Ontario Road Safety Annual Report 2003

5. The Vehicle

This section examines vehicles involved in reportable motor vehicle collisions in Ontario. Passenger vehicles make up 76 per cent of the vehicle population in Ontario and comprise 80 per cent of all vehicles involved in collisions.

Statistics provided here indicate that 91 per cent of all vehicles involved in collisions had no apparent defects. Approximately 36 per cent of all vehicles involved in fatal collisions were ten years or older.

Figure 5 Vehicle Population by Vehicle Class in Ontario, 2003

5A. Vehicles in Collisions

Table 5.1
Number of Vehicles Involved in Collisions 2003

Type of Vehicle*	Vehicles Fatal Collision	Vehicles Personal Injury	Vehicles Property Damage	Vehicles Total
Passenger Car	710	70,964	245,901	317,575
Passenger Van	119	10,203	35,756	46,078
Motorcycle & Moped	53	1,392	815	2,260
Pick-up Truck	163	7,564	30,795	38,522
Delivery Van	14	1,404	5,779	7,197
Tow Truck	2	162	551	715
Truck	149	2,884	14,650	17,683
Bus	6	696	2,375	3,077
School Vehicle	9	236	1,243	1,488
Off-Road Vehicle	1	43	174	218
Snowmobile	2	39	50	91
Snow Plow	0	16	104	120
Emergency Vehicle	7	464	1,586	2,057
Farm Vehicle	1	78	159	238
Construction Equipment	3	41	225	269
Motor Home	2	24	133	159
Railway Train	4	32	34	70
Street Car	1	86	389	476
Bicycle	15	2,735	600	3,350
Other	0	0	2	2
Other Non-Motor Vehicle	1	116	270	387
Unknown	5	665	12,480	13,150
Total	1,267	99,844	354,071	455,182

* Categories in this table are not comparable to years prior to 1998.

Table 5.2
Condition of Vehicle by Class of Collision 2003

Condition of Vehicle	Vehicles Fatal Collision	Vehicles Personal Injury	Vehicles Property Damage	Vehicles Total
No Apparent Defect	1,185	95,989	318,474	415,648
Service Brakes Defective	4	44	153	201
Steering Defective	0	4	28	32
Tire Puncture or Blow Out	0	18	67	85
Tire Tread Insufficient	2	7	24	33
Headlamps Defective	0	4	16	20
Other Lamps or Reflectors Defective	1	0	19	20
Engine Controls Defective	1	8	29	38
Wheels or Suspension Defective	1	5	43	49
Vision Obscured	0	6	29	35
Trailer Hitch Defective	0	1	3	4
Other Defects	11	572	4,828	5,411
Unknown	62	3,186	30,358	33,606
Total	1,267	99,844	354,071	455,182

Table 5.3
Model Year of Vehicle by Class of Collision 2003

Model Year of Vehicle	Vehicles Fatal Collision	Vehicles Personal Injury	Vehicles Property Damage	Vehicles Total
2004	5	749	2,898	3,652
2003	92	6,401	24,628	31,121
2002	85	8,086	30,534	38,705
2001	95	7,322	27,275	34,692
2000	106	7,823	29,435	37,364
1999	90	6,852	24,869	31,811
1998	100	6,645	24,799	31,544
1997	91	6,200	21,931	28,222
1996	49	4,871	17,260	22,180
1995	71	5,805	19,862	25,738
1994 and earlier	457	33,916	108,721	143,094
Unknown	26	5,174	21,859	27,059
Total	1,267	99,844	354,071	455,182

Table 5.4
Insurance Status of Vehicle by Class of Collision 2003

Insurance	Vehicles Fatal Collision	Vehicles Personal Injury	Vehicles Property Damage	Vehicles Total
Insured	1,216	93,781	331,858	426,855
Not Insured	31	706	1,359	2,096
Unknown	20	5,357	20,854	26,231
Total	1,267	99,844	354,071	455,182

5B. Putting the Vehicle in Context

Table 5.5
Vehicle Population by Type of Vehicle 2003

Vehicle Class	Vehicle Population
Passenger	5,964,822
Motorcycle	128,114
Moped	2,019
Commercial*	1,162,734
Bus	21,320
School Bus	8,307
Motorized Snow Vehicle	331,704
Off-Road Vehicle	211,073
Road Building Machinery	566
Permanent Apparatus	2,952
Farm Trucks	46,638
Total	7,880,249

* Excludes Single Application Vehicle Registrations (SAVR - 54,827 vehicles).

Table 5.6
Selected Types of Vehicles by Model Year 2003

Vehicle Class	Model 2004	Model 2003	Model 2002	Model 2001	Model 2000	Model 1999	Model 1998	Model 1997	Model 1996	Model 1995	Model 1994+	Total
Passenger	152,101	519,920	520,804	450,083	489,625	398,400	410,248	375,533	292,138	341,343	2,014,627	5,964,822
Motorcycle	544	12,017	11,562	11,024	10,284	6,835	4,491	3,670	3,044	2,362	62,281	128,114
Moped	6	61	153	492	165	72	5	10	4	2	1,049	2,019
Commercial *	25,709	94,870	80,329	75,547	91,230	82,694	81,371	68,139	50,972	64,601	497,428	1,212,890
Bus	1,092	2,134	1,911	2,315	2,605	2,343	1,942	1,547	1,897	1,786	10,055	29,627
Motorized Snow Vehicle	6,939	9,530	11,507	8,340	11,473	12,453	15,614	14,582	12,647	11,742	216,877	331,704
Off-Road Vehicle	7,245	18,084	15,705	18,308	14,967	10,299	6,961	4,933	5,770	5,525	103,276	211,073
Total	193,636	656,616	641,971	566,109	620,349	513,096	520,632	468,414	366,472	427,361	2,905,593	7,880,249

* Excludes Single Application Vehicle Registrations (SAVR - 54,827 vehicles).