ORSAR 2002 - The People

Category of Persons Injured by Age Groups 2002

Category of Person	0-4	5-9	10-15	16	17	18	19	20	21-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	UK	Total
Driver	0	0	38	239	1,053	1,280	1,330	1,346	4,831	10,427	11,327	7,954	4,374	2,224	1,408	78	47,909
Passenger*	984	1,631	2,367	792	1,053	1,011	970	830	2,574	3,913	3,216	2,480	1,621	1,251	838	1,211	26,742
Pedestrian	98	330	719	127	108	128	99	111	369	630	652	558	367	301	271	122	4,990
Bicyclist	1	30	134	27	19	24	22	18	48	123	125	68	44	10	4	1,781	2,478
Bicycle Passenger	5	13	62	8	4	5	7	8	17	34	42	22	8	4	1	1	241
All Terrain Vehicle Driver	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	4	2	0	1	0	1	31
All Terrain Vehicle Passenger	1	1	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	22
Snow Vehicle Driver	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	3	2	4	5	1	0	1	0	0	23
Snow Vehicle Passenger	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Motorcycle Driver	0	0	3	22	20	16	25	32	124	330	282	210	70	17	5	5	1,161
Motorcycle Passenger	1	4	9	3	11	9	11	9	39	69	64	68	12	5	2	12	328
Moped Driver	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	3	5	3	2	0	1	4	25
Moped Passenger	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	8
Other	4	9	8	4	4	1	2	3	11	43	51	22	14	14	14	22	226
Total	1,094	2,020	3,360	1,228	2,279	2,480	2,470	2,360	8,021	15,590	15,775	11,390	6,513	3,828	2,546	3,238	84,192

* Includes hangers on
HTA (Highway Traffic Act) reportable collisions. For more information on special vehicles, see Chapter 6.

Table 2.4

Sex of Driver by Class of Collision 2002

Sex of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury Collision	Property Damage Collision	Total
Male	976	64,043	204,022	269,041
Female	298	37,041	103,696	141,035
Unknown*	37	4,839	20,387	25,263
Total	1,311	105,923	328,105	435,339

* This includes situations where the enforcement officer is unable to make a determination, e.g., hit and run.

Fatal Collision A motor vehicle collision in which at least one person sustains bodily injury resulting in death. Prior to January 1, 1982, fatal collision statistics included deaths attributed to injuries sustained in the collision for up to one year after the collision. Since that date, only deaths within thirty days of the collision have been included.

Personal Injury Collision A motor vehicle collision in which at least one person involved sustains bodily injury not resulting in death.

Property Damage A motor vehicle collision in which no person sustains bodily injury, but in which there is damage to any public property or damage to private property including damage to the motor vehicle or its load. The minimum reportable level for property-damage-only collision rose from $200 to $400 on January 1, 1978, and rose again to $700 on January 1, 1985. As of January 1, 1998, the minimum reportable level for property-damage-only collisions is $1,000. On January 1, 1997, Collision Self-Reporting for property-damage-only collisions was introduced. See Appendix for further explanation of Collision Self- Reporting.

Table 2.5

Driver Condition by Class of Collision 2002

Condition of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury Collision	Property Damage Collision	Total
Normal	945	84,578	262,243	347,766
Had Been Drinking	48	1,472	2,736	4,256
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	116	1,025	1,973	3,114
Ability Impaired Alcohol	16	512	816	1,344
Ability Impaired Drugs	16	94	184	294
Fatigue	11	625	1,141	1,777
Medical / Physical Disability	15	531	517	1,063
Inattentive	47	9,697	21,235	30,979
Other	1	305	769	1,075
Unknown*	96	7,084	36,491	43,671
Total	1,311	105,923	328,105	435,339

* This includes situations where the enforcement officer is unable to make a determination, e.g., hit and run.

Had Been Drinking	Driver had consumed alcohol but his / her physical condition was not legally impaired.
Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08	Driver had consumed alcohol and upon testing was found to have a blood alcohol level in excess of .08 grams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.
Ability Impaired Alcohol	Driver had consumed sufficient alcohol to warrant being charged with a drinking and driving offence.
Inattentive	Driver was operating a motor vehicle without due care and attention or placing less than full concentration on driving, e.g., changing radio stations, consuming food, reading, talking on phone or two-way radio, using headphones.

Table 2.6

Driver Age by Driver Condition in ALL Collisions 2002*

Driver Age	Normal	Had Been Drinking	Impaired Alcohol over .08	Ability Impaired Alcohol	Other	Unknown	Total
Under 16	263	13	4	0	127	66	473
16	1,638	23	14	5	323	143	2,146
17	7,423	60	33	11	1,207	531	9,265
18	8,858	101	58	26	1,291	612	10,946
19	8,764	194	113	36	1,244	632	10,983
20	8,392	189	95	30	1,110	606	10,422
21-24	31,878	674	421	167	3,596	2,244	38,980
25-34	75,911	1,059	758	351	6,772	4,999	89,850
35-44	84,285	926	798	339	6,980	5,339	98,667
45-54	60,223	513	515	233	5,084	3,570	70,138
55-64	32,613	244	219	78	2,944	2,003	38,101
65-74	15,927	105	59	38	1,938	1,004	19,071
75 & over	8,547	31	12	9	1,816	619	11,034
Unknown	3,044	124	15	21	756	21,303	25,263
Total	347,766	4,256	3,114	1,344	35,188	43,671	435,339

* Includes bicyclists, drivers of all-terrain vehicles, etc.

Table 2.7

Recorded Occurrence of Driver Condition
in Drivers Killed 2002*

Recorded Occurrence	Number of Drivers	%
Normal	343	67.0
Had Been Drinking	25	4.9
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	99	19.3
Ability Impaired Alcohol	0	0.0
Ability Impaired Drugs	16	3.1
Fatigue	2	0.4
Medical / Physical Disability	9	1.8
Inattentive	1	0.2
Other	0	0.0
Unknown	17	3.3
Total	512	100.0

* Total includes drivers of all vehicle types killed in HTA reportable collisions.

In years prior to 1996, Table 2.7 only included fatally injured drivers who were either normal or had been drinking. In order to better examine the other pre-crash factors related to deaths of all drivers, this table has now been expanded to include the driver conditions of all fatally injured drivers. These data can be recombined into the older format by recalculating the percentages using only the alcohol-involved and normal drivers’ data.

Table 2.8

Apparent Driver Action by Class of Collision 2002

Apparent Driver Action	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury Collision	Property Damage Collision	Total
Driving Properly	584	50,609	161,369	212,562
Following Too Close	5	10,475	27,577	38,057
Speed Too Fast	70	1,271	2,097	3,438
Speed Too Fast for Conditions	68	4,808	15,191	20,067
Speed Too Slow	2	112	277	391
Improper Turn	19	4,413	13,666	18,098
Disobey Traffic Control	78	4,793	7,075	11,946
Fail to Yield Right of Way	67	10,217	24,702	34,986
Improper Passing	18	786	3,001	3,805
Lost Control	214	7,979	21,273	29,466
Wrong Way on One Way Road	3	126	193	322
Improper Lane Change	11	1,918	9,998	11,927
Other*	114	5,930	19,113	25,157
Unknown	58	2,486	22,573	25,117
Total	1,311	105,923	328,105	435,339

* Includes actions defined as careless driving, inattentive driving, fell asleep, hit and run, driving on wrong side of road, improper parking, impaired driving, illegally parked, dangerous driving, inexperience, etc.

Table 2.9

Seat Belt Usage by Severity of Driver Injury
in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions 2002

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	262	1,541	16,399	25,446	41,607	85,255
Other Equipment*	13	107	625	605	305	1,655
Equipment Not used	124	201	441	246	155	1,167
No Safety Equipment	0	8	43	41	96	188
Use Unknown	51	218	996	992	3,312	5,569
Total	450	2,075	18,504	27,330	45,475	93,834

* Other equipment includes construction and motorcycle helmets, etc., used in a motor vehicle. It also includes the use of airbags. Seat belt usage in conjunction with airbag deployment is unknown.

Tables 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 include only seat belt usage in collisions in which there were personal injuries or fatalities. Property-damage-only collisions are excluded. ORSARs published prior to 1988 included seat belt usage in all collisions.

Table 2.10

Seat Belt Usage by Severity of Passenger Injury
in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions 2002

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	126	852	7,986	13,525	21,683	44,172
Child Safety Seat Used Incorrectly	2	3	11	23	69	108
Child Safety Seat Used Correctly	1	9	155	311	1,619	2,095
Other Equipment*	5	33	170	145	102	455
Equipment Not used	53	199	510	335	245	1,342
No Safety Equipment	10	62	399	663	1,200	2,334
Use Unknown	30	107	508	623	1,457	2,725
Total	227	1,265	9,739	15,625	26,375	53,231

* Other equipment includes construction helmets, etc., used in a motor vehicle. It also includes the use of airbags. Seat belt usage in conjunction with airbag deployment is unknown.

Table 2.11

Restraint Use for Children (0 - 4 Years) Killed in Collisions 1998-2002

Year Used	Child Restraint Used Correctly	Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	Lap / Lap & Shoulder Belt	Restraint Not Available	Available Not Used	Use Unknown	Total
1998	2	0	6	0	0	0	8
1999	3	1	3	0	0	0	7
2000	1	0	3	0	0	1	5
2001	5	0	2	1	2	1	11
2002	1	2	4	0	0	0	7

Table 2.12

Restraint Use for Children (0 - 4 Years) Involved in Fatal
and Personal Injury Collisions by Severity of Injury 2002

Restraint Used	Major Injury / Fatal %	Minimal Injury / Minor Injury %	No Injuries %
Child Restraint Used Correctly	23.5	43.4	48.1
Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	14.7	3.2	2.2
Lap / Lap-Shoulder Belt	47.1	43.2	43.1
Not Available	2.9	5.0	3.6
Available / Not Used	5.9	1.6	0.2
Other	0.0	0.5	0.2
Unknown	5.9	3.1	2.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0

It is known from observational surveys that many child safety seats are not used correctly. This is not clear in these tables since children are often removed from the child safety seat before the police officer arrives on the scene. Both correct installation of the seats according to the manufacturer’s instructions and correct use of the device in the vehicle are important for the child’s protection.

Table 2.13

Pedestrian Condition by
Severity of Injury 2002

Condition of Pedestrian	Killed	Injured
Normal	97	3,295
Had Been Drinking	6	246
Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08	20	9
Ability Impaired Alcohol	1	57
Ability Impaired Drugs	1	6
Fatigue	0	3
Medical or Physical Defect	2	103
Inattentive	0	697
Other	0	112
Unknown	4	462
Total	131	4,990

Table 2.14

Apparent Pedestrian Action
by Severity of Injury 2002

Apparent Pedestrian Action	Killed	Injured
Crossing Intersection With Right of Way	9	1,828
Crossing Intersection Without Right of Way	23	778
Crossing Intersection No Traffic Control	22	333
Crossing Pedestrian Crossover	2	142
Crossing Marked Crosswalk Without Right of Way	3	118
Walking on Roadway With Traffic	8	129
Walking on Roadway Against Traffic	5	68
On Sidewalk or Shoulder	9	354
Playing or Working on Highway	5	63
Coming from Behind Parked Vehicle or Object	1	139
Running onto Roadway	13	438
Getting On / Off School Bus*	0	7
Getting On / Off Vehicle	4	53
Pushing / Working on Vehicle	3	16
Other	24	524
Unknown	-	-
Total	131	4,990

* Calender Year

2b. Putting the People in Context

Table 2.15