Ontario Road Safety Annual Report 2003

6. Special Vehicles

This section takes a look at special vehicles such as motorcycles, school buses, large trucks, snowmobiles, off-road vehicles and bicycles. There were 155 fatalities in large truck collisions in 2003. However, the number of large trucks involved in fatal collisions decreased by 25 per cent between 1988 and 2003, despite the fact that the large truck population grew by 45 per cent during the same period.

6A. Motorcycles

Table 6.1
Motorcyclists* Killed and Injured 1999-2003

Year	Drivers Killed	Drivers Injured	Passengers Killed	Passengers Injured
1998	32	1,068	3	263
1999	38	1,115	3	223
2000	37	1,161	1	257
2001	49	1,166	3	318
2002	35	1,161	3	311
2003	46	1,087	6	268

* Excludes hangers on, moped drivers and passengers.

Table 6.2
Selected Factors Relevant to Fatal Motorcycle Collisions 2003

Factors (not mutually exclusive)	%
Unlicensed Motorcycle Drivers	4
Under 25 Years Old	18
Alcohol Used: Ability Impaired Alcohol > .08	4
Alcohol Used: Had Been Drinking	12
Alcohol Used: Unknown	0
Helmet Not Worn (Fatalities)	6
Motorcycle Driver Error: Speed Too Fast/Lost Control	45
Motorcycle Driver Error: Other Error	25
Single Vehicle Collisions	48
Day/Night	80/20
Weekend	34

6B. School Vehicles

Table 6.3
Pupils Transported Daily, and Total Number of School Vehicles Involved in Collisions Years 1998/99-2002/03

School Year	Pupils Transported Daily	Total Number of School Vehicles in Collisions
1997/98	877,000*	835
1998/99	Not Available	903
1999/2000	Not Available	1,218
2000/2001	778,108*	1,084
2001/2002	708,294*	1,015
2001/2003	721,680	1,283

* Estimated number

Table 6.4
School Vehicle Type by Nature of Collision 2002/03

School Vehicle Type	Fatal Collision	Pupil Injury	Non-Pupil Injury	Property Damage	Total Number of Collisions	Five-Year Total (1998/99 - 2002/03)
School Bus	3	71	103	953	1,130	4,537
School Van	0	8	7	42	57	290
Other School Vehicles	0	3	2	91	96	405
Total	3	82	112	1,086	1,283	5,232

Table 6.5
Pupil Injury by Collision Event and Vehicle Type 2002/2003 (Number of Persons)

School Vehicle Type	Killed Crossing Road	Injured Crossing Road	Killed Within School Vehicle	Injured Within School Vehicle	Killed Other	Injured Other	Total Killed	Total Injured	Total Killed (1998/99 - 2002/03)	Total Injured (1998/99 - 2002/03)
School Bus	0	1	0	104	0	0	0	105	4	588
School Van	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	47
Other School Vehicles	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	1	11
Total	0	1	0	109	0	0	0	110	5	646

6C. Trucks

Table 6.6
Number of Persons Killed in Collisions Involving Large Trucks 1999-2003

Year	Truck Driver Not Driving Properly	% Truck Driver Not Driving Properly	All Truck Collisions	% of Total Deaths
1998	37	28.2	131	15.3
1999	53	31.0	171	19.7
2000	43	28.7	150	17.7
2001	39	27.3	143	16.9
2002	66	38.6	171	19.6
2003	51	32.9	155	18.7
Total	289	31.1	921	18.0

Table 6.7
Number of Large Trucks in All Classes of Collisions 2003

Truck Types	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Straight Truck	37	1,183	6,227	7,447
Straight Truck & Trailer	6	116	550	672
Tractor Only	10	493	2,890	3,393
Tractor & Semi-Trailer	84	866	3,897	4,847
"A-C" Train Double	1	16	69	86
"B" Train Double	6	43	154	203
Other/Unknown	7	329	1,414	1,750
Total	151	3,046	15,201	18,398

Table 6.8
Registered Trucks 2003

Driver Licence Required	Registered Trucks
G	1,040,160
D	57,291
A*	170266**
Total	1,097,451

* Tractor/trailer combination only.

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

Class G trucks refers to trucks that have a gross weight less than 11,000 kilograms, e.g., pickups.

Data for truck/trailer combinations requiring Class "A" driver licence are not reported in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS).

Table 6.9
Selected Factors Relevant to Fatal Large Truck Collisions 2003

Factors in Fatal Collisions	%
Drivers:
Alcohol Involved	0.7
Driving Properly	68.2
Collisions:
Single Vehicle	27.9
Weather Condition - Clear	77.1
Daylight	60
Vehicles:
Vehicle Defect Present*	4

* Excludes unknown category

6D. Off-road Vehicles

For the purposes of this publication, off-road vehicles include dune buggies, off-road motorcycles (dirt bikes), and three-and four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles. Off-road vehicles were first required to be registered on June 1, 1984 (one-time registration requirement).

Table 6.10
Collision Location by Off-Road Vehicle Drivers Killed and Injured 1999-2003

Location	Killed 1999	Killed 2000	Killed 2001	Killed 2002	Killed 2003	Injured 1999	Injured 2000	Injured 2001	Injured 2002	Injured 2003
On-Highway	2	1	0	6	1	14	28	32	26	30
Off-Highway	3	6	8	9	3	44	71	87	99	101
Total	5	7	8	15	4	58	99	119	125	131

Table 6.11
Collision Location by Off-Road Vehicle Passengers Killed and Injured 1999-2003

Location	Killed 1999	Killed 2000	Killed 2001	Killed 2002	Killed 2003	Injured 1999	Injured 2000	Injured 2001	Injured 2002	Injured 2003
On-Highway	0	1	0	0	0	9	18	17	19	10
Off-Highway	0	2	0	0	0	17	24	45	56	55
Total	0	3	0	0	0	26	42	62	75	65

Table 6.12
Registered Off-Road Vehicles 1999-2003

Year	Vehicles Registered
1998	125,498
1999	136,832
2000	152,570
2001	169,987
2002	189,180
2003	211,073

Table 6.13
Selected Factors Relevant to All Off-Road Vehicle Collisions 2003

Factors	%
Drivers Under 25 Years of Age	49
Alcohol Used	17
Speeding	21
Helmet Not Worn	43
Daytime	77
Two-Wheeled	21
Three-Wheeled	7
Four-Wheeled	72

6E. Motorized Snow Vehicles

Table 6.14
Collision Location by Motorized Snow Vehicle* Drivers Killed and Injured Riding Seasons 1998/99-2002/03

Location	Killed 98/99	Killed 99/00	Killed 00/01	Killed 01/02	Killed 02/03	Injured 98/99	Injured 99/00	Injured 00/01	Injured 01/02	Injured 02/03
On-Highway	2	3	3	1	2	41	22	47	24	32
Off-Highway	20	8	26	11	26	247	208	272	142	160
Total	22	11	29	12	28	288	230	319	166	192

* The number of pedestrians injured/killed by motorized snow vehicles is not provided in ORSAR. The numbers in the table exclude HTA non-reportable collisions with location coded "on highway".

Table 6.15
Collision Location by Motorized Snow Vehicle* Passengers Killed and Injured Riding Seasons 1998/99-2002/03

Location	Killed 98/99	Killed 99/00	Killed 00/01	Killed 01/02	Killed 02/03	Injured 98/99	Injured 99/00	Injured 00/01	Injured 01/02	Injured 02/03
On-Highway	0	0	1	0	0	14	9	19	8	7
Off-Highway	3	2	1	1	2	81	63	83	86	79
Total	3	2	2	1	2	95	72	102	94	86

* The number of pedestrians injured/killed by motorized snow vehicles are not provided in ORSAR. The numbers in the table exclude HTA non-reportable collisions with location coded "on highway".

Table 6.16
Registered Motorized Snow Vehicles 1999-2003

Year	Registered Motorized Snow Vehicles
1998	363,737
1999	364,200
2000	332,446
2001	334,129
2002	321,582
2003	331,704

Table 6.17
All Motorized Snow Vehicle Collisions 2002/03*

Factors	%
Unlicensed Operators	6
Rider Error; Speed too Fast	33
Alcohol Used	20
Surface Condition; Icy or Packed Snow	52

* The numbers in these tables are captured under the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act (MSVA) and the Highway Traffic Act (HTA); therefore, they are not comparable with the numbers in Tables 2.2 and 2.3, which are HTA reportable collisions only.

6F. Bicycles

Only collisions involving a bicycle and a moving motor vehicle or a streetcar are required to be reported. These tables do not include bicycle only, bicycle-bicycle, or bicycle-pedestrian collisions.

Table 6.18
Bicyclists Killed and Injured 1999-2003

Year	Drivers Killed	Drivers Injured	Passengers Killed	Passengers Injured
1999	17	2,702	0	136
2000	9	2,694	0	105
2001	16	2,349	0	254
2002	13	2,478	0	241
2003	13	2,398	0	243

Table 6.19
Age of Bicyclists Involved in Collisions by Light Condition 2003

Light Condition	Age 0-5	Age 6-15	Age 16-30	Age 31-60	Age 61+	UK	Total
Daylight	7	180	243	284	46	1,979	2,739
Dawn	0	0	2	4	1	28	35
Dusk	0	6	16	7	0	84	113
Dark	0	14	61	63	2	322	462
Total	7	200	322	358	49	2,413	3,349

Table 6.20
Selected Factors Relevant to All Bicycle Collisions 2003

Factors	%
Driving Properly (Bicyclist)	39
Driving Properly (Motor Vehicle Driver)	49
Intersection Related	67
Going Ahead (Bicyclist)	82
Alcohol Related (Bicyclist)	3
No Apparent Vehicle Defect (Bicycle)	89
Clear Visibility	92
Weekend	21