Table 2.4: Sex of Driver by Class of Collision 2004

Sex of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Male	910	55,001	192,633	248,544
Female	264	33,276	103,441	136,981
Unknown*	34	4,930	20,782	25,746
Total	1,208	93,207	316,856	411,271

* 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, 2004

Condition of Driver	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Normal	782	72,580	248,124	321,486
Had Been Drinking	47	1,212	2,304	3,563
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	119	871	1,677	2,667
Ability Impaired Alcohol	11	446	796	1,253
Ability Impaired Drugs	25	111	160	296
Fatigue	16	571	1,116	1,703
Medical/Physical Disability	15	516	548	1,079
Inattentive	78	10,145	22,938	33,161
Other*	10	286	809	1,105
Unknown**	105	6,469	38,384	44,958
Total	1,208	93,207	316,856	411,271

* Driver condition is not defined above.

** 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 2004*

Driver Age	Normal	Had Been Drinking	Impaired Alcohol Over .08	Ability Impaired Alcohol	Other	Unknown	Total
Under 16	148	9	6	4	110	53	330
16	1,364	16	11	4	327	125	1,847
17	6,155	46	30	19	1,153	480	7,883
18	7,170	103	48	20	1,248	548	9,137
19	7,284	168	82	49	1,233	619	9,435
20	7,167	158	99	38	1,163	593	9,218
21-24	28,280	546	336	139	3,738	2,163	35,202
25-34	67,455	828	613	272	6,889	4,932	80,989
35-44	76,865	736	661	352	7,457	5,509	91,580
45-54	59,091	492	487	187	5,584	4,093	69,934
55-64	33,632	210	206	93	3,580	2,353	40,074
65-74	15,355	82	69	43	2,073	1,153	18,775
75 & over	8,499	39	14	16	1,861	692	11,121
Unknown	3,021	130	5	17	928	21,645	25,746
Total	321,486	3,563	2,667	1,253	37,344	44,958	411,271

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

Table 2.7: Recorded Occurrence of Driver Condition In Drivers Killed, 2004*

Recorded Occurrence	Number of Drivers	%
Normal	267	53.3
Had Been Drinking	28	5.6
Ability Impaired - Alcohol over .08	105	21.0
Ability Impaired Alcohol	0	0.0
Ability Impaired Drugs	24	4.8
Fatigue	6	1.2
Medical/Physical Disability	13	2.6
Inattentive	26	5.2
Other	5	1.0
Unknown	27	5.4
Total	501	100.0

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

Table 2.8: Apparent Driver Action by Class of Collision 2004

Apparent Driver Action	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Driving Properly	486	44,508	157,629	202,623
Following Too Close	3	7,971	24,812	32,786
Speed Too Fast	84	1,087	1,877	3,048
Speed Too Fast for Conditions	81	5,030	16,008	21,119
Speed Too Slow	2	64	225	291
Improper Turn	14	3,839	12,300	16,153
Disobey Traffic Control	52	4,519	6,487	11,058
Fail to Yield Right of Way	84	8,986	21,685	30,755
Improper Passing	20	648	2,694	3,362
Lost Control	170	7,099	19,632	26,901
Wrong Way on One Way Road	5	102	164	271
Improper Lane Change	13	1,676	9,119	10,808
Other*	116	5,451	18,692	24,259
Unknown	78	2,227	25,532	27,837
Total	1,208	93,207	316,856	411,271

* Apparent driver action is not defined above.

Detailed information is entered on the collision report.

Table 2.9: Seat Belt Usage by Severity of Driver Injury in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions, 2004

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	263	1,277	14,505	21,411	36,156	73,612
Other Equipment*	13	88	649	622	356	1,728
Equipment Not used	120	172	388	172	132	984
No Safety Equipment	0	3	19	25	43	90
Use Unknown	37	190	1,137	950	2,862	5,176
Total	433	1,730	16,698	23,180	39,549	81,590

* Approved safety equipment in use not detailled above.

Detailed information is entered on the collision report.

The tables 2.10 through 2.12 include safety equipment 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, 2004

Safety Equipment Used	Killed	Major Injury	Minor Injury	Minimal Injury	Not Injured	Total
Seat Belt Used	117	643	6,922	10,476	18,040	36,198
Child Safety Seat Used Incorrectly	0	0	20	29	70	119
Child Safety Seat Used Correctly	1	9	165	394	1,572	2,141
Other Equipment*	2	30	207	168	97	504
Equipment Not used	47	152	408	243	164	1,014
No Safety Equipment	11	53	444	711	1,147	2,366
Use Unknown	13	83	586	540	1,187	2,409
Total	191	970	8,752	12,561	22,277	44,751

* Approved safety equipment in use not detailed above.

Table 2.11: Restraint Use for Children (0-4 Years) Killed in Collisions, 2000-2004

Year Used	Child Restraint Used Correctly	Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	Lap/Lap & Shoulder Belt	Restraint Not Available	Available Not Used	Use Unknown	Total
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
2004	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Table 2.12: Restraint Use for Children (0-4 Years) Involved in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions by Severity of Injury, 2004

Restraint Used	Major/Fatal Injury %	Minimal/Minor Injury %	No Injuries %
Child Restraint Used Correctly	47.6	54.7	57.9
Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	0	5.1	2.7
Lap/Lap-Shoulder Belt	23.8	31.1	32.9
Not Available	14.3	4.5	3.1
Available/Not Used	0	1	0.6
Other	0	0.3	0.2
Unknown	14.3	3.2	2.8
Total	100	100	100

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, 2004 Condition of Pedestrian Killed Injured Normal 58 2,953 Had Been Drinking 10 190 Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08 21 6 Ability Impaired Alcohol 0 64 Ability Impaired Drugs 4 14 Fatigue 0 4 Medical or Physical Defect 2 105 Inattentive 5 654 Other 0 64 Unknown 4 451 Total 104 4,505

Table 2.14: Apparent Pedestrian Action by Severity of Injury, 2004 Apparent Pedestrian Action Killed Injured Crossing Intersection With Right of Way 12 1,523 Crossing Intersection Without Right of Way 22 702 Crossing Intersection No Traffic Control 22 340 Crossing Pedestrian Crossover 0 132 Crossing Marked Crosswalk Without Right of Way 2 112 Walking on Roadway With Traffic 5 140 Walking on Roadway Against Traffic 3 53 On Sidewalk or Shoulder 14 350 Playing or Working on Highway 0 72 Coming from Behind Parked Vehicle or Object 1 117 Running onto Roadway 3 380 Getting On/Off School Bus* 0 4 Getting On/Off Vehicle 0 53 Pushing/Working on Vehicle 0 14 Other 20 513 Unknown 0 0 Total 104 4,505 * Calender Year

2b. Putting the People in Context

Table 2.18: Driver Licence Class by Sex, 2004

License Class	Male	%	Female	%	Total	%
A	97,905	2.15	2,108	0.05	100,013	1.16
AB	4,644	0.10	632	0.02	5,276	0.06
ABM	2,620	0.06	141	0.00	2,761	0.03
ABM1	7	0.00	0	0.00	7	0.00
ABM2	129	0.00	31	0.00	160	0.00
AC	23,344	0.51	842	0.02	24,186	0.28
ACM	9,603	0.21	148	0.00	9,751	0.11
ACM1	49	0.00	2	0.00	51	0.00
ACM2	881	0.02	33	0.00	914	0.01
AM	29,256	0.64	206	0.01	29,462	0.34
AM1	163	0.00	2	0.00	165	0.00
AM2	2,795	0.06	65	0.00	2,860	0.03
B	16,977	0.37	17,125	0.42	34,102	0.39
BM	4,589	0.10	916	0.02	5,505	0.06
BM1	13	0.00	16	0.00	29	0.00
BM2	316	0.01	223	0.01	539	0.01
C	6,432	0.14	740	0.02	7,172	0.08
CM	1,688	0.04	59	0.00	1,747	0.02
CM1	11	0.00	1	0.00	12	0.00
CM2	173	0.00	17	0.00	190	0.00
D	223,004	4.90	19,658	0.48	242,662	2.80
DE	105	0.00	24	0.00	129	0.00
DEM	27	0.00	1	0.00	28	0.00
DEM1	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
DEM2	1	0.00	0	0.00	1	0.00
DF	2,093	0.05	123	0.00	2,216	0.03
DFM	888	0.02	21	0.00	909	0.01
DFM1	6	0.00	0	0.00	6	0.00
DFM2	104	0.00	10	0.00	114	0.00
DM	59,031	1.30	1,367	0.03	60,398	0.70
DM1	194	0.00	11	0.00	205	0.00
DM2	3,545	0.08	217	0.01	3,762	0.04
E	1,352	0.03	2,088	0.05	3,440	0.04
EM	165	0.00	47	0.00	212	0.00
EM1	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
EM2	13	0.00	8	0.00	21	0.00
F	7,010	0.15	5,568	0.14	12,578	0.15
FM	1,419	0.03	230	0.01	1,649	0.02
FM1	6	0.00	6	0.00	12	0.00
FM2	227	0.00	101	0.00	328	0.00
G	3,122,307	68.54	3,353,071	81.78	6,475,378	74.81
G1	216,391	4.75	298,113	7.27	514,504	5.94
G1M	44	0.00	8	0.00	52	0.00
G1M1	171	0.00	19	0.00	190	0.00
G1M2	835	0.02	156	0.00	991	0.01
G2	332,858	7.31	328,544	8.01	661,402	7.64
G2M	321	0.01	53	0.00	374	0.00
G2M1	187	0.00	25	0.00	212	0.00
G2M2	3,105	0.07	373	0.01	3,478	0.04
GM	332,916	7.31	53,855	1.31	386,771	4.47
GM1	2,117	0.05	501	0.01	2,618	0.03
GM2	41,987	0.92	11,994	0.29	53,981	0.62
M	899	0.02	172	0.00	1,071	0.01
M1	262	0.01	61	0.00	323	0.00
M2	544	0.01	136	0.00	680	0.01
Other	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	4,555,729	100.00	4,099,868	100.00	8,655,597	100.00

Table 2.19: Licensed Drivers, Total Collisions, Persons Killed and Injured, 1931-2004

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
2004	8,655,597	231,548	799	73,008

* Graduated Licensing System (GLS) began on April 1, 1994. See Appendix for further details on GLS.