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Road-Related Deaths, 2002-2022 Road-Related Injured Victims, 2002-2022

Number of Deaths Number of Injured Victims

In 2008, legislation changed so that police are no longer required to attend all crashes and attendance is at their discretion. For this reason, there has been a marked decrease in the number of police-attended reports submitted and therefore the injured victim counts are underestimated.

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Note: Data is from the MV6020 Traffic Accident Report, a report completed by Police to record details of a collision. Not all collisions in British Columbia are attended by police or reported to police, therefore the counts of victims should not be considered comprehensive. Death counts are reconciled with the BC Coroner Services.

Note: Only fatal victims have been included; homicides, suicides and death from natural causes are EXCLUDED. Victims of collisions on roads where the Motor Vehicle Act does not apply (such as Forest Service roads, industrial roads and private land), and off-road snowmobile collisions are excluded.

Note: An injured victim is a person who sustained an injury (serious, involving an overnight stay at the hospital, or non-serious) in a collision involving at least one motor vehicle on a public roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. The Motor Vehicle Act does not apply to forest service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Victims of off-road snowmobile/ATV crashes, homicides or suicides are excluded.



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Broken down By:
Age Group:
Collision Month:
Collision Year:
Contributing Factor:
Health Region:
Injury Type:
Location of Most Severe Injury:
Pedestrian Activity:
Pedestrian Location:
Position in Vehicle:
Primary Collision Occurrence:
Safety Equipment:
Sex:
Speed Zone:
Traffic Region:
Vehicle Type:
Query Date:

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Data Source: Business Information Warehouse – Traffic Accident System, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Data as of June 30th, 2023. Retrieved from Injury Data Online Tool (iDOT), BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, 2024.
Disclaimer: Interpretation of the data and summary information in this table/chart is the responsibility of the user.
Note: Data and trends from 2020 may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Reporting of contributing factors have changed over time. Certain contributing factors were introduced in later years and others were discontinued.
Note: Contributing factors for victims are those factors that contribute to the crash involved. Contributing factors are assigned to entities such as vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian involved in a crash. Up to 4 factors can be assigned to each entity, and there may be multiple entities involved in a crash. Therefore, each crash will involve one or more contributing factors, and each victim will have multiple contributing factors assigned . For example, if speed, alcohol and distraction were contributing factors to a crash, the incident and victim would be counted in the speed, alcohol and distraction factors. These factors would also be captured separately under human action and human condition. Thus, the number of deaths or injured victims by contributing factors will not add up to the total number of deaths or injured victims.
Note: A fatality victim refers to a road user who died within 30 days after the date when an injury was sustained in a collision involving at least one motor vehicle on a public roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. The Motor Vehicle Act does not apply to forest service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Victims of off-road snowmobile/ATV crashes, homicides or suicides are excluded.
Note: An injured victim is a person who sustained an injury (serious, involving an overnight stay at the hospital, or non-serious) in a collision involving at least one motor vehicle on a public roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. The Motor Vehicle Act does not apply to forest service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Victims of off-road snowmobile/ATV crashes, homicides or suicides are excluded.

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Broken down By:

Age Group:

Collision Month:

Collision Year:

Contributing Factor:

Health Region:

Injury Type:

Location of Most Severe Injury:

Pedestrian Activity:

Pedestrian Location:

Position in Vehicle:

Primary Collision Occurrence:

Safety Equipment:

Sex:

Speed Zone:

Traffic Region:

Vehicle Type:

Query Date:

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Data Source: Business Information Warehouse – Traffic Accident System, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Data as of March 31st, 2023. Retrieved from Injury Data Online Tool (iDOT), BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, 2023.

Disclaimer: Interpretation of the data and summary information in this table/chart is the responsibility of the user.

Note: Data and trends from 2020 may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic

Note: Reporting of contributing factors have changed over time. Certain contributing factors were introduced in later years and others were discontinued.

Note: Contributing factors for victims are those factors that contribute to the crash involved. Contributing factors are assigned to entities such as vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian involved in a crash. Up to 4 factors can be assigned to each entity, and there may be multiple entities involved in a crash. Therefore, each crash will involve one or more contributing factors, and each victim will have multiple contributing factors assigned . For example, if speed, alcohol and distraction were contributing factors to a crash, the incident and victim would be counted in the speed, alcohol and distraction factors. These factors would also be captured separately under human action and human condition. Thus, the number of deaths or injured victims by contributing factors will not add up to the total number of deaths or injured victims.

Note: A fatality victim refers to a road user who died within 30 days after the date when an injury was sustained in a collision involving at least one motor vehicle on a public roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. The Motor Vehicle Act does not apply to forest service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Victims of off-road snowmobile/ATV crashes, homicides or suicides are excluded.

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TERM	DESCRIPTION
Alcohol Involved	Incidents where one or more of the vehicles had contributing factors: Alcohol Involvement, Ability Impaired by Alcohol, Alcohol Suspected
Animal (Domestic and Wild)	If a motor vehicle strikes an animal and harm results only to the animal, the event is not a motor vehicle incident.
Collision Month	The month when the collision occurred.
Collision Year	The year when the collision occurred.
Contributing Factors	Circumstances or events that the attending police officer perceived to directly contribute to the collision.
Distraction	Incidents where one or more of the vehicles had contributing factors: Use of Communication/Video Equipment, Driver Inattentive, Driver Internal/External Distraction.
Driver Error/Confusion	Crashes involving where the driver made an error or was confused. This included gas/brake confusion.
Driver Inattentive	Crashes involving where the driver was not concentrating on driving, was inobservant or was inattentive.
Driving without Due Care	Crashes involving where the driver failed to use just, proper and sufficient care, so far as the circumstances deemed; evidence of negligence.
Drugs Involved	Crashes where one or more of the following contributing factors was assigned to at least one of the entities involved in the crash: ability impaired by drugs, drugs suspected and ability impaired by medication.
Fatal Victim	Refers to a road user who died within 30 days after the date when an injury was sustained in a crash involving at least one motor vehicle. Excludes roads where the Motor Vehicle Act does not apply, such as forest-service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Also excludes off-road snowmobile crashes, homicides and suicides.
Fatigue	Crashes where one or more of the following contributing factors was assigned to at least one of the entities involved in the crash: extreme fatigue and fell asleep
Glare - Artificial	Crashes involving where approaching headlights, street lighting, neon signs, etc. contributed to the collision.
Health Region	Geographical region in which the collision occurred, defined by provincial health region/authority boundaries.
Injured Victim	An injured victim is a person who sustained an injury (serious, involving an overnight stay at the hospital, or non-serious) in a collision involving at least one motor vehicle on a public roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. The Motor Vehicle Act does not apply to forest service roads, industrial roads and private driveways. Victims of off-road snowmobile/ATV crashes, homicides or suicides are excluded. In 2008, legislation changed so that police are no longer required to attend all crashes and attendance is at their discretion. For this reason there has been a marked decrease in the number of police-attended reports submitted and therefore the injured victim counts are underestimated.
Injury Type	The injury type of the most severe injury sustained by the victim.
Insufficient Traffic Control	Reported as a contributing factor when the officer believes that additional signage or signals would have been helpful to motorists approaching or negotiating the collision location.
Intersection	An intersection is defined by the police-reported MV6020 form, where the accident location field is coded as “1 – at intersection”. All other location codes are considered as occurring outside of an intersection. Intersections do not include motor vehicle crashes occurring between intersection exchanges, intersections of roads and driveways, alleys, bridges, ferries, docks, tunnels, parking lots, railroads, industrial roads or transit-express lanes and do not include highway exit /entrance lanes, or exit/entrance intersections or ramps.
Location of Severest Injury	The location of the most severe injury sustained by the victim.
Medication Involved	Crashes where one or more of the following contributing factors was assigned to at least one of the entities involved in the crash: ability impaired by medication and prescribed medication.
No Contributing Factors Cited	There were no circumstances or events reported that the attending police officer perceived to directly contribute to the collision.
Oversize Vehicle	A vehicle more than 12.5m in length with width greater than 2.6m, and height greater than 4.15m.
Primary Collision Occurrence	The primary collision occurrence configuration.
Roadside Hazard	Obstacles close to the traveled lanes which are being struck repeatedly or which have caused severe damage or occupant injury after being struck. Identification will assist in removal or protection of the object.
Road User	Refers to a driver, passenger, pedestrian, motorcyclist or cyclist who is travelling on a roadway as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act.
Safety Equipment	The type of safety equipment that a vehicle occupant was using at the time of the crash.
Site Line Obstruction	Crashes involving where the driver's line of site was obstructed, for example by a snow bank, a large truck, bushes, etc.
Speeding	Crashes where one or more of the following contributing factors was assigned to at least one of the individuals involved in the crash: exceeding speed limit, excessive speed over 40 km/h and driving too fast for conditions.
Speed Zone	The speed zone for the location of an accident.
Traffic Region	Region boundaries as defined by traffic sections. Fraser Valley: Includes areas south of Vancouver, including Richmond, Delta, and Surrey, and as far east as Hope. Greater Vancouver: Includes Vancouver to Port Coquitlam, as far North as Whistler, and the eastern parts of the Sunshine Coast. Northern Coastal: Includes the Central Interior as far south as 100 Mile House, the Peace River district, Prince Rupert, Haida Gwaii, and all points north. Southern Interior: Includes the southern third of the province, including the Kamloops area, the Okanagan and Kootenay regions, as far west as Boston Bar and Lillooet. Vancouver Island: Encompasses the Gulf Islands and the Mainland coastal community of Powell River.
Vehicle Modification	Changes such as jacked up rear springs, over or undersized wheels, small steering wheel, oversize engine, etc.
Windows Obstructed	Foggy or frosty windows, window stickers or other items that prevent a clear view.