Table 2.4
Sex of Driver by Class of Collision 2003

Sex of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Male	945	59,478	207,671	268,094
Female	285	34,656	108,325	143,266
Unknown*	24	4,654	22,083	26,761
Total	1,254	98,788	338,079	438,121

* 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 2003

Condition of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Normal	834	78,017	268,283	347,134
Had Been Drinking	50	1,305	2,468	3,823
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	130	934	1,854	2,918
Ability Impaired Alcohol	14	457	871	1,342
Ability Impaired Drugs	30	79	136	245
Fatigue	14	607	1,124	1,745
Medical/Physical Disability	11	538	521	1,070
Inattentive	70	9,732	22,061	31,863
Other	8	284	798	1,090
Unknown*	93	6,835	39,963	46,891
Total	1,254	98,788	338,079	438,121

* 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 2003*

Driver Age	Normal	Had Been Drinking	Impaired Alcohol Over .08	Ability Impaired Alcohol	Other	Unknown	Total
Under 16	239	8	5	2	133	50	437
16	1,524	21	8	2	293	129	1,977
17	6,941	67	19	14	1,214	490	8,745
18	8,270	86	50	18	1,268	624	10,316
19	8,034	159	101	36	1,231	633	10,194
20	8,121	175	92	42	1,111	636	10,177
21-24	31,121	631	356	172	3,678	2,232	38,190
25-34	75,163	908	719	315	6,969	5,235	89,309
35-44	84,547	782	750	347	7,176	5,765	99,367
45-54	61,794	494	497	230	5,212	4,119	72,346
55-64	33,916	266	224	100	3,236	2,228	39,970
65-74	15,997	89	69	29	1,923	1,108	19,215
75 & over	8,633	27	17	6	1,775	659	11,117
Unknown	2,834	110	11	29	794	22,983	26,761
Total	347,134	3,823	2,918	1,342	36,013	46,891	438,121

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

Table 2.7
Recorded Occurrence of Driver Condition In Drivers Killed 2003*

Recorded Occurrence	Number of Drivers	%
Normal	258	52.8
Had Been Drinking	33	6.7
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	108	22.1
Ability Impaired Alcohol	0	0.0
Ability Impaired Drugs	29	5.9
Fatigue	7	1.4
Medical/Physical Disability	10	2.0
Inattentive	21	4.3
Other	4	0.8
Unknown	19	3.9
Total	489	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 2003

Apparent Driver Action	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Driving Properly	522	47,215	168,650	216,387
Following Too Close	7	9,033	27,083	36,123
Speed Too Fast	71	1,163	2,092	3,326
Speed Too Fast for Conditions	101	5,083	16,732	21,916
Speed Too Slow	4	70	270	344
Improper Turn	16	4,009	13,383	17,408
Disobey Traffic Control	69	4,553	6,960	11,582
Fail to Yield Right of Way	76	9,644	23,901	33,621
Improper Passing	22	669	2,895	3,586
Lost Control	166	7,509	21,612	29,287
Wrong Way on One Way Road	4	107	214	325
Improper Lane Change	17	1,639	9,811	11,467
Other*	123	5,690	18,928	24,741
Unknown	56	2,404	25,548	28,008
Total	1,254	98,788	338,079	438,121

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

Table 2.9
Seat Belt Usage by Severity of Driver Injury in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions 2003

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	256	1,373	14,949	23,238	38,197	78,013
Other Equipment*	14	104	624	611	354	1,707
Equipment Not used	121	186	406	237	143	1,093
No Safety Equipment	3	7	30	27	73	140
Use Unknown	31	175	1,138	1,107	3,370	5,821
Total	425	1,845	17,147	25,220	42,137	86,774

* Other equipment includes the use of airbags. Seat belt usage in conjunction with airbag deployment is unknown.

The next two tables include only seat belt usage in collisions in which there were fatalities and personal injuries. 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 2003

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	123	674	7,176	12,458	19,403	39,834
Child Safety Seat Used Incorrectly	1	4	11	18	89	123
Child Safety Seat Used Correctly	2	13	140	330	1,440	1,925
Other Equipment*	2	36	205	148	113	504
Equipment Not used	56	147	464	273	183	1,123
No Safety Equipment	11	50	421	678	1,383	2,543
Use Unknown	21	106	519	567	1,461	2,674
Total	216	1,030	8,936	14,472	24,072	48,726

* 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 1999-2003

Year Used	Child Restraint Used Correctly	Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	Lap/Lap & Shoulder Belt	Restraint Not Available	Available Not Used	Use Unknown	Total
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
2003	2	1	0	0	0	0	3

Table 2.12
Restraint Use for Children (0-4 Years) Involved in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions by Severity of Injury 2003

Restraint Used	Major/Fatal Injury %	Minimal/Minor Injury %	No Injuries %
Child Restraint Used Correctly	40.0	47.7	51.2
Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	13.3	3.3	2.9
Lap/Lap-Shoulder Belt	33.3	39.7	37.7
Not Available	3.3	4.0	4.0
Available/Not Used	3.3	1.5	0.5
Other	0.0	0.5	0.4
Unknown	6.7	3.4	3.2
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 2003

Condition of Pedestrian	Killed	Injured
Normal	79	3,177
Had Been Drinking	3	207
Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08	18	3
Ability Impaired Alcohol	0	54
Ability Impaired Drugs	4	13
Fatigue	0	4
Medical or Physical Defect	3	88
Inattentive	9	686
Other	1	98
Unknown	3	428
Total	120	4,758

Table 2.14
Apparent Pedestrian Action by Severity of Injury 2003

Apparent Pedestrian Action	Killed	Injured
Crossing Intersection With Right of Way	17	1,687
Crossing Intersection Without Right of Way	22	720
Crossing Intersection No Traffic Control	14	392
Crossing Pedestrian Crossover	4	129
Crossing Marked Crosswalk Without Right of Way	3	130
Walking on Roadway With Traffic	6	133
Walking on Roadway Against Traffic	5	69
On Sidewalk or Shoulder	4	305
Playing or Working on Highway	2	79
Coming from Behind Parked Vehicle or Object	2	129
Running onto Roadway	14	411
Getting On/Off School Bus*	0	0
Getting On/Off Vehicle	0	49
Pushing/Working on Vehicle	0	21
Other	27	504
Unknown	0	0
Total	120	4,758

* Calender Year

2b. Putting the People in Context

Table 2.18
Driver Licence Class by Sex 2003

License Class	Male	%	Female	%	Total	%
A	93,832	2.08	2,048	0.05	95,880	1.12
AB	4,566	0.10	580	0.01	5,146	0.06
ABM	2,611	0.06	143	0.00	2,754	0.03
ABM1	69	0.00	25	0.00	94	0.00
ABM2	126	0.00	21	0.00	147	0.00
AC	21,460	0.48	753	0.02	22,213	0.26
ACM	9,336	0.21	132	0.00	9,468	0.11
ACM1	476	0.01	16	0.00	492	0.01
ACM2	774	0.02	31	0.00	805	0.01
AM	29,451	0.65	209	0.01	29,660	0.35
AM1	1,667	0.04	23	0.00	1,690	0.02
AM2	2,567	0.06	59	0.00	2,626	0.03
B	16,640	0.37	16,778	0.42	33,418	0.39
BM	4,570	0.10	914	0.02	5,484	0.06
BM1	133	0.00	88	0.00	221	0.00
BM2	279	0.01	195	0.00	474	0.01
C	6,235	0.14	669	0.02	6,904	0.08
CM	1,691	0.04	60	0.00	1,751	0.02
CM1	81	0.00	10	0.00	91	0.00
CM2	150	0.00	13	0.00	163	0.00
D	220,735	4.90	18,809	0.47	239,544	2.80
DE	103	0.00	20	0.00	123	0.00
DEM	29	0.00	2	0.00	31	0.00
DEM1	1	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.00
DEM2	2	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.00
DF	2,031	0.05	115	0.00	2,146	0.03
DFM	880	0.02	20	0.00	900	0.01
DFM1	32	0.00	4	0.00	36	0.00
DFM2	76	0.00	7	0.00	83	0.00
DM	57,906	1.28	1,287	0.03	59,193	0.69
DM1	1,848	0.04	88	0.00	1,936	0.02
DM2	3,322	0.07	187	0.00	3,509	0.04
E	1,314	0.03	2,064	0.05	3,378	0.04
EM	167	0.00	48	0.00	215	0.00
EM1	2	0.00	4	0.00	6	0.00
EM2	12	0.00	7	0.00	19	0.00
F	6,777	0.15	5,280	0.13	12,057	0.14
FM	1,428	0.03	223	0.01	1,651	0.02
FM1	94	0.00	36	0.00	130	0.00
FM2	196	0.00	89	0.00	285	0.00
G	3,046,680	67.60	3,283,410	81.38	6,330,090	74.11
G1	210,026	4.66	291,177	7.22	501,203	5.87
G1M	47	0.00	8	0.00	55	0.00
G1M1	1,210	0.03	178	0.00	1,388	0.02
G1M2	748	0.02	138	0.00	886	0.01
G2	348,333	7.73	337,147	8.36	685,480	8.03
G2M	346	0.01	48	0.00	394	0.00
G2M1	3,200	0.07	327	0.01	3,527	0.04
G2M2	3,325	0.07	378	0.01	3,703	0.04
GM	332,687	7.38	53,413	1.32	386,100	4.52
GM1	25,968	0.58	6,359	0.16	32,327	0.38
GM2	39,033	0.87	10,453	0.26	49,486	0.58
M	936	0.02	183	0.00	1,119	0.01
M1	311	0.01	53	0.00	364	0.00
M2	572	0.01	135	0.00	707	0.01
Other	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	4,507,091	100.00	4,034,464	100.00	8,541,555	100.00

Table 2.19
Licensed Drivers, Total Collisions, Persons Killed and Injured 1931-2003

Year	Licensed Drivers	Total Collisions	Persons Killed	Persons Injured
1931	666,266	9,241	571	8,494
1932	648,710	9,171	502	8,231
1933	638,710	8,634	403	7,877
1934	665,743	9,645	512	8,990
1935	707,457	10,648	560	9,839
1936	755,765	11,388	546	10,251
1937	802,765	13,906	766	12,092
1938	866,729	13,715	640	11,683
1939	899,572	13,710	652	11,638
1940	937,551	16,921	716	13,715
1941	986,773	18,167	801	14,275
1942	961,883	13,490	567	10,205
1943	919,457	11,025	549	8,628
1944	905,650	11,004	498	8,373
1945	971,852	13,458	598	9,804
1946	1,087,445	17,356	688	12,228
1947	1,144,291	22,293	734	13,056
1948	1,209,408	27,406	740	14,970
1949	1,278,584	34,472	830	17,469
1950	1,366,388	43,681	791	19,940
1951	1,461,538	54,920	949	22,557
1952	1,556,559	58,515	1,010	23,643
1953	1,656,259	65,866	1,082	24,353
1954	1,747,567	62,509	1,045	24,607
1955	1,856,845	63,219	1,111	26,246
1956	1,967,789	71,399	1,180	28,626
1957	2,088,551	76,302	1,279	30,414
1958	2,176,417	76,884	1,112	30,106
1959	2,270,246	81,518	1,187	31,602
1960	2,355,567	87,186	1,166	34,436
1961	2,414,615	85,577	1,268	37,146
1962	2,469,425	94,231	1,383	41,766
1963	2,555,015	104,919	1,421	47,801
1964	2,694,023	111,232	1,424	54,560
1965	2,739,138	128,462	1,611	60,917
1966	2,821,648	139,781	1,596	65,210
1967	3,004,654	145,008	1,719	67,280
1968	3,128,509	155,127	1,586	71,520
1969	3,247,979	169,395	1,683	74,902
1970	3,422,892	141,609	1,535	75,126
1971	3,563,197	158,831	1,769	84,650
1972	3,688,541	189,494	1,934	95,181
1973	3,841,628	193,021	1,959	97,790
1974	3,972,980	204,271	1,748	98,673
1975	4,160,623	213,689	1,800	97,034
1976	4,315,925	211,865	1,511	83,736
1977	4,562,903	218,567	1,420	95,664
1978	4,725,546	186,363	1,450	94,979
1979	4,858,351	197,196	1,560	101,321
1980	4,993,531	196,501	1,508	101,367
1981	5,123,177	198,372	1,445	100,321
1982	5,247,198	187,943	1,138	92,815
1983	5,380,259	181,999	1,204	91,706
1984	5,513,911	194,782	1,132	97,230
1985	5,660,422	189,750	1,191	109,169
1986	5,817,799	187,286	1,102	108,839
1987	5,978,105	203,431	1,229	121,089
1988	6,118,112	228,398	1,237	118,158
1989	6,290,424	247,038	1,286	120,652
1990	6,448,883	220,188	1,120	101,575
1991	6,574,231	213,669	1,102	90,519
1992	6,688,761	224,249	1,090	91,025
1993	6,823,428	228,834	1,135	91,149
1994	6,983,960	226,996	999	90,030
1995	7,086,018	219,085	999	89,572
1996	7,258,167	215,024	929	88,445
1997	7,537,607	221,500	899	85,527
1998	7,727,756	213,356	854	83,192
1999	7,918,314	221,962	868	84,062
2000	8,121,374	240,630	849	85,009
2001	8,266,616	234,004	845	81,782
2002	8,413,504	244,642	873	84,192
2003	8,541,555	246,463	831	77,879