 5,068 victims were injured and another 146 victims were killed in collisions involving speed in 2006. About 3.4% of the speed related casualty collisions resulted in death in 2006 while about 1.6% of collisions caused by contributing factors other than speed resulted in death in the same year. Approximately 35.4% of persons killed in motor vehicle collisions in 2006 were victims of collisions involving speed. During 2006, 74.8% (3,791) of victims injured in speed related collisions were in speeding vehicles or those travelling too fast for conditions. Similarly, 90.4% (132) of all victims killed in speed related collisions were in the speed-implicated vehicles. Driver age and gender Involvement in speed-related collisions is strongly associated with being young and being male. Of all drivers travelling in speed-implicated vehicles involved in a casualty collision in 2006, 72.7% were male. Of these male drivers, about 23.0% were between the ages of 16 and 20, and 32.1% were between the ages of 21 and 30. Among speeding female drivers in casualty collisions, 21.7% of them were between the ages of 16 and 20, and 27.6% were between the ages of 21 and 30. The involvement in speed-related collisions drops off sharply for drivers over 25. Time of occurrence Casualty collisions involving speed are more likely to occur on weekend days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) than on weekdays. In 2006, 50.0% of all speed related injury collisions occurred on a weekend. As for all speed related fatal collisions, 60.0% happened on a weekend. There is a peak occurrence for speed related injury collisions between 3pm and 4pm, similar to the pattern for total casualty collisions. For fatal collisions, the peaks were between 11 pm and midnight. The 2006 fatal collision counts and fatality counts may be lower than they would be in the absence of the fatality reconciliation and are not comparable to prior years (See page i). No changes have been made to the reporting of injury collisions. Sp eed Related In ju ry C o llisio n s an d Victim s Speed Related Fatal Collisions and Victim s 7000 6000 5000 4000 C o llisions V ictims 5,8 55 5,556 5,4 56 5,441 5,068 3,646 3,535 3,558 3,388 3,361 200 18 0 16 0 14 0 12 0 10 0 159 18 4 13 8 16 3 13 6 14 5 150 Co llisions V ictims 175 14 6 12 0 3000 80 2000 60 1000 40 20 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 71
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.01 Speed related collisions and victims by month Collisions Victims Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 369 12 381 537 20 557 February 222 9 231 313 9 322 March 224 5 229 315 8 323 April 252 5 257 383 8 391 May 232 14 246 368 14 382 June 256 14 270 423 15 438 July 252 12 264 397 13 410 August 259 12 271 401 14 415 September 229 12 241 340 13 353 October 259 10 269 370 13 383 November 462 7 469 650 10 660 December 372 8 380 571 9 580 Total 3,388 120 3,508 5,068 146 5,214 Figure 11.01 Speed type in speed related collisions by month 450 400 Exceed Speed Limit Speed over 40km/hr Too fast for conditions 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Note: This graph was based on Table 11.02. 72 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.02 Speed related collisions by speed factors and month Exceed Speed Limit Speed over 40km/hr Too fast for conditions Grand Month Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Total January 60 3 63 12 4 16 319 7 326 405 February 68 6 74 14 1 15 153 2 155 244 March 93 2 95 8 1 9 139 2 141 245 April 134 1 135 15 2 17 127 2 129 281 May 100 6 106 12 4 16 145 7 152 274 June 136 9 145 16 3 19 126 5 131 295 July 143 9 152 11 2 13 117 2 119 284 August 141 6 147 20 2 22 108 4 112 281 September 93 7 100 11 3 14 135 3 138 252 October 96 6 102 12 1 13 160 5 165 280 November 50 1 51 5 0 5 418 6 424 480 December 67 2 69 6 0 6 316 6 322 397 Total 1,181 58 1,239 142 23 165 2,263 51 2,314 3,718 Note: The grand total includes duplicate counts of collisions where more than one of the three factors were assigned. Table 11.03 Victims in speed related collisions by speed factors and month Exceed Speed Limit Speed over 40km/hr Too fast for conditions Grand Month Injured Killed Total Injured Killed Total Injured Killed Total Total January 96 6 102 21 7 28 454 9 463 593 February 103 6 109 20 1 21 208 2 210 340 March 139 3 142 15 3 18 181 2 183 343 April 198 2 200 30 3 33 186 3 189 422 May 165 6 171 27 4 31 218 7 225 427 June 229 9 238 23 3 26 209 6 215 479 July 229 9 238 21 2 23 172 3 175 436 August 224 8 232 37 2 39 159 4 163 434 September 151 8 159 22 3 25 178 3 181 365 October 139 8 147 18 1 19 228 6 234 400 November 70 2 72 8 0 8 585 8 593 673 December 103 2 105 12 0 12 480 7 487 604 Total 1,846 69 1,915 254 29 283 3,258 60 3,318 5,516 Note: The grand total includes duplicate counts of victims in collisions where more than one of the four factors were assigned. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 73
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.04 Speed related injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision Total % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Collisions Total 0000-0059 21 9 11 9 14 19 28 111 3.28 0100-0159 16 17 9 6 10 18 28 104 3.07 0200-0259 26 8 8 8 7 20 37 114 3.36 0300-0359 28 7 4 7 5 15 8 74 2.18 0400-0459 18 2 6 7 9 9 21 72 2.13 0500-0559 7 6 6 6 13 6 17 61 1.80 0600-0659 11 13 12 13 8 22 12 91 2.69 0700-0759 17 22 23 15 17 17 22 133 3.93 0800-0859 18 28 30 34 23 28 22 183 5.40 0900-0959 29 19 13 20 20 22 21 144 4.25 1000-1059 32 13 11 20 17 19 16 128 3.78 1100-1159 29 19 19 22 23 17 29 158 4.66 1200-1259 26 24 23 12 28 24 11 148 4.37 1300-1359 29 23 15 16 24 20 28 155 4.57 1400-1459 24 30 13 27 21 28 25 168 4.96 1500-1559 33 27 22 26 36 24 33 201 5.93 1600-1659 26 30 17 29 26 33 29 190 5.61 1700-1759 39 30 20 24 29 27 27 196 5.79 1800-1859 26 18 20 21 27 32 21 165 4.87 1900-1959 28 20 17 20 20 34 24 163 4.81 2000-2059 24 20 18 20 13 25 25 145 4.28 2100-2159 17 11 22 19 17 24 20 130 3.84 2200-2259 18 20 9 21 28 21 22 139 4.10 2300-2359 16 11 15 11 20 33 29 135 3.98 Unknown 18 11 9 6 10 19 7 80 2.36 Total 576 438 372 419 465 556 562 3,388 100% 74 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 11.05 Speed related fatal collisions by day of week and by hour of collision Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Total 0000-0059 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 7 5.83 0100-0159 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 7 5.83 0200-0259 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 7 5.83 0300-0359 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 5 4.17 0400-0459 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 4.17 0500-0559 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 5.00 0600-0659 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.83 0700-0759 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 6 5.00 0800-0859 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 8 6.67 0900-0959 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 2.50 1000-1059 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.67 1100-1159 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1.67 1200-1259 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 5.00 1300-1359 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.67 1400-1459 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.67 1500-1559 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 3.33 1600-1659 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 6 5.00 1700-1759 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 8 6.67 1800-1859 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 3.33 1900-1959 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.17 2000-2059 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 4.17 2100-2159 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.50 2200-2259 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 7 5.83 2300-2359 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 9 7.50 Total 26 14 4 18 12 24 22 120 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 75
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Figure 11.02 Speed related collisions and victims by collision hour Number of Collisions and Victims 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Collisions Victims 0 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm Note: Includes both injury and fatal collisions and both injured and killed victims and excludes time unknown. Figure 11.03 Speed related collisions and victims by day of week 1,200 Number of Collisions and Victims Collisions Victims 1,000 800 600 400 200 0 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Note: Includes both injury and fatal collisions and both injured and killed victims. 76 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 11.06 Age and gender of speeding drivers involved in speed related collisions Injury Fatal Driver Age Male Female Total Male Female Total 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 13 1 1 2 0 0 0 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 2 1 3 1 0 1 16 17 7 24 0 0 0 17 107 62 169 3 3 6 18 150 43 193 3 3 6 19 144 46 190 7 1 8 20 147 41 188 5 1 6 21 131 49 180 7 0 7 22 94 33 127 4 2 6 23 91 34 125 2 1 3 24 83 29 112 3 1 4 25 82 20 102 1 0 1 26-30 306 92 398 12 2 14 31-35 216 78 294 16 1 17 36-40 196 90 286 10 1 11 41-45 198 85 283 8 2 10 46-50 145 73 218 2 3 5 51-55 118 60 178 3 0 3 56-60 83 30 113 5 2 7 61-65 51 21 72 1 0 1 66-70 30 12 42 1 2 3 71-75 17 3 20 0 1 1 76-80 17 7 24 1 1 2 81-85 7 2 9 0 0 0 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.07 Age and gender of nonspeeding drivers involved in speed related collisions Injury Fatal Driver Age Male Female Total Male Female Total 16 0 2 2 0 0 0 17 15 9 24 0 0 0 18 13 11 24 0 0 0 19 15 9 24 0 0 0 20 11 12 23 0 0 0 21 20 15 35 0 0 0 22 14 12 26 2 0 2 23 22 16 38 0 0 0 24 17 16 33 1 0 1 25 18 5 23 1 0 1 26-30 94 49 143 5 1 6 31-35 101 58 159 4 1 5 36-40 105 57 162 6 0 6 41-45 109 61 170 7 4 11 46-50 121 70 191 4 2 6 51-55 85 41 126 3 3 6 56-60 64 30 94 1 1 2 61-65 43 18 61 1 1 2 66-70 31 18 49 1 0 1 71-75 30 19 49 1 1 2 76-80 18 5 23 0 0 0 81-85 9 3 12 0 0 0 86-90 0 2 2 0 0 0 Unknown 2 1 3 0 0 0 Total 957 539 1,496 37 14 51 Note: Vehicle drivers only. Excludes drivers with gender unknown. 86-90 4 1 5 0 0 0 95+ 1 0 1 0 0 0 Unknown 4 5 9 1 0 1 Total 2,443 927 3,370 96 27 123 Note: Vehicle drivers only. Excludes drivers with gender unknown. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 77
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Figure 11.04 Drivers of speeding vehicles in speed related collisions Number of drivers 700 600 500 Male Female 400 300 200 100 0 Under 16 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 95+ Unknown Note: Speeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed limit, in excess of 40km/hour over speed limit and those travelling too fast for conditions. Figure 11.05 Drivers not in speeding vehicles involved in speed related collisions Number of drivers 140 120 100 Male Female 80 60 40 20 0 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 86-90 Note: Speeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed lim it, in excess of 40km /hour over speed lim it and those travelling too fast for conditions. 78 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.08 Licensed drivers and drivers involved in speed related collisions (speeding vehicle drivers only) by age # of Drivers % of Total % of Total Involved in Drivers Involved Licensed Driver speed related in speed related Driver Age Drivers Population Collisions Collisions 2 Under 16 1 0 0 9 0.26 16 26,240 0.89 24 0.69 17 36,332 1.23 175 5.01 18 38,823 1.31 199 5.70 19 40,512 1.37 198 5.67 20 42,672 1.44 194 5.55 21 44,456 1.50 187 5.35 22 45,409 1.54 133 3.81 23 46,200 1.56 128 3.66 24 48,064 1.63 116 3.32 25 48,697 1.65 103 2.95 26-30 238,943 8.08 412 11.80 31-35 252,785 8.55 311 8.90 36-40 283,110 9.58 297 8.50 41-45 321,673 10.88 293 8.39 46-50 323,548 10.95 223 6.38 51-55 293,277 9.92 181 5.18 56-60 259,157 8.77 120 3.44 61-65 183,796 6.22 73 2.09 66-70 136,906 4.63 45 1.29 71-75 108,084 3.66 21 0.60 76-80 78,873 2.67 26 0.74 81+ 58,257 1.97 15 0.43 Unknown 65 0.00 10 0.29 Total 2,955,879 100% 3,493 100% Note: 1) Data source for active licensed drivers in 2006 was Business Information Warehouse. 2) Total number of collision involved drivers in the age group as a percentage of the total number of drivers involved in speed related collisions. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 79
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.09 Victims injured by victim age and road user class in speed related collisions Victim Hanging Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger on Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Other Unknown Total 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 0 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 10 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 11 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 13 1 15 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 20 14 1 25 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 15 3 44 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 51 16 15 80 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 99 17 133 105 0 3 2 4 1 0 1 249 18 137 110 2 2 0 6 1 0 1 259 19 143 95 0 2 0 10 2 1 0 253 20 144 80 1 2 1 9 1 0 0 238 21 132 73 0 4 1 8 2 1 3 224 22 107 53 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 170 23 103 57 0 3 1 9 0 0 0 173 24 106 48 0 0 2 9 1 0 0 166 25 78 38 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 124 26-30 347 137 0 6 3 24 2 0 0 519 31-35 285 81 0 1 6 18 1 0 0 392 36-40 282 72 0 4 3 12 1 0 0 374 41-45 274 63 0 5 2 16 0 1 1 362 46-50 246 61 1 2 3 16 3 0 0 332 51-55 182 51 0 5 2 16 0 0 0 256 56-60 127 45 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 183 61-65 81 21 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 109 66-70 55 19 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 77 71-75 34 13 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 50 76-80 28 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 47 81-85 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 86-90 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 91-95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 95+ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Unknown 17 103 0 8 0 3 2 0 0 133 Total 3,080 1,660 8 61 29 195 21 4 10 5,068 80 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.10 Victims killed by victim age and road user class in speed related collisions Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Driver Driver Passenger Total 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 17 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 18 5 4 0 2 1 0 12 19 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 20 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 4 0 0 0 2 0 6 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 23 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 24 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 25 1 3 0 0 1 0 5 26-30 5 4 0 0 3 0 12 31-35 7 6 1 0 5 0 19 36-40 8 2 0 0 3 0 13 41-45 4 3 1 0 2 0 10 46-50 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 51-55 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 56-60 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 61-65 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 66-70 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 71-75 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 76-80 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 81-85 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Unknown 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Total 68 46 5 2 24 1 146 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 81
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.11 Victims injured in speeding vehicles by victim age and road user class Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Hanging on Driver Driver Passenger Other Unknown Total 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 11 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 13 1 9 0 1 0 1 1 1 14 14 1 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 15 3 40 1 0 0 0 0 1 45 16 15 69 1 0 2 0 0 0 87 17 119 92 0 2 4 1 0 1 219 18 128 98 1 0 5 1 0 0 233 19 133 84 0 0 9 2 1 0 229 20 132 72 1 1 9 1 0 0 216 21 115 63 0 1 7 2 1 3 192 22 91 44 0 0 9 0 0 0 144 23 80 50 0 1 9 0 0 0 140 24 83 38 0 2 7 1 0 0 131 25 64 35 1 0 7 0 0 0 107 26-30 270 109 0 2 24 2 0 0 407 31-35 196 60 0 3 18 1 0 0 278 36-40 192 47 0 3 11 1 0 0 254 41-45 188 43 0 1 12 0 1 1 246 46-50 141 39 0 3 16 3 0 0 202 51-55 119 32 0 0 14 0 0 0 165 56-60 81 30 0 0 8 0 0 0 119 61-65 53 16 0 0 3 1 0 0 73 66-70 26 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 33 71-75 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 76-80 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 81-85 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 86-90 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 91-95 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 95+ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unknown 9 69 0 0 2 2 0 0 82 Total 2,283 1,269 6 20 180 21 4 8 3,791 Note: Speeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed limit, in excess of 40km/hour over speed limit and those travelling too fast for conditions. 82 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.12 Victims killed in speeding vehicles by victim age and road user class Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Driver Driver Passenger Total 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 15 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 0 2 0 0 0 2 17 4 1 0 1 0 6 18 5 4 1 1 0 11 19 4 2 0 1 0 7 20 3 0 0 0 1 4 21 4 0 0 2 0 6 22 5 1 0 0 0 6 23 1 1 0 1 0 3 24 2 2 0 1 0 5 25 0 3 0 1 0 4 26-30 5 3 0 3 0 11 31-35 6 6 0 5 0 17 36-40 8 2 0 3 0 13 41-45 4 3 0 2 0 9 46-50 4 1 0 0 0 5 51-55 2 1 0 0 0 3 56-60 2 2 0 2 0 6 61-65 1 1 0 0 0 2 66-70 1 0 0 1 0 2 71-75 0 1 0 0 0 1 76-80 1 2 0 0 0 3 81-85 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unknown 1 2 0 0 0 3 Total 63 43 1 24 1 132 Note: Speeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed limit, in excess of 40km/hour over speed limit and those travelling too fast for conditions. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 83
Figure 11.06 Victim s injured 1 in speed related collisions in/not in speeding vehicles 2 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 In/O n S peeding V ehicle N ot in S peeding V ehicle Driver P assenger H anging-on P edestrian Bicycle Driver M otorcycle D river M otorcycle P assenger O ther U nknown 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% P ercent of To tal Injured V ictim s in E ach R oad User Class N ote: 1) See Table 11.09 for total victim s injured in each road user class. 2) S peeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed lim it, in excess of 40km /hour over speed lim it and those travelling too fast for conditions. F ig u re 11.07 V ictim s killed 1 in speed related collisions in/not in speedin g vehicles 2 In S peeding V ehicle N ot in S peeding V ehicle Drive r P assenger P edestrian B icycle Driver M o to rcycle Driver M otorcycle P assenger 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% P ercent o f T o tal Kille d V ictim s in E a c h R oad User Class N o te: 1 ) Se e T a b le 1 1.1 0 for total victim s injure d in e a ch ro a d u ser class. 2 ) S peedin g vehicles refer to vehicles e xceedin g sp e e d lim it, in e xcess o f 4 0 km /hour o ver sp e e d lim it a n d those travellin g to o fast for conditions. 84 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.13 Victims injured in speed related collisions by victim age and road user class not in speeding vehicles Victim Bicycle Motorcycle Age Driver Passenger Hanging on Pedestrian Driver Driver Unknown Total 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 16 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 17 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 30 18 9 12 1 2 0 1 1 26 19 10 11 0 2 0 1 0 24 20 12 8 0 2 0 0 0 22 21 17 10 0 4 0 1 0 32 22 16 9 0 0 1 0 0 26 23 23 7 0 3 0 0 0 33 24 23 10 0 0 0 2 0 35 25 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 26-30 77 28 0 6 1 0 0 112 31-35 89 21 0 1 3 0 0 114 36-40 90 25 0 4 0 1 0 120 41-45 86 20 0 5 1 4 0 116 46-50 105 22 1 2 0 0 0 130 51-55 63 19 0 5 2 2 0 91 56-60 46 15 0 1 1 1 0 64 61-65 28 5 0 3 0 0 0 36 66-70 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 44 71-75 20 8 0 1 0 1 0 30 76-80 11 8 0 2 0 0 1 22 81-85 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 10 86-90 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 95+ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Unknown 8 34 0 8 0 1 0 51 Total 797 391 2 61 9 15 2 1,277 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 85
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.14 Victims killed in speed related collisions by victim age and road user class not in speeding vehicles Victim Age Driver Passenger Pedestrian Bicycle Driver Total 4 0 0 1 0 1 18 0 0 0 1 1 19 0 0 1 0 1 22 1 0 0 0 1 25 1 0 0 0 1 26-30 0 1 0 0 1 31-35 1 0 1 0 2 41-45 0 0 1 0 1 46-50 0 1 0 0 1 51-55 2 0 1 0 3 81-85 0 1 0 0 1 Total 5 3 5 1 14 Note: Speeding vehicles refer to vehicles exceeding speed limit, in excess of 40km/hour over speed limit and those travelling too fast for conditions. Table 11.15 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction City/Municipal street Speed Limit Injury Fatal Total Posted at 10 km/hr 1 0 1 Posted at 20 km/hr 3 0 3 Posted at 30 km/hr 45 1 46 Posted at 40 km/hr 21 2 23 Posted at 50 km/hr 905 26 931 Posted at 60 km/hr 221 4 225 Posted at 70 km/hr 45 2 47 Posted at 80 km/hr 59 1 60 Posted at 90 km/hr 10 0 10 Posted at 100 km/hr 8 1 9 Posted at 110 km/hr 3 0 3 Special - 30 km/hr 3 0 3 Special - 40 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 10 km/hr 3 0 3 Not posted - 20 km/hr 2 0 2 Not posted - 30 km/hr 6 0 6 Not posted - 40 km/hr 3 0 3 Not posted - 50 km/hr 204 3 207 Not posted - 60 km/hr 5 0 5 Not posted - 70 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 80 km/hr 2 1 3 Other 3 0 3 Unknown 121 1 122 Total 1,675 42 1,717 86 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 11.16 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction Provincial highway Speed Limit Injury Fatal Total Posted at 10 km/hr 2 0 2 Posted at 20 km/hr 1 0 1 Posted at 30 km/hr 5 0 5 Posted at 40 km/hr 6 0 6 Posted at 50 km/hr 109 7 116 Posted at 60 km/hr 121 5 126 Posted at 70 km/hr 66 6 72 Posted at 80 km/hr 325 13 338 Posted at 90 km/hr 293 10 303 Posted at 100 km/hr 265 12 277 Posted at 110 km/hr 112 5 117 Special - 50 km/hr 2 0 2 Special - 60 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 20 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 50 km/hr 4 0 4 Not posted - 80 km/hr 3 0 3 Not posted - 90 km/hr 1 0 1 Unknown 62 1 63 Total 1,379 59 1,438 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 SECTION 11 Table 11.17 Speed related collisions by speed limit and road jurisdiction Rural road Speed Limit Injury Fatal Total Posted at 30 km/hr 4 0 4 Posted at 40 km/hr 7 0 7 Posted at 50 km/hr 86 3 89 Posted at 60 km/hr 66 5 71 Posted at 70 km/hr 14 1 15 Posted at 80 km/hr 55 4 59 Posted at 90 km/hr 7 2 9 Posted at 100 km/hr 4 0 4 Posted at 110 km/hr 2 0 2 Special - 80 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 10 km/hr 2 0 2 Not posted - 40 km/hr 2 0 2 Not posted - 50 km/hr 13 0 13 Not posted - 60 km/hr 5 0 5 Not posted - 70 km/hr 1 0 1 Not posted - 80 km/hr 20 2 22 Other 2 0 2 Unknown 43 2 45 Total 334 19 353 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 87
SECTION 11 Speed Related Collisions in 2006 Table 11.18 Speed related collisions by advisory speed and road jurisdiction Road Jurisdiction Advisory Speed Injury Fatal Total City/Municipal Advisory - 10 km/hr 1 0 1 Advisory - 20 km/hr 1 0 1 Advisory - 30 km/hr 32 1 33 Advisory - 40 km/hr 12 1 13 Advisory - 50 km/hr 28 0 28 Advisory - 60 km/hr 7 0 7 Advisory - 70 km/hr 2 0 2 Not applicable 1,592 40 1,632 Total 1,675 42 1,717 Provincial Highway Advisory - 30 km/hr 14 0 14 Advisory - 40 km/hr 21 0 21 Advisory - 50 km/hr 36 0 36 Advisory - 60 km/hr 43 1 44 Advisory - 70 km/hr 13 2 15 Advisory - 80 km/hr 6 0 6 Not applicable 1246 56 1,302 Total 1,379 59 1,438 Rural Road Advisory - 30 km/hr 6 0 6 Advisory - 40 km/hr 6 0 6 Advisory - 50 km/hr 6 0 6 Advisory - 60 km/hr 3 0 3 Advisory - 80 km/hr 1 0 1 Not applicable 312 19 331 Total 334 19 353 Note: Some road segments have an advisory speed that is different than the posted speed limit. Since advisory speed became an independent field in the enhanced database, it is presented seperately from other speed limits. 88 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 12 There were 91,844 motorcycles licensed in British Columbia in 2006. The number of motorcycles licensed showed an increase of 10.4% from 2005. In 2006, drivers licensed to operate motorcycles totalled 229,496, a 2.6% increase from the previous year. There were 44 fatal collisions and 1,025 injury collisions involving motorcycles in 2006. Injury collisions increased by 1.8% (from 1,007). The fatal victims included 41 motorcycle drivers and 2 motorcycle passengers. Among injured motorcyclists whose helmet usage was known, 4.4% were not wearing a helmet. Among those motorcyclists killed, 4.9% were not wearing a helmet. The top five contributing factors assigned to motorcycle drivers (as a percentage of total motorcycle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Speeding (21.1%) (2) Driver inattentive (20.8%) (3) Driver error/confusion (20.3%); (4) Following too closely (6.4%); (5) Alcohol (5.4%). The top five contributing factors assigned to other drivers colliding with motorcycles (as a percentage of total motorcycle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (16.0%); (2) Failing to yield to right of way (14.3%); (3) Driver error/confusion (6.5%); (4) Improper Turning (5.0%) (5) Following too closely (2.3%) The primary collision occurrence is the action taken by the vehicles at the time of the collision. The most common occurrences for motorcycle collisions were off-road right (15.0%) followed by rear end (12.8%) and left turn-across oncoming traffic (11.3%). In 67.2% of all casualty collisions, the motorcyclist was going straight ahead. The 2006 fatal collision counts and fatality counts may be lower than they would be in the absence of the fatality reconciliation and are not comparable to prior years (See page i). No changes have been made to the reporting of injury collisions. Motorcycle Injury Collisions and Victims Motorcycle Fatal Collisions and Victim s 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 781 Collisions 1,023 910 873 Victims 1,10 8 936 1,154 1,008 1,209 1,025 60 50 40 32 Collisions 34 33 35 Victims 45 45 46 48 44 45 30 600 400 20 200 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 89
SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions Table 12.01 Motorcycle collisions and victims by month Collisions Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 15 1 16 16 1 17 February 20 2 22 27 2 29 March 24 0 24 29 0 29 Victims April 84 5 89 109 5 114 May 103 3 106 118 3 121 June 149 5 154 187 5 192 July 177 7 184 206 7 213 August 208 11 219 241 11 252 September 161 5 166 185 5 190 October 62 5 67 68 6 74 November 15 0 15 16 0 16 December 7 0 7 7 0 7 Total 1,025 44 1,069 1,209 45 1,254 Note: Victims include both motorcyclists and occupants of involved motor vehicles and pedestrians. Figure 12.01 Motorcycle collisions and victims by month 275 250 225 Collisions Victims 200 175 150 125 100 75 50 25 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 90 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 12.02 Contributing factors in motorcycle collisions Motorcycle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Motorcycle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 104 15 119 11.13 Driving too Fast For Conditions 81 7 88 8.23 Excessive Speed 3 14 5 19 1.78 Driver Inattentive 201 21 222 20.77 Driver Error/Confusion 204 13 217 20.30 Following too Closely 70 1 71 6.64 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 35 5 40 3.74 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 15 3 18 1.68 Wild Animal 55 0 55 5.14 Improper Passing 51 1 52 4.86 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 39 2 41 3.84 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 36 0 36 3.37 Obstruction/Debris on Road 26 1 27 Improper Turning 24 1 25 2.34 Failing to Yield Right of Way 23 1 24 2.25 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 22 2 24 2.25 Driver Internal/External Distraction 20 1 21 1.96 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 16 4 20 1.87 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 16 2 18 1.68 Roadside Hazard 18 0 18 1.68 Roadway Surface Defects 17 0 17 1.59 Cutting In 13 0 13 1.22 Road/Intersection Design 9 1 10 0.94 Other 176 12 188 17.59 Unknown 67 5 72 6.74 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the motorcycle drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to alcohol suspected and driver inattentive would be counted above as both an alcohol related collision, and a collision involving 'driver inattentive'. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total motorcycle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecified other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 12 Table 12.03 Contributing factors in motorcycle collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Motorcycle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 168 3 171 16.00 Failing to Yield Right of Way 149 4 153 14.31 Driver Error/Confusion 68 1 69 6.45 Improper Turning 52 1 53 4.96 Following too Closely 25 0 25 2.34 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 11 0 11 1.03 Driving too Fast For Conditions 7 0 7 0.65 Excessive Speed 3 2 0 2 0.19 Cutting In 17 0 17 1.59 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 16 1 17 1.59 Alcohol Ability Impaired by Alcohol 8 1 9 0.84 Alcohol Suspected 2 1 3 0.28 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 11 0 11 1.03 Other 115 4 119 11.13 Unknown 49 4 53 4.96 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the drivers, other than motorcycle drivers, involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to driver inattentive and improper turning would be counted above as both a driver inattentive collision, and a collision involving 'Improper turning'. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total motorcycle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecified other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 91
SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions Table 12.04 Motorcycle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision Occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Off Road Right 154 6 160 14.97 Rear End 133 4 137 12.82 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 114 7 121 11.32 Intersection - Right Angle 95 5 100 9.35 Off Road Left 77 3 80 7.48 Head On 30 9 39 3.65 Overtaking 38 1 39 3.65 Left Turn - Head On 35 2 37 3.46 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 32 1 33 3.09 Left Turn - One Way 18 0 18 1.68 Backing Up 7 0 7 0.65 Right Turn - Same Direction 5 0 5 0.47 One Way Street 5 0 5 0.47 Right Turn - Rear End 3 0 3 0.28 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 3 0 3 0.28 Right Turn - Head On 1 0 1 0.09 Other 230 6 236 22.08 Unknown 45 0 45 4.21 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% Table 12.05 Pre-collision action in motorcycle collisions: Motorcycle drivers % of Pre-Collision Action Injury Fatal Total Total Going Straight Ahead 690 34 724 67.22 Making Left Turn 67 3 70 6.50 Skidding 50 5 55 5.11 Making Right Turn 47 0 47 4.36 Slowing or Stopping 43 2 45 4.18 Overtaking 36 1 37 3.44 Stopped in Traffic 19 1 20 1.86 Changing Lanes 14 1 15 1.39 Swerving 11 0 11 1.02 Avoiding Object on Road 7 0 7 0.65 Making U Turn 6 0 6 0.56 Starting from Parked position 4 0 4 0.37 Starting in Traffic 4 0 4 0.37 Yaw 3 1 4 0.37 Parked legally 2 0 2 0.19 Merging 2 0 2 0.19 Entering Parked Position 1 0 1 0.09 Other 11 0 11 1.02 Unknown 12 0 12 1.11 Total 1,029 48 1,077 100% Table 12.06 Pre-collision action in motorcycle collisions: Other drivers Collision Location Injury Fatal Total Total Making Left Turn 212 11 223 35.79 Going Straight Ahead 196 17 213 34.19 Stopped in Traffic 38 2 40 6.42 Slowing or Stopping 36 0 36 5.78 Changing Lanes 23 0 23 3.69 Making Right Turn 20 0 20 3.21 Making U Turn 15 0 15 2.41 Starting from Parked position 9 0 9 1.44 Backing 7 0 7 1.12 Overtaking 3 2 5 0.80 Merging 4 0 4 0.64 Swerving 3 0 3 0.48 Starting in Traffic 2 0 2 0.32 Avoiding Object on Road 2 0 2 0.32 Skidding 1 1 2 0.32 Parked legally 1 0 1 0.16 Other 6 0 6 0.96 Unknown 10 2 12 1.93 Total 588 35 623 100% % of Table 12.07 Collision location in motorcycle collisions % of Pre-Collision Action Injury Fatal Total Total Between Intersection:Exchanges 502 20 522 48.83 At intersection 357 15 372 34.80 Intersection of Road & Driveway or Alley 71 1 72 6.74 Off Highway 23 4 27 2.53 Bridge 17 2 19 1.78 Parking Lot:Single/Multilevel 15 0 15 1.40 Exit Ramp 11 0 11 1.03 Entrance Ramp 6 0 6 0.56 Industrial Road 4 0 4 0.37 Entrance Intersection 3 0 3 0.28 Entrance Acceleration Lane 2 0 2 0.19 Tunnel 1 0 1 0.09 Exit Deceleration lane 1 0 1 0.09 Exit Intersection 1 0 1 0.09 Railroad crossing 1 0 1 0.09 Other 1 2 3 0.28 Unknown 9 0 9 0.84 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% 92 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 12.08 Motorcycle collisions by roadway surface condition Roadway Surface % of Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Dry 933 42 975 91.21 Wet 85 2 87 8.14 Snow 2 0 2 0.19 Slush 1 0 1 0.09 Ice 2 0 2 0.19 Unknown 2 0 2 0.19 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% Table 12.09 Motorcycle collisions by lighting condition % of Lighting Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Daylight 816 34 850 79.51 Dark/Some Illumination 72 2 74 6.92 Dark/Full Illumination 54 2 56 5.24 Dusk 39 1 40 3.74 Dark/No Illumination 29 5 34 3.18 Dawn 13 0 13 1.22 Unknown 2 0 2 0.19 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% Table 12.10 Motorcycle collisions by weather condition % of Weather condition Injury Fatal Total Total Clear 784 31 815 76.24 Cloudy 188 10 198 18.52 Raining 41 3 44 4.12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 12 Table 12.11 Motorcycle collisions by collision hour % of Time Injury Fatal Total Total 0000-0059 9 4 13 1.22 0100-0159 14 0 14 1.31 0200-0259 8 0 8 0.75 0300-0359 4 0 4 0.37 0400-0459 8 0 8 0.75 0500-0559 3 1 4 0.37 0600-0659 13 1 14 1.31 0700-0759 28 1 29 2.71 0800-0859 29 1 30 2.81 0900-0959 26 0 26 2.43 1000-1059 56 2 58 5.43 1100-1159 57 1 58 5.43 1200-1259 61 3 64 5.99 1300-1359 82 4 86 8.04 1400-1459 97 2 99 9.26 1500-1559 78 4 82 7.67 1600-1659 86 2 88 8.23 1700-1759 90 6 96 8.98 1800-1859 65 3 68 6.36 1900-1959 52 1 53 4.96 2000-2059 53 3 56 5.24 2100-2159 37 0 37 3.46 2200-2259 29 1 30 2.81 2300-2359 17 3 20 1.87 Unknown 23 1 24 2.25 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% Fog 4 0 4 0.37 Snowing 2 0 2 0.19 Hail 2 0 2 0.19 Smog/Smoke 1 0 1 0.09 Strong Wind 1 0 1 0.09 Unknown 2 0 2 0.19 Total 1,025 44 1,069 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 93
SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions Table 12.12 Motorcycle collisions by driver age Motorcycle drivers only % of Age Injury Fatal Total Total 12 0 1 1 0.09 13 1 0 1 0.09 14 2 0 2 0.19 15 2 0 2 0.19 16 8 0 8 0.74 17 7 2 9 0.84 18 17 1 18 1.67 19 23 1 24 2.23 20 25 0 25 2.32 21 30 2 32 2.97 22 27 1 28 2.60 23 38 1 39 3.62 24 35 2 37 3.44 25 24 1 25 2.32 26-30 107 6 113 10.49 31-35 82 8 90 8.36 36-40 92 6 98 9.10 41-45 116 5 121 11.23 46-50 133 2 135 12.53 51-55 115 3 118 10.96 56-60 70 5 75 6.96 61-65 39 0 39 3.62 66-70 13 1 14 1.30 71-75 9 0 9 0.84 76-80 3 0 3 0.28 81-85 1 0 1 0.09 95+ 1 0 1 0.09 Unknown 9 0 9 0.84 Total 1,029 48 1,077 100% Table 12.13 Motorcycle collisions by driver age Other drivers involved % of Age Injury Fatal Total Total 13 1 0 1 0.16 16 5 0 5 0.80 17 10 1 11 1.75 18 15 0 15 2.39 19 15 0 15 2.39 20 9 0 9 1.44 21 14 0 14 2.23 22 9 1 10 1.59 23 7 0 7 1.12 24 10 0 10 1.59 25 16 0 16 2.55 26-30 50 2 52 8.29 31-35 47 2 49 7.81 36-40 54 2 56 8.93 41-45 76 7 83 13.24 46-50 47 4 51 8.13 51-55 56 4 60 9.57 56-60 26 5 31 4.94 61-65 33 3 36 5.74 66-70 25 1 26 4.15 71-75 18 2 20 3.19 76-80 14 0 14 2.23 81-85 9 1 10 1.59 86-90 2 0 2 0.32 Unknown 24 0 24 3.83 Total 592 35 627 100% Note: Includes bicycle drivers. 94 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Figure 12.02 Drivers involved in motorcycle collisions by age group Motorcycle drivers only Number of Drivers Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 12 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Under 16 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 95+ Driver Age Group Figure 12.03 Drivers involved in Motorcycle collisions by age group Other drivers involved Number of Drivers 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Under 16 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 71-75 76-80 81-85 85+ Driver Age Group British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 95
SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions Table 12.14 Motorcycle drivers and passengers injured and killed by helmet use and location of most severe injury Injured Killed Safety Injury Total Total Equipment Location Drivers Passengers Injured % Total Drivers Passengers Killed % Total Helmet Head 65 3 68 7.77 11 2 13 33.33 Face/Nose 23 3 26 2.97 0 0 0 0.00 Eye 2 0 2 0.23 0 0 0 0.00 Neck 27 7 34 3.89 3 0 3 7.69 Chest 26 2 28 3.20 3 0 3 7.69 Back 55 8 63 7.20 0 0 0 0.00 Shoulder/Upper Arm 110 6 116 13.26 0 0 0 0.00 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 111 15 126 14.40 0 0 0 0.00 Abdomen/Pelvis 27 2 29 3.31 0 0 0 0.00 Hip/Upper Leg 65 3 68 7.77 0 0 0 0.00 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 200 20 220 25.14 1 0 1 2.56 Entire Body 57 8 65 7.43 18 0 18 46.15 Unknown 23 7 30 3.43 1 0 1 2.56 Total 791 84 875 100% 37 2 39 100% No Helmet Head 9 2 11 27.50 1 0 1 50.00 Face/Nose 1 0 1 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 Eye 1 0 1 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 Neck 2 0 2 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 Chest 3 0 3 7.50 0 0 0 0.00 Back 4 1 5 12.50 0 0 0 0.00 Shoulder/Upper Arm 1 1 2 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 4 0 4 10.00 0 0 0 0.00 Hip/Upper Leg 2 2 4 10.00 0 0 0 0.00 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 4 0 4 10.00 0 0 0 0.00 Entire Body 1 0 1 2.50 1 0 1 50.00 Unknown 1 1 2 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 Total 33 7 40 100% 2 0 2 100% Unknown Head 15 1 16 9.58 0 0 0 0.00 Face/Nose 4 0 4 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 Neck 9 0 9 5.39 0 0 0 0.00 Chest 6 0 6 3.59 0 0 0 0.00 Back 9 0 9 5.39 0 0 0 0.00 Shoulder/Upper Arm 21 0 21 12.57 0 0 0 0.00 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 19 2 21 12.57 0 0 0 0.00 Abdomen/Pelvis 3 1 4 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 Hip/Upper Leg 12 0 12 7.19 0 0 0 0.00 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 34 12 46 27.54 0 0 0 0.00 Entire Body 11 1 12 7.19 2 0 2 100.00 Unknown 7 0 7 4.19 0 0 0 0.00 Note: Includes occupants on parked motorcycle. Total 150 17 167 100% 2 0 2 100% 96 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 12 Table 12.15 Motorcycle drivers and passengers injured and killed by helmet use and injury type Injured Killed Safety Injury Total Total Equipment Type Drivers Passengers Injured % Total Drivers Passengers Killed % Total Helmet Abrasion 171 22 193 22.06 0 0 0 0.00 Bruises 166 20 186 21.26 0 0 0 0.00 Lacerations 43 10 53 6.06 1 0 1 2.56 Bleeding 50 6 56 6.40 6 0 6 15.38 Fracture 201 10 211 24.11 21 1 22 56.41 Dislocation 29 1 30 3.43 0 0 0 0.00 Burns 3 1 4 0.46 0 0 0 0.00 Amputations 1 0 1 0.11 2 0 2 5.13 Concussion 27 0 27 3.09 0 0 0 0.00 Drowning 1 0 1 0.11 0 0 0 0.00 Whiplash 29 5 34 3.89 0 0 0 0.00 Other 12 1 13 1.49 5 0 5 12.82 Unknown 58 8 66 7.54 2 1 3 7.69 Total 791 84 875 100 37 2 39 100 No Helmet Abrasion 5 0 5 12.50 0 0 0 0.00 Bruises 5 2 7 17.50 0 0 0 0.00 Lacerations 4 3 7 17.50 1 0 1 50.00 Bleeding 4 0 4 10.00 0 0 0 0.00 Fracture 10 0 10 25.00 1 0 1 50.00 Concussion 1 0 1 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 Whiplash 2 1 3 7.50 0 0 0 0.00 Unknown 2 1 3 7.50 0 0 0 0.00 Total 33 7 40 100 2 0 2 100 Unknown Abrasion 31 7 38 22.75 0 0 0 0.00 Bruises 32 2 34 20.36 0 0 0 0.00 Lacerations 3 2 5 2.99 0 0 0 0.00 Bleeding 12 0 12 7.19 1 0 1 50.00 Fracture 38 2 40 23.95 1 0 1 50.00 Dislocation 6 0 6 3.59 0 0 0 0.00 Burns 2 0 2 1.20 0 0 0 0.00 Concussion 5 0 5 2.99 0 0 0 0.00 Whiplash 5 0 5 2.99 0 0 0 0.00 Other 3 0 3 1.80 0 0 0 0.00 Unknown 13 4 17 10.18 0 0 0 0.00 Total 150 17 167 100 2 0 2 100 Grand Total 974 108 1,082 41 2 43 Note: Includes occupants on parked motorcycle. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 97
SECTION 12 Motorcycles in 2006 Collisions Figure 12.04 Percent of victims with head injury among helmeted and nonhelmeted motorcycle drivers and passengers 35% 30% 30.95% 25% 20% 17.94% 15% 10% 5% 0% Helmet No Helmet Note: Location of injury includes both head and entire body. Figure 12.05 Killed victims as a proportion of total casualties by helmet usage Percent of Total Victims 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.0% 3.0% 2.0% 1.0% 0.0% 4.3% Helmet 4.8% No Helmet Note: Includes motorcycle riders and passengers only Table 12.16 Helmet usage by motorcycle drivers and passengers Not Injured Injured Safety Total % of Equipment Drivers Passengers Total Drivers Passengers Total Drivers Passengers Total Involved Total Involved Killed Helmet 36 6 42 791 84 875 37 2 39 956 79.73 No Helmet 4 0 4 33 7 40 2 0 2 46 3.84 Unknown 28 0 28 150 17 167 2 0 2 197 16.43 Total 68 6 74 974 108 1,082 41 2 43 1,199 100% Note: This report does not include occupants of other vehicles in motorcycle collisions. 98 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions SECTION 13 There were 1,884 reported traffic collisions that involved pedestrians in 2006. There were 2,041 persons (including occupants of motor vehicles) injured or killed in collisions involving pedestrians, with pedestrians accounting for 97.3% of the casualties. There were 1,915 pedestrians reported injured in traffic collisions during 2006, 3.1% more than in 2005 (1,857). The number of pedestrians killed was 70. Older persons appear to be at particular risk of death as pedestrians. Of the 70 pedestrians killed, 24 (34.3%) were over the age of 60, 5 (7.1%) were between 21 and 30 and 4 (5.7%) was aged under 16. Of the 1,915 injured, 315 (16.4%) were aged 61 and over, 323 (16.9%) were between 21 and 30 and 238 (12.4%) were under age 16. Of all pedestrian collisions in 2006, approximately 53.7% occurred at intersections. Over half (62.9%) of all fatal pedestrian collisions occurred at non-intersection locations. Of these fatal collisions, 38.6% of the pedestrians were crossing with no signal and no marked crosswalk. The top three contributing factors assigned to pedestrians (as a percentage of total pedestrian collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Pedestrian error/confusion (16.2%); (2) Alcohol involvement (3.6%); (3) Failing to yield to right of way (1.8%); The top three contributing factors assigned to involved drivers (as a percentage of total pedestrian collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (31.2%); (2) Failing to yield to right of way (17.5%); (3) Driver error/confusion (13.6%); 2,000 1,950 1,900 1,850 1,800 Pedestrian Injury Collisions and Victims 1,971 Collisions Victims 1,920 1,849 1,814 1,793 1,799 1,760 80 70 60 50 Pedestrian Fatal Collisions and Victims 76 76 74 75 45 45 Collisions Victims 70 70 65 67 1,750 1,700 1,650 1,659 1,690 1,656 40 30 1,600 20 1,550 1,500 10 1,450 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 99
SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions Table 13.01 Pedestrian collisions and victims by month Collisions Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 208 6 214 227 6 233 February 148 6 154 159 6 165 March 136 7 143 144 7 151 Victims April 129 4 133 133 4 137 May 134 4 138 148 4 152 June 131 9 140 154 9 163 July 121 6 127 135 6 141 August 121 6 127 135 6 141 September 146 3 149 158 3 161 October 150 6 156 159 6 165 November 212 8 220 234 8 242 December 178 5 183 185 5 190 Total 1,814 70 1,884 1,971 70 2,041 Note: Victims include both pedestrians and occupants of involved motor vehicles. Figure 13.01 Pedestrian collisions and victims by month (includes both pedestrians and occupants of involved motor vehicles) 300 250 Collisions Victims 200 150 100 50 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 100 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions SECTION 13 Table 13.02 Pedestrian collisions by pedestrian action and pedestrian location At Intersection Not at Intersection Unknown Total Pedestrian Action Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Collisions Crossing-No Signal No Marked Crosswalk 136 5 141 265 17 282 0 0 0 423 Crossing with Signal 392 2 394 8 0 8 2 0 2 404 Crossing - No Signal- Marked Crosswalk 200 4 204 35 0 35 0 0 0 239 Crossing Against Signal 110 5 115 7 0 7 1 0 1 123 Standing/Walking on Sidewalk 28 0 28 71 2 73 3 0 3 104 Emerging from from/behind parked vehicle 5 0 5 87 3 90 2 0 2 97 Walking along Highway-with Traffic 8 1 9 48 3 51 0 0 0 60 Walking along Highway - Against Traffic 6 0 6 32 6 38 0 0 0 44 Working in Roadway 8 1 9 26 1 27 2 0 2 38 Adult Getting on/off Vehicle 3 0 3 18 1 19 1 0 1 23 Playing in Roadway 1 0 1 13 0 13 2 0 2 16 Pushing/Working on a Vehicle 0 0 0 7 2 9 0 0 0 9 Child Getting on/off School Bus 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 Other 61 2 63 130 7 137 8 1 9 209 Unknown 30 2 32 22 2 24 33 3 36 92 Total 989 22 1,011 771 44 815 54 4 58 1,884 Figure 13.02 Pedestrian collisions by collision location Figure 13.03 Pedestrian collisions by day of week 350 300 Not at Intersection 43% Unknown 3% At Intersection 54% 250 200 150 100 50 0 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Note: Includes both injury and fatal collisions. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 101
SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions Table 13.03 Pedestrian injury collisions by day of week and hour of collision % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Total 0000-0059 10 0 3 6 3 4 7 33 1.82 0100-0159 7 2 0 1 3 2 8 23 1.27 0200-0259 10 2 0 2 2 5 13 34 1.87 0300-0359 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 8 0.44 0400-0459 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 0.50 0500-0559 1 1 0 3 2 5 3 15 0.83 0600-0659 1 8 8 7 3 5 1 33 1.82 0700-0759 3 7 14 9 14 10 3 60 3.31 0800-0859 3 21 10 19 24 17 4 98 5.40 0900-0959 3 11 7 9 13 16 3 62 3.42 1000-1059 4 15 18 10 11 21 13 92 5.07 1100-1159 8 12 17 15 13 14 13 92 5.07 1200-1259 11 7 15 19 12 18 15 97 5.35 1300-1359 4 15 21 18 9 15 15 97 5.35 1400-1459 8 15 19 18 19 16 7 102 5.62 1500-1559 8 22 29 21 30 18 4 132 7.28 1600-1659 8 13 24 22 18 20 12 117 6.45 1700-1759 22 18 26 30 26 25 10 157 8.65 1800-1859 16 17 24 15 20 22 17 131 7.22 1900-1959 15 12 21 12 20 12 16 108 5.95 2000-2059 16 14 12 16 14 15 6 93 5.13 2100-2159 7 7 12 12 15 22 14 89 4.91 2200-2259 7 7 6 11 8 9 6 54 2.98 2300-2359 3 4 2 4 6 16 7 42 2.32 Unknown 5 5 3 4 4 10 5 36 1.98 Total 188 235 293 284 289 317 208 1,814 100% 102 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 13.04 Pedestrian fatal collisions by day of week and hour of collision Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions SECTION 13 % of Time Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Total Total 0000-0059 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 6 8.57 0300-0359 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 5.71 0400-0459 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.43 0500-0559 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.43 0700-0759 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 4.29 0800-0859 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.86 0900-0959 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 8 11.43 1000-1059 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.43 1100-1159 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 4.29 1200-1259 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 5 7.14 1300-1359 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.43 1500-1559 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 8.57 1600-1659 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 4.29 1700-1759 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 7.14 1800-1859 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 7 10.00 1900-1959 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 4.29 2000-2059 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.29 2200-2259 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 7.14 2300-2359 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2.86 Unknown 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1.43 Total 11 12 8 11 10 8 10 70 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 103
SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions Table 13.05 Pedestrian victims injured by age and gender % of Age Male Female Unknown Total Total 1 1 4 0 5 0.26 2 4 2 0 6 0.31 3 1 5 0 6 0.31 4 2 2 0 4 0.21 5 1 3 0 4 0.21 6 6 1 0 7 0.37 7 7 6 0 13 0.68 8 4 8 0 12 0.63 9 6 2 0 8 0.42 Figure 13.04 Pedestrians injured by gender and age group 350 300 Male Female 250 200 150 100 50 10 9 5 1 14 0.73 11 9 5 0 14 0.73 12 16 12 0 28 1.46 0 Under 16 16 25 26 35 36 55 56+ 13 12 14 0 26 1.36 14 16 21 0 37 1.93 15 26 28 0 54 2.82 16 24 25 0 49 2.56 17 30 24 0 54 2.82 18 14 23 0 37 1.93 19 26 26 0 52 2.72 20 17 30 0 47 2.45 21 20 23 0 43 2.25 22 24 15 0 39 2.04 23 18 25 0 43 2.25 24 17 16 0 33 1.72 Figure 13.05. Pedestrians killed by gender and age group 16 14 Male Female 12 10 8 6 25 20 15 0 35 1.83 26-30 65 65 0 130 6.79 31-35 64 62 0 126 6.58 36-40 60 51 0 111 5.80 41-45 88 60 0 148 7.73 46-50 82 50 0 132 6.89 4 2 0 Under 16 16 25 26 35 36 55 56+ 51-55 57 62 0 119 6.21 56-60 42 36 0 78 4.07 61-65 35 38 0 73 3.81 66-70 33 20 0 53 2.77 71-75 34 27 1 61 3.19 76-80 26 29 0 55 2.87 81-85 17 20 0 37 1.93 86-90 15 8 0 23 1.20 91-95 2 2 0 4 0.21 95+ 6 3 0 9 0.47 Unknown 32 35 17 67 3.50 Total 988 908 19 1,915 100% 104 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions SECTION 13 Table 13.06 Pedestrian victims killed by age and gender % of Age Female Male Total Total 1 1 0 1 1.43 4 1 0 1 1.43 5 1 1 2 2.86 16 1 0 1 1.43 17 0 1 1 1.43 18 1 0 1 1.43 19 2 1 3 4.29 20 2 0 2 2.86 21 1 0 1 1.43 23 1 0 1 1.43 24 0 1 1 1.43 26-30 1 1 2 2.86 31-35 1 1 2 2.86 36-40 4 1 5 7.14 41-45 3 3 6 8.57 46-50 3 1 4 5.71 51-55 4 1 5 7.14 56-60 4 1 5 7.14 61-65 1 0 1 1.43 66-70 1 2 3 4.29 71-75 1 1 2 2.86 76-80 1 4 5 7.14 81-85 5 6 11 15.71 86-90 1 1 2 2.86 Unknown 1 1 2 2.86 Table 13.07 Contributing factors in pedestrian collisions Pedestrian factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Pedestrian Error/Confusion 287 18 305 16.19 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 40 4 44 2.34 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 24 0 24 1.27 Failing to Yield Right of Way 33 1 34 1.80 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 28 1 29 1.54 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 21 1 22 1.17 Physical Disability 9 1 10 0.53 Drugs Suspected 6 1 7 0.37 Cutting In 4 2 6 0.32 Ability Impaired by Drugs 5 0 5 0.27 Other 183 12 195 10.35 Unknown 122 6 128 6.79 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the pedestrians involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to both alcohol suspected and weather condition will be counted twice above, once under "alcohol" and again under "weather condition". "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total pedestrian casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 5 occurrences plus unspecified other. Total 42 28 70 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 105
SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions Table 13.08 Contributing factors in pedestrian collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Total Driver Inattentive 586 9 595 31.58 Failing to Yield Right of Way 326 4 330 17.52 Driver Error/Confusion 249 7 256 13.59 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 209 5 214 11.36 Backing Unsafely 91 1 92 4.88 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 89 2 91 4.83 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 67 5 72 3.82 Alcohol Ability Impaired by Alcohol 33 3 36 1.91 Alcohol Suspected 32 2 34 1.80 Sunlight Glare 61 3 64 3.40 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 57 1 58 3.08 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 33 0 33 1.75 Driving too Fast For Conditions 18 5 23 1.22 Excessive Speed 1 0 1 0.05 Driver Internal/External Distraction 49 4 53 2.81 Improper Turning 37 0 37 1.96 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 26 5 31 1.65 Site Line Obstruction 23 2 25 1.33 Artificial Glare 16 1 17 0.90 Ignoring Officer/Flagman/Guard 15 1 16 0.85 Road/Intersection Design 12 0 12 0.64 Other 296 25 321 17.04 Unknown 204 9 213 11.31 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the pedestrians involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to both alcohol suspected and weather condition will be counted twice above, once under "alcohol" and again under "weather condition". "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total pedestrian casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecified other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. Table 13.09 Pedestrians injured and killed by location of injury Injury Location Injured Killed Total Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 566 1 567 Head 312 41 353 Hip/Upper Leg 250 1 251 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 169 0 169 Shoulder/Upper Arm 114 0 114 Back 104 0 104 Entire Body 65 14 79 Face/Nose 53 0 53 Abdomen/Pelvis 46 4 50 Neck 47 0 47 Chest 39 6 45 Eye 8 0 8 Unknown 142 3 145 Total 1,915 70 1,985 Table 13.10 Pedestrians injured and killed by type of injury Injury Type Injured Killed Total Bruises 744 2 746 Fracture 278 27 305 Abrasion 289 1 290 Lacerations 110 2 112 Bleeding 83 20 103 Concussion 68 6 74 Whiplash 60 0 60 Dislocation 20 2 22 Amputations 2 1 3 Burns 2 0 2 Other 18 4 22 Unknown 241 5 246 Total 1,915 70 1,985 106 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions SECTION 13 Table 13.11 Pedestrians injured and killed by age and pedestrian action Cross Cross Wlking Wlking Child Cross Cross -ing -ing along along Emrg Getting Adult Stand/ -ing -ing No Signl/ No Signl Hwy Hwy from/ on/off Getting Push/ Work Play Walk with Agnst Marked No Marked with Agnst behind School on/off Work in in on Side Age Signal Signal Xwalk Xwalk Traffic Traffic vehicle Bus Vehicle on Veh Rdway Rdway walk Other Unknown Total 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 7 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13 8 3 0 1 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 10 2 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 15 11 1 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 12 5 3 7 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 28 13 3 3 3 13 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 14 8 3 5 11 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 37 15 10 1 9 17 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 4 54 16 10 2 13 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 3 50 17 12 7 6 14 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 55 18 8 6 2 6 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 2 38 19 11 4 9 9 2 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 4 2 55 20 5 2 10 8 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 10 2 49 21 8 5 5 11 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 44 22 5 3 5 6 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 9 0 39 23 12 3 5 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 2 44 24 10 1 3 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 34 25 7 3 6 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 35 26-30 19 15 13 26 3 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 12 20 6 132 31-35 30 8 14 28 6 0 5 0 1 1 3 0 4 20 8 128 36-40 31 6 3 31 7 4 6 0 3 2 4 0 9 9 1 116 41-45 38 9 14 25 3 0 7 0 4 1 7 0 17 18 11 154 46-50 29 9 19 27 2 4 8 0 2 1 4 0 4 23 4 136 51-55 28 8 16 28 2 1 6 0 2 1 1 0 10 12 9 124 56-60 17 5 9 17 5 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 4 8 9 83 61-65 24 5 12 13 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 1 74 66-70 18 2 10 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 4 56 71-75 22 1 9 15 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 3 64 76-80 13 2 8 15 2 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 3 60 81-85 5 1 11 16 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 48 86-90 2 0 8 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 25 91-95 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 95+ 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9 Unknown 15 5 13 14 2 1 5 2 2 0 2 1 7 11 6 86 Total 423 129 259 434 62 47 97 3 24 9 39 18 120 228 93 1,985 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 107
SECTION 13 Pedestrians in 2006 Collisions 108 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Bicycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 14 A bicycle collision is reportable in British Columbia if it results in injury or death and involves at least one motor vehicle. There were 1,013 bicycle collisions reported in 2006, a decrease of 2.9% over 2005 collisions. These collisions resulted in 1,041 casualties (including occupants of motor vehicles). Of these 1,041 victims, 980 were injured bicycle drivers, and 12 were bicycle drivers killed. Six of the 12 bicycle drivers killed during 2006 were not wearing a bicycle helmet. Ten bicycle drivers killed were male. Males represented approximately 74.6% of the bicycle drivers injured. Of 980 bicycle drivers injured, 144 (14.7%) were under age 16, and 51 (5.2%) over 60. Of all injured bicycle drivers, about 46.3% (454) of them were wearing helmets, 37.0% (363) were not wearing helmets and 16.6% (163) were unknown as to helmet use. BC requires cyclists of all ages to wear a helmet. Among non-helmeted injury victims, 22.9% suffered head injuries or injuries to the entire body, while 15.4% of the helmeted injury victims had head injuries or injuries to entire body. The five top contributing factors assigned to bicycle drivers (as a percentage of total bicycle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (21.1%); (2) Driving on the wrong side of the road (12.6%); (3) Driver error/confusion (12.3%); (4) Failing to yield to right of way (10.0%); (5) Ignoring traffic control device (6.8%). The five top contributing factors assigned to other drivers (as a percentage of total bicycle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (25.1%); (2) Failing to yield to right of way (14.5%); (3) Driver error/confusion (11.7%); (4) Improper turning (4.5%); (5) Site Line obstruction (4.4%). More than half (57.1%) of all bicycle collisions took place at intersections. The most common configuration was intersection right angle, which accounted for 32.5% of bicycle collisions. The road surface condition was dry for 79.9% of bicycle collisions and 74.2% occurred in daylight. The highest frequency collision time period for bicycle collisions is 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. There were 296 (29.2%) bicycle collisions that took place between these hours. B icycle Injur y Co llision s an d Victim s B icycle F atal C o llision s an d Victim s 1,10 0 1,0 50 1,000 C o llisions V ictims 1,036 1,0 18 1,002 1,065 1,001 1,029 14 12 10 C o llisions V ict ims 12 12 950 891 908 933 963 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 900 4 850 2 800 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 109
SECTION 14 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions Table 14.01 Bicycle collisions and victims by month Collisions Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 58 3 61 58 3 61 February 59 1 60 60 1 61 March 53 0 53 54 0 54 Victims April 77 0 77 80 0 80 May 88 1 89 90 1 91 June 123 1 124 130 1 131 July 122 4 126 131 4 135 August 103 0 103 105 0 105 September 116 0 116 118 0 118 October 94 1 95 94 1 95 November 60 0 60 60 0 60 December 48 1 49 49 1 50 Total 1,001 12 1,013 1,029 12 1,041 Note: Victims include both cyclists and occupants of involved motor vehicles. Figure 14.01 Bicycle Collisions and victims by month 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Collisions Victims 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 110 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 14.02 Contributing factors in bicycle collisions Bicycle driver factors only % of Total Bicycle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 212 2 214 21.13 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 127 1 128 12.64 Failing to Yield Right of Way 122 3 125 12.34 Driver Error/Confusion 99 2 101 9.97 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 67 2 69 6.81 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 25 0 25 2.47 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 22 1 23 2.27 Improper Turning 26 0 26 2.57 Cutting In 24 1 25 2.47 Speeding Driving too Fast for Conditions 15 0 15 1.48 Exceeding Speed Limit 5 1 6 0.59 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 21 0 21 2.07 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 19 0 19 1.88 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 18 0 18 1.78 Defective Headlights 18 0 18 1.78 Defective Brakes 15 0 15 1.48 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 13 1 14 1.38 Drugs Suspected 13 0 13 1.28 Site Line Obstruction 12 0 12 1.18 Improper Passing 11 0 11 1.09 Driver Internal/External Distraction 11 0 11 1.09 Failing to Signal 10 0 10 0.99 Other 119 0 119 11.75 Unknown 82 1 83 8.19 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the bicycle drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions will occur in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to both alcohol suspect and weather condition will be counted twice above, once under "alcohol" and again under "weather condition". "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total bicycle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecfied other. Bicycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 14 Table 14.03 Contributing factors in bicycle collisions Other driver factors only % of Total Bicycle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 251 3 254 25.07 Failing to Yield Right of Way 144 3 147 14.51 Driver Error/Confusion 114 4 118 11.65 Improper Turning 46 0 46 4.54 Site Line Obstruction 45 0 45 4.44 Sunlight Glare 29 0 29 2.86 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 26 1 27 2.67 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 21 1 22 2.17 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 19 0 19 1.88 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 17 0 17 1.68 Driver Internal/External Distraction 14 2 16 1.58 Improper Passing 15 0 15 1.48 Road/Intersection Design 12 1 13 1.28 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 4 1 5 0.49 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 11 0 11 1.09 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 3 0 3 0.30 Driving too Fast For Conditions 4 1 5 0.49 Excessive Speed 2 0 2 0.20 Other 129 2 131 12.93 Unknown 109 0 109 10.76 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to drivers, other than bicycle drivers, involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions will occur in the data presented in this table. For example, a collision attributed to both alcohol and weather condition will be counted twice above, once under "alcohol" involvement" and again under "weather condition". "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total bicycle casualty collisions in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecfied other. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 111
SECTION 14 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions Table 14.04 Bicycle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision Occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Intersection - Right Angle 327 2 329 32.48 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 94 1 95 9.38 Right Turn - Head On 79 0 79 7.80 Rear End 55 3 58 5.73 Overtaking 49 0 49 4.84 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 29 0 29 2.86 Head On 24 2 26 2.57 Left Turn - Head On 26 0 26 2.57 Right Turn - Rear End 24 1 25 2.47 Right Turn - Same Direction 14 0 14 1.38 Left Turn - One Way 11 0 11 1.09 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 7 0 7 0.69 Backing Up 6 0 6 0.59 Off Road Right 4 0 4 0.39 Off Road Left 3 0 3 0.30 One Way Street 3 0 3 0.30 Other 190 3 193 19.05 Unknown 56 0 56 5.53 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% Note: Includes collisions involving more than one bicycle (eg. Motor vehicle strikes two bicycles). Table 14.05 Pre-collision action in bicycle collisions Bicycles only % of Pre-Collision Action Injury Fatal Total Total Going Straight Ahead 750 9 759 74.12 Making Left Turn 59 0 59 5.76 Making Right Turn 23 1 24 2.34 Changing Lanes 10 0 10 0.98 Starting in Traffic 6 0 6 0.59 Slowing or Stopping 6 0 6 0.59 Overtaking 6 0 6 0.59 Merging 3 0 3 0.29 Skidding 3 0 3 0.29 Starting from Parked position 2 0 2 0.20 Stopped in Traffic 2 0 2 0.20 Swerving 2 0 2 0.20 Entering Parked Position 0 1 1 0.10 Other 51 0 51 4.98 Unknown 87 3 90 8.79 Total 1,010 14 1,024 100% 112 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 14.06 Pre-collision action in bicycle collisions Other Vehicles % of Pre-Collision Action Injury Fatal Total Total Going Straight Ahead 394 7 401 39.12 Making Right Turn 264 1 265 25.85 Making Left Turn 168 3 171 16.68 Parked legally 29 0 29 2.83 Stopped in Traffic 17 0 17 1.66 Starting in Traffic 16 0 16 1.56 Slowing or Stopping 15 0 15 1.46 Backing 12 0 12 1.17 Overtaking 10 0 10 0.98 Changing Lanes 9 0 9 0.88 Starting from Parked position 8 0 8 0.78 Merging 6 0 6 0.59 Making U Turn 5 0 5 0.49 Entering Parked Position 4 1 5 0.49 Swerving 3 0 3 0.29 Parked Illegally 1 0 1 0.10 Avoiding Object on Road 1 0 1 0.10 Skidding 1 0 1 0.10 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 14 Table 14.07 Collision location of bicycle collisions % of Collision Location Injury Fatal Total Total At intersection 572 6 578 57.06 Between Intersection:Exchanges 201 5 206 20.34 Intersection of Road & Driveway or Alley 149 1 150 14.81 Parking Lot:Single/Multilevel 29 0 29 2.86 Entrance Intersection 10 0 10 0.99 Bridge 6 0 6 0.59 Exit Intersection 5 0 5 0.49 Entrance Ramp 5 0 5 0.49 Off Highway 5 0 5 0.49 Entrance Acceleration Lane 4 0 4 0.39 Exit Ramp 2 0 2 0.20 Exit Deceleration lane 1 0 1 0.10 Transit -Express Lane 1 0 1 0.10 Other 2 0 2 0.20 Unknown 9 0 9 0.89 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% Other 9 0 9 0.88 Unknown 41 0 41 4.00 Total 1,013 12 1,025 100% Table 14.08 Bicycle collisions by roadway surface condition Roadway Surface % of Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Dry 799 10 809 79.86 Wet 189 2 191 18.85 Muddy 3 0 3 0.30 Unknown 10 0 10 0.99 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 113
SECTION 14 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions Table 14.09 Bicycle collisions by lighting condition % of Lighting Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Daylight 744 8 752 74.23 Dark/Some Illumination 114 2 116 11.45 Dark/Full Illumination 55 1 56 5.53 Dusk 45 1 46 4.54 Dawn 20 0 20 1.97 Dark/No Illumination 15 0 15 1.48 Unknown 8 0 8 0.79 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% Table 14.11 Bicycle collisions by collision hour % of Time Injury Fatal Total Total 0000-0059 4 1 5 0.49 0100-0159 5 0 5 0.49 0200-0259 7 0 7 0.69 Table 14.10 Bicycle collisions by weather condition % of Weather Condition Injury Fatal Total Total Clear 655 3 658 64.96 Cloudy 223 7 230 22.70 Raining 107 2 109 10.76 Hail 2 0 2 0.20 Snowing 1 0 1 0.10 Smog/Smoke 1 0 1 0.10 Strong Wind 1 0 1 0.10 Unknown 11 0 11 1.09 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% 0300-0359 3 0 3 0.30 0400-0459 2 0 2 0.20 0500-0559 7 0 7 0.69 0600-0659 18 1 19 1.88 0700-0759 50 1 51 5.03 0800-0859 60 0 60 5.92 0900-0959 38 0 38 3.75 1000-1059 33 0 33 3.26 1100-1159 47 0 47 4.64 1200-1259 53 0 53 5.23 1300-1359 66 1 67 6.61 1400-1459 75 1 76 7.50 1500-1559 108 0 108 10.66 1600-1659 80 2 82 8.09 1700-1759 105 1 106 10.46 1800-1859 69 2 71 7.01 1900-1959 53 1 54 5.33 2000-2059 32 0 32 3.16 2100-2159 34 0 34 3.36 2200-2259 25 0 25 2.47 2300-2359 10 0 10 0.99 Unknown 17 1 18 1.78 Total 1,001 12 1,013 100% 114 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 14.12 Bicycle drivers involved in collisions by age Age Injury Fatal Total % of Total 4 2 0 2 0.20 5 2 0 2 0.20 6 3 0 3 0.30 7 3 0 3 0.30 8 8 0 8 0.80 9 8 0 8 0.80 10 8 0 8 0.80 11 15 0 15 1.50 12 22 0 22 2.20 13 23 0 23 2.30 14 25 0 25 2.51 15 25 0 25 2.51 16 26 1 27 2.71 17 27 0 27 2.71 18 24 2 26 2.61 19 20 0 20 2.00 20 28 0 28 2.81 21 19 0 19 1.90 22 20 0 20 2.00 23 28 0 28 2.81 24 31 0 31 3.11 25 28 1 29 2.91 26-30 73 0 73 7.31 31-35 75 1 76 7.62 36-40 103 0 103 10.32 41-45 90 3 93 9.32 46-50 93 1 94 9.42 51-55 45 0 45 4.51 56-60 38 1 39 3.91 61-65 15 1 16 1.60 66-70 9 0 9 0.90 71-75 14 0 14 1.40 76-80 4 0 4 0.40 81-85 7 0 7 0.70 86-90 2 0 2 0.20 91-95 1 0 1 0.10 Unknown 20 3 23 2.30 Total 984 14 998 100% Note: Includes all bicycle drivers involved in collisions, regardless of injury status. Bicycles in 2006 Collisions SECTION 14 Table 14.13 Bicycle drivers injured in bicycle collisions by age and gender Age Male Female Unknown Total 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 2 6 2 1 0 3 7 3 0 0 3 8 6 2 0 8 9 4 4 0 8 10 6 2 0 8 11 14 1 0 15 12 15 7 0 22 13 19 4 0 23 14 20 5 0 25 15 22 3 0 25 16 18 8 0 26 17 19 8 0 27 18 16 8 0 24 19 13 7 0 20 20 18 9 0 27 21 10 9 0 19 22 10 10 0 20 23 17 11 0 28 24 16 15 0 31 25 19 9 0 28 26-30 50 23 0 73 31-35 54 21 0 75 36-40 84 18 0 102 41-45 75 15 0 90 46-50 73 19 0 92 51-55 40 5 0 45 56-60 29 9 0 38 61-65 12 3 0 15 66-70 8 0 0 8 71-75 11 3 0 14 76-80 3 1 0 4 81-85 6 1 0 7 86-90 0 2 0 2 91-95 1 0 0 1 Unknown 11 2 7 20 Total 726 247 7 980 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 115
SECTION 14 Bicycles in 2006 Collisions Figure 14.02 Bicycle drivers injured in bicycle collisions by age and gender Table 14.15 Bicycle drivers injured and killed by helmet use and location of most severe injury 300 250 Male Female Helmet Injured % Killed % Head 45 9.9 3 60.0 Face/Nose 29 6.4 0 0.0 Neck 17 3.7 0 0.0 200 150 Chest 10 2.2 0 0.0 Back 27 5.9 0 0.0 Shoulder/Upper Arm 51 11.2 0 0.0 100 50 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 61 13.4 0 0.0 Abdomen/Pelvis 13 2.9 0 0.0 Hip/Upper Leg 38 8.4 0 0.0 0 Under 16 16 25 26 35 36 55 56+ Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 123 27.1 0 0.0 Entire Body 25 5.5 2 40.0 Unknown 15 3.3 0 0.0 Table 14.14 Bicycle drivers killed in bicycle collisions by age and gender Age Male Female Total 16 1 0 1 18 2 0 2 25 1 0 1 31-35 0 1 1 41-45 2 1 3 46-50 1 0 1 56-60 1 0 1 61-65 1 0 1 Unknown 1 0 1 Total 10 2 12 Figure 14.03 Percent of victims with head injury among helmeted and nonhelmeted bicycle drivers in collisions No Helmet Total Helmet 454 100 5 100 Head 75 20.7 4 66.7 Face/Nose 16 4.4 0 0.0 Neck 8 2.2 0 0.0 0.0 Chest 10 2.8 0 0.0 Back 11 3.0 0 0.0 Shoulder/Upper Arm 36 9.9 0 0.0 0.0 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 38 10.5 0 0.0 Abdomen/Pelvis 6 1.7 0 0.0 Hip/Upper Leg 20 5.5 0 0.0 0.0 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 126 34.7 0 0.0 Entire Body 8 2.2 2 33.3 Unknown 9 2.5 0 0.0 Total No Helmet 363 100 6 100 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 16.3% Helmet 24.1% No Helmet Unknown Head 15 9.2 0 0.0 Face/Nose 6 3.7 0 0.0 Neck 7 4.3 0 0.0 0.0 Chest 2 1.2 0 0.0 Back 5 3.1 0 0.0 Shoulder/Upper Arm 17 10.4 0 0.0 0.0 Elbow/Lower Arm/Hand 20 12.3 0 0.0 Abdomen/Pelvis 2 1.2 0 0.0 Hip/Upper Leg 11 6.7 0 0.0 0.0 Knee/Lower Leg/Foot 44 27.0 0 0.0 Entire Body 5 3.1 1 100.0 Unknown 29 17.8 0 0.0 Note: Location of injury includes both head and entire body. Total Unknown 163 100 1 100 Grand Total 980 12 116 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions Section 15 Definition of Commercial Vehicle Commercial vehicles in this section include the following vehicles under 10,900 kilograms: single unit trucks/light, combination unit trucks/light and tow truck. In addition, vehicles 10,900 kilograms and over include: single unit trucks/heavy; combination unit trucks/heavy, combination unit tractors or trailers, combination unit tractors or trailers and pups, log trucks and pole trailers, local transit bus and intercity bus. Starting in 2004, three more types of vehicles were added in this section: panel/mini van 4,500 kg and under, panel van 4,500 kg and under plus trailer and combination unit truck/pull trailer/5 th wheel trailer. Please note that this publication has used three definitions of commercial vehicles so far. Publications up to 1998 used one. Between 1999 and 2003, another version was used. Since 2004, a new version has been in use. As a result, comparisons of commercial vehicle collisions are only appropriate within the time period when the same definition was employed. Summary Statistics There were 2,261 reported casualty collisions involving commercial vehicles during 2006. Of these collisions, 2,171 were personal injury collisions and 90 were fatal collisions. The five top contributing factors assigned to commercial vehicle drivers (as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (23.0%); (2) Speeding (13.4%); (3) Road Condition (11.9%); (4) Driver error/confusion (11.7%); (5) Following too closely (8.1%). The five top contributing factors assigned to other drivers (as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions) were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (28.9%); (2) Driver error/confusion (15.4%); (3) Speeding (14.2%); (4) Failing to yield right of way (12.1%); (5) Road condition (11.1%). Emergency Vehicle, Taxi and School Bus Collisions An emergency vehicle is defined, in this report, as any vehicle used to carry rescue or first aid equipment or driven by a member of a fire department, a peace officer or a constable, whether or not actually responding to an emergency. It includes ambulance, police or fire vehicle. In 2006, there were 120 emergency vehicle collisions, none was a fatal collision. These collisions resulted in 163 victims. The top three contributing factors assigned to emergency vehicle drivers were, in order of magnitude: (1) Road condition (7.5%); (2) Failing to yield right of way (5.0%); (2) Driver inattentive (5.0%); (2) Driver distraction (5.0%); (3) Ignoring traffic control device (3.3%); (3) Weather (3.3%). In 2006, 3,224 taxis were licensed at least once for service. There were 252 casualty collisions involving taxis in the same year. Of which 3 were fatal. These collisions resulted in 377 casualties. The top three contributing factors assigned to taxi drivers were, in order of magnitude: (1) Driver inattentive (18.7%); (2) Failing to yield right of way (11.9%); (3) Speeding (6.4%). A school bus is defined, for the purpose of this report, as a motor vehicle licensed to convey children to or from school. A total of 16 casualty collisions involving school buses occurred during 2006. These collisions resulted in 32 people being injured. Fourteen of the 32 victims were in the school bus, 17 were in other vehicles and 1 was a pedestrian. There was no fatal collision involving a school bus in 2006. The 2006 fatal collision counts and fatality counts may be lower than they would be in the absence of the fatality reconciliation and are not comparable to prior years (See page i). No changes have been made to the reporting of injury collisions. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 117
SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions C o m m ercial Vehicle Injur y C o llision s an d Victim s C o m m ercial Vehi cle F atal C o l l i sio n s a n d Vi cti m s 3500 3000 3,10 7 C o llisio ns V ictims 2,991 3,019 110 10 7 10 6C o llisio ns V ict ims 105 2500 2,153 2,171 100 10 1 2000 2,017 96 15 0 0 95 90 92 90 10 00 85 50 0 80 0 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 Table 15.01 Commercial vehicle collisions and victims by month Collisions Month Injury Fatal Total Injured Killed Total January 212 7 219 295 8 303 February 168 5 173 221 6 227 March 160 5 165 226 5 231 Victims April 137 7 144 199 7 206 May 137 7 144 205 8 213 June 173 8 181 226 8 234 July 191 9 200 266 11 277 August 192 11 203 264 11 275 September 169 8 177 238 9 247 October 210 6 216 275 9 284 November 224 7 231 324 8 332 December 198 10 208 280 11 291 Total 2,171 90 2,261 3,019 101 3,120 F ig u re 15.01 C o m m ercial veh icle co llisio n s an d victim s b y m o n th 350 300 C ollisions V ictims 250 200 150 100 50 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 118 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions SECTION 15 Table 15.02 Contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions Commercial vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Commercial Vehicle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 515 4 519 22.95 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 68 4 72 3.18 Driving too Fast For Conditions 224 4 228 10.08 Excessive Speed 3 0 3 0.13 Figure 15.02 Top five contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions (commercial vehicle driver factors only) as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions Driver Inattentive Speed 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 266 4 270 11.94 Driver Error/Confusion 258 7 265 11.72 Following too Closely 184 0 184 8.14 Driver Error/Confusion Failing to Yield Right of Way 157 2 159 7.03 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 141 5 146 6.46 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 45 4 49 2.17 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 38 4 42 1.86 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 79 4 83 3.67 Improper Turning 53 1 54 2.39 Fell Asleep 47 0 47 2.08 Road Condition Follow too Closely Driver Internal/External Distraction 45 2 47 2.08 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 38 4 42 1.86 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 40 2 42 1.86 Wild Animal 33 2 35 1.55 Improper Passing 27 0 27 1.19 Cutting In 25 0 25 1.11 Backing Unsafely 25 0 25 1.11 Road/Intersection Design 22 1 23 1.02 Insecure Load 20 2 22 0.97 Defective Brakes 20 2 22 0.97 Extreme Fatigue 17 2 19 0.84 Sunlight Glare 16 2 18 0.80 Drugs Suspected 15 1 16 0.71 Failing to Signal 15 0 15 0.66 Defective Tires 15 0 15 0.66 Site Line Obstruction 13 1 14 0.62 Previous Traffic Collision 13 1 14 0.62 Unconscious 12 1 13 0.57 Roadside Hazard 13 0 13 0.57 Illness 11 0 11 0.49 Other 242 18 260 11.50 Unknown 111 7 118 5.22 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the commercial vehicle drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to alcohol suspected and exceeding speed limit would be counted above as both an alcohol related collision, and a collision involving speeding. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total commercial vehicle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecified other.. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 119
SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions Table 15.03 Contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions Other driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Commercial Vehicle Contributing Factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 641 13 654 28.93 Driver Error/Confusion 335 13 348 15.39 Speed Exceeding Speed Limit 77 11 88 3.89 Driving too Fast For Conditions 206 11 217 9.60 Excessive Speed 13 3 16 0.71 Failing to Yield Right of Way 267 6 273 12.07 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 241 10 251 11.10 Following too Closely 209 1 210 9.29 Figure 15.03 Top five contributing factors in commercial vehicle collisions (other driver factors only) as a percentage of total commercial vehicle collisions Driver Inattentive Driver Error/Confusion Speed 0.0% 5.0% 10.0 % 15.0 % 20.0 % 25.0 % 30.0 % 35.0 % Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 68 10 78 3.45 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 68 11 79 3.49 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 137 8 145 6.41 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 138 4 142 6.28 Improper Turning 83 2 85 3.76 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 71 13 84 3.72 Failing to Yield Road Condition Driver Internal/External Distraction 53 3 56 2.48 Improper Passing 50 0 50 2.21 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 38 3 41 1.81 Cutting In 39 0 39 1.72 Fell Asleep 37 2 39 1.72 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 28 5 33 1.46 Backing Unsafely 23 1 24 1.06 Sunlight Glare 22 2 24 1.06 Wild Animal 22 1 23 1.02 Drugs Suspected 21 1 22 0.97 Extreme Fatigue 19 2 21 0.93 Illness 17 2 19 0.84 Road/Intersection Design 17 2 19 0.84 Site Line Obstruction 18 0 18 0.80 Failing to Signal 16 0 16 0.71 Previous Traffic Collision 14 0 14 0.62 Defective Brakes 13 0 13 0.57 Defective Tires 12 1 13 0.57 Ability Impaired by Drugs 9 4 13 0.57 Unconscious 11 0 11 0.49 Obstruction/Debris on Road 10 1 11 0.49 Other 238 15 253 11.19 Unknown 159 6 165 7.30 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the commercial vehicle drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to alcohol suspected and exceeding speed limit would be counted above as both an alcohol related collision, and a collision involving speeding. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total commercial vehicle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 2) "Other" includes specified factors with less than 10 occurrences plus unspecified other.. 3) "Excessive Speed" means driving 40 km/h or more over the speed limit. Table 15.04 Vehicle factors in commercial vehicle collisions: Commercial vehicle factors only Vehicle Factors Injury Fatal Total Defective Brakes 20 2 22 Insecure Load 20 2 22 Defective Tires 15 0 15 Defective Steering 6 0 6 Defective Tow Hitch 5 0 5 Trailer Brakes out of Adjustment/Inoperative 4 1 5 Windows Obstructed 5 0 5 Defective Suspension 4 0 4 Oversize Vehicle 3 0 3 No Driver 1 2 3 Defective Turn Signals 2 0 2 Defective Engine 2 0 2 Dangerous Goods 1 1 2 Defective Brakelights 1 0 1 Total 89 8 97 120 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Table 15.05 Number of commercial vehicles involved in collisions by vehicle type Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions SECTION 15 % of Vehicle Type Injury Fatal Total Total Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 646 15 661 27.19 Tractor Trailer 467 29 496 20.40 Panel/Mini Van 4500kg & under 424 7 431 17.73 Table 15.06 Commercial vehicle collisions by primary collision occurrence % of Primary Collision Occurrence Injury Fatal Total Total Rear End 543 7 550 24.33 Intersection - Right Angle 308 12 320 14.15 Off Road Right 231 7 238 10.53 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 337 15 352 14.48 Tractor Trailer & Pup 83 9 92 3.78 Heavy Truck/Trailer 84 5 89 3.66 Local Transit Bus 82 3 85 3.50 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer 65 9 74 3.04 Panel Van 4500kg & under & Trailer 40 1 41 1.69 Combo Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 31 1 32 1.32 Light Truck/Trailer 30 1 31 1.28 Tow Truck 30 1 31 1.28 Intercity Bus 15 1 16 0.66 Total 2,334 97 2,431 100% Note: This report includes parked commercial vehicles. Table 15.07 Collision location of commercial vehicle collisions % of Collision Location Injury Fatal Total Total Between Intersection:Exchanges 995 56 1,051 46.48 At intersection 829 23 852 37.68 Intersection of Road & Driveway or Alley 94 1 95 4.20 Off Road Left 214 7 221 9.77 Left Turn-Across Oncoming Traffic 149 5 154 6.81 Head On 96 27 123 5.44 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 98 5 103 4.56 Overtaking 59 0 59 2.61 Left Turn - Head On 58 1 59 2.61 Backing Up 27 1 28 1.24 Right Turn - Rear End 19 1 20 0.88 Left Turn - One Way 18 0 18 0.80 Right Turn - Head On 10 0 10 0.44 One Way Street 10 0 10 0.44 Right Turn - Same Direction 6 0 6 0.27 Right Turn-Opposite Direction 1 0 1 0.04 Other 223 15 238 10.53 Unknown 101 2 103 4.56 Total 2,171 90 2,261 100% Bridge 46 4 50 2.21 Off Highway 42 2 44 1.95 Parking Lot:Single/Multilevel 29 1 30 1.33 Entrance Ramp 26 0 26 1.15 Exit Ramp 21 0 21 0.93 Entrance Intersection 13 0 13 0.57 Entrance Acceleration Lane 11 1 12 0.53 Tunnel 7 0 7 0.31 Industrial Road 7 0 7 0.31 Exit Intersection 5 0 5 0.22 Railroad crossing 5 0 5 0.22 Exit Deceleration lane 3 0 3 0.13 Ferry or Dock 2 0 2 0.09 Transit -Express Lane 2 0 2 0.09 Other 16 1 17 0.75 Unknown 18 1 19 0.84 Total 2,171 90 2,261 100 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 121
SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions Table 15.08 BC driver licence class of commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: Injury collisions Driver License Class Vehicle Type 100 160 200 230 236 260 300 340 346 360 400 460 500 560 700 000 Other Total Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 36 18 0 0 1 2 18 0 2 8 10 3 367 69 60 6 46 10 Tractor Trailer 258 67 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 132 6 Panel/Mini Van 4500kg & under 21 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 15 1 288 30 34 4 16 27 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 64 17 2 3 2 0 35 3 2 5 8 2 127 20 16 1 30 25 Heavy Truck/Trailer 41 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 2 0 20 6 Tractor Trailer & Pup 53 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 8 Local Transit Bus 12 7 26 9 2 12 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer 52 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Panel Van 4500kg & under & Trailer 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 25 3 3 0 2 2 Combo Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 10 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 8 1 Light Truck/Trailer 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 10 0 2 0 2 0 Tow Truck 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 4 0 0 1 1 Intercity Bus 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Total 565 160 31 14 6 14 64 5 6 16 47 7 854 130 118 14 283 2,334 Note: 1) This table lists all combinations of valid BC licence classes. Out-of-province drivers are all grouped under "Other". 2) "100" to "800" refers to driver licence classes 1 to 8. "340", for example, is a combination of class 3 and class 4. 3) "000" indicates no class. It includes out-of-province drivers. 4) For a description of BC driver licence classes, see Table 5.05. 5) 'Other' includes out-of-province driver licence classes or unidentified driver licence classes. Table 15.09 BC driver licence class of commercial vehicle drivers by vehicle type: Fatal collisions Driver License Class Vehicle Type 100 160 200 230 300 360 500 560 000 Other Total Panel Van 4500kg & under & 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 7 Panel Van 4500kg & under & Trailer 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Single Unit Truck/ Light(Pickup Truck) 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 3 0 1 15 Single Unit Truck/ Heavy 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 6 15 Light Truck/Trailer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Heavy Truck/Trailer 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 Tractor Trailer 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 29 Tractor Trailer & Pup 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 Logging Truck & Pole Trailer 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 Tow Truck 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Combo Unit Truck/Pull Trailer/5th Wheel Trailer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Local Transit Bus 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Intercity Bus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 41 9 1 2 2 1 19 4 1 17 97 Note: 1) This table lists all combinations of valid BC licence classes. 2) "100" to "800" refers to driver licence classes 1 to 8. "340", for example, is a combination of class 3 and class 4. 3) "000" indicates no class. It includes out-of-province drivers. 4) For a description of BC driver licence classes, see Table 5.05. 5) 'Other' includes out-of-province driver licence classes or unidentified driver licence classes. 122 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions SECTION 15 Table 15.10 Emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by month Emergency Vehicle Taxi School Bus Month Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total January 14 0 14 20 1 21 0 0 0 February 14 0 14 13 0 13 3 0 3 March 13 0 13 25 0 25 0 0 0 April 6 0 6 29 1 30 1 0 1 May 8 0 8 19 0 19 1 0 1 June 11 0 11 19 0 19 1 0 1 July 11 0 11 19 0 19 0 August 5 0 5 17 0 17 1 0 1 September 11 0 11 25 0 25 3 0 3 October 6 0 6 20 1 21 2 0 2 November 13 0 13 27 0 27 1 0 1 December 8 0 8 16 0 16 3 0 3 Total 120 0 120 249 3 252 16 0 16 Table 15.11 Victims in emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by month Emergency Vehicle Taxi School Bus Month In Vehicle Other Vehicle Pedestrian Total In Vehicle Other Vehicle Pedestrian Total In Vehicle Other Vehicle Pedestrian Total January 14 5 0 19 16 13 1 30 0 0 0 0 February 10 10 4 24 8 11 0 19 1 4 0 5 March 7 9 0 16 16 13 4 33 0 0 0 0 April 4 5 1 10 27 21 0 48 0 2 0 2 May 4 4 0 8 10 15 4 29 0 2 0 2 June 5 8 0 13 8 16 1 25 0 1 0 1 July 9 8 0 17 15 14 1 30 0 0 0 0 August 2 4 0 6 20 6 0 26 10 0 0 10 September 5 12 0 17 22 17 3 42 1 2 1 4 October 5 2 0 7 16 14 3 33 0 2 0 2 November 11 5 0 16 24 13 4 41 0 1 0 1 December 7 3 0 10 11 6 4 21 2 3 0 5 Total 83 75 5 163 193 159 25 377 14 17 1 32 Note: Includes victims injured and killed British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 123
SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions Table 15.12 Contributing factors in emergency vehicle collisions Emergency vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Emergency Vehicle Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 9 0 9 7.50 Failing to Yield Right of Way 6 0 6 5.00 Driver Inattentive 6 0 6 5.00 Table 15.13 Contributing factors in emergency vehicle collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Emergency Vehicle Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Failing to Yield Right of Way 21 0 21 17.50 Driver Inattentive 16 0 16 13.33 Driver Error/Confusion 12 0 12 10.00 Driver Internal/External Distraction 6 0 6 5.00 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 4 0 4 3.33 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 4 0 4 3.33 Following too Closely 3 0 3 2.50 Improper Turning 3 0 3 2.50 Driving too Fast for Conditions 3 0 3 2.50 Site Line Obstruction 3 0 3 2.50 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 2 0 2 1.67 Driver Error/Confusion 2 0 2 1.67 Sunlight Glare 2 0 2 1.67 Obstruction/Debris on Road 2 0 2 1.67 Wild Animal 2 0 2 1.67 Backing Unsafely 1 0 1 0.83 Cutting In 1 0 1 0.83 Improper Passing 1 0 1 0.83 Illness 1 0 1 0.83 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 1 0 1 0.83 Use of Comunication/Video Equipment 1 0 1 0.83 Defective Tires 1 0 1 0.83 Insufficient Worksite/Construction Traffic Control 1 0 1 0.83 Road/Intersection Design 1 0 1 0.83 Roadside Hazard 1 0 1 0.83 Other 26 0 26 21.67 Unknown 9 0 9 7.50 Note: The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the emergency vehicle drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to weather and driver inattentive would be counted above as both a weather related collision and a inattentive collision. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total emergency vehicle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. Following too Closely 8 0 8 6.67 Speeding Exceeding Speed Limit 2 0 2 1.67 Driving too Fast for Conditions 6 0 6 5.00 Alcohol Suspected 5 0 5 4.17 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 3 0 3 2.50 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 7 0 7 5.83 Ignoring Officer/Flagman/Guard 6 0 6 5.00 Backing Unsafely 5 0 5 4.17 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 4 0 4 3.33 Driver Internal/External Distraction 4 0 4 3.33 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 3 0 3 2.50 Improper Turning 3 0 3 2.50 Drugs Suspected 3 0 3 2.50 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 2 0 2 1.67 Sunlight Glare 2 0 2 1.67 Cutting In 1 0 1 0.83 Extreme Fatigue 1 0 1 0.83 Failing to Signal 1 0 1 0.83 Improper Passing 1 0 1 0.83 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 1 0 1 0.83 Defective Tires 1 0 1 0.83 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 1 0 1 0.83 Insufficient Worksite/Construction Traffic Control 1 0 1 0.83 Road/Intersection Design 1 0 1 0.83 Ability Impaired by Drugs 1 0 1 0.83 Other 16 0 16 13.33 Unknown 11 0 11 9.17 Note: 1) The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to other drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to weather and exceeding speed limit would be counted above as both a weather related collision and a speed related collisions. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total emergency vehicle casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 124 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions SECTION 15 Table 15.14 Contributing factors in taxi collisions Taxi driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Taxi Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 46 1 47 18.65 Failing to Yield Right of Way 30 0 30 11.90 Speeding Exceeding Speed Limit 7 0 7 2.78 Driving too Fast for Conditions 9 0 9 3.57 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 13 0 13 5.16 Driver Error/Confusion 11 0 11 4.37 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 9 0 9 3.57 Following too Closely 8 0 8 3.17 Improper Turning 8 0 8 3.17 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 8 0 8 3.17 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 3 0 3 1.19 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 1 0 1 0.40 Fell Asleep 3 0 3 1.19 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 3 0 3 1.19 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 3 0 3 1.19 Site Line Obstruction 3 0 3 1.19 Backing Unsafely 2 0 2 0.79 Extreme Fatigue 2 0 2 0.79 Use of Comunication/Video Equipment 2 0 2 0.79 Artificial Glare 1 1 2 0.79 Cutting In 1 0 1 0.40 Failing to Signal 1 0 1 0.40 Improper Passing 1 0 1 0.40 Illness 1 0 1 0.40 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 0 1 1 0.40 Failure to Secure Stopped Vehicle 0 1 1 0.40 Defective Brakes 1 0 1 0.40 Sunlight Glare 1 0 1 0.40 Wild Animal 1 0 1 0.40 Insufficient Worksite/Construction Traffic Control 1 0 1 0.40 Road/Intersection Design 1 0 1 0.40 Ability Impaired by Drugs 1 0 1 0.40 Driver Internal/External Distraction 1 0 1 0.40 Other 19 1 20 7.94 Unknown 29 0 29 11.51 Note: The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the taxi drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to weather and exceeding speed limit would be counted above as both a weather related collision and a speed related collision. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total taxi casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 1 Table 15.15 Contributing factors in taxi collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total Taxi Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 59 1 60 23.81 Failing to Yield Right of Way 36 0 36 14.29 Driver Error/Confusion 33 0 33 13.10 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 23 0 23 9.13 Alcohol Alcohol Suspected 7 1 8 3.17 Ability Impaired by Alcohol 11 0 11 4.37 Following too Closely 17 0 17 6.75 Speeding Exceeding Speed Limit 5 0 5 1.98 Driving too Fast for Conditions 9 0 9 3.57 Improper Turning 11 0 11 4.37 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 11 0 11 4.37 Pedestrian Error/Confusion 7 0 7 2.78 Driver Internal/External Distraction 6 0 6 2.38 Avoiding Veh/Ped/Cycle 5 0 5 1.98 Cutting In 4 0 4 1.59 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 4 0 4 1.59 Weather(Fog/Sleet/Rain/Snow) 4 0 4 1.59 Extreme Fatigue 3 0 3 1.19 Fell Asleep 3 0 3 1.19 Sunlight Glare 3 0 3 1.19 Drugs Suspected 3 0 3 1.19 Failing to Signal 2 0 2 0.79 Improper Passing 2 0 2 0.79 Ignoring Officer/Flagman/Guard 2 0 2 0.79 Site Line Obstruction 2 0 2 0.79 Backing Unsafely 1 0 1 0.40 Defective Brakes 1 0 1 0.40 Defective Headlights 1 0 1 0.40 Defective Tires 1 0 1 0.40 Previous Traffic Collision 1 0 1 0.40 Wild Animal 1 0 1 0.40 Insufficient Worksite/Construction Traffic Control 1 0 1 0.40 Road/Intersection Design 1 0 1 0.40 Roadside Hazard 1 0 1 0.40 Defective/Inoperative Traffic Control Device 1 0 1 0.40 Ability Impaired by Medication 1 0 1 0.40 Other 22 0 22 8.73 Unknown 28 0 28 11.11 Note: The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to drivers, other than taxi drivers, involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to weather and exceeding speed limit would be counted above as both a weather related collision and a speed related collision. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total taxi casualty collisions recorded in 2006. British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 125
SECTION 15 Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions Table 15.16 Contributing factors in school bus collisions School bus driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total School Bus Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 6 0 6 37.50 Failing to Yield Right of Way 2 0 2 12.50 Following too Closely 2 0 2 12.50 Table 15.17 Contributing factors in school bus collisions Other vehicle driver factors only: By number of collisions % of Total School Bus Contributing factors Injury Fatal Total Collisions Driver Inattentive 5 0 5 31.25 Speeding Exceeding Speed Limit 1 0 1 6.25 Driving too Fast for Conditions 2 0 2 12.50 Ignoring Traffic Control Device 1 0 1 6.25 Driver Error/Confusion 1 0 1 6.25 Sunlight Glare 1 0 1 6.25 Other 1 0 1 6.25 Unknown 3 0 3 18.75 Note: The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to the school bus drivers involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to driver inattentive and following too closely would be counted in both categories. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total school bus casualty collisions recorded in 2006. Ignoring Traffic Control Device 2 0 2 12.50 Road Condition (Ice/Snow/Slush/Water) 2 0 2 12.50 Following too Closely 1 0 1 6.25 Unconscious 1 0 1 6.25 Driving on Wrong Side of Road 1 0 1 6.25 Driver Error/Confusion 1 0 1 6.25 Sunlight Glare 1 0 1 6.25 Roadside Hazard 1 0 1 6.25 Unknown 1 0 1 6.25 Note: The table shown above represents the contributing factors assigned to drivers, other than school bus drivers, involved in these collisions. "Collisions" represents the number of collisions in which the contributing factor was present, not the total number of occurrences of the contributing factor. Some double counting of collisions occurs in this table. For example, a collision attributed to driver inattentive and following too closely would be counted in both categories. "Percent of Total" represents the collisions involving the factor as a percentage of total school bus casualty collisions recorded in 2006. 126 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions
Commercial Vehicles, Emergency Vehicles, Taxis and School Buses in Collisions SECTION 15 Table 15.18 Emergency vehicle, taxi and school bus collisions by primary collision occurrence Emergency Vehicle Taxi School Bus Primary collision occurrence Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Injury Fatal Total Intersection - Right Angle 27 0 27 72 0 72 5 0 5 Rear End 22 0 22 57 1 58 6 0 6 Left Turn-Across Oncoming 8 0 8 34 0 34 0 0 0 Side Swipe-Opposite Direction 3 0 3 7 1 8 0 0 0 Right Turn - Same Direction 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 Head On 4 0 4 7 0 7 1 0 1 Off Road Right 6 0 6 6 0 6 1 0 1 Overtaking 6 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 Backing Up 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 Right Turn - Rear End 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 Off Road Left 4 0 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 Right Turn - Head On 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Left Turn - Head On 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 Left Turn - One Way 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Other 19 0 19 30 1 31 2 0 2 Unknown 11 0 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 Total 120 0 120 249 3 252 16 0 16 British Columbia Collision Statistics - police attended injury and fatal collisions 127