Ontario Road Safety Annual Report 2004

5. The Vehicle

This section examines vehicles involved in motor vehicle collisions in Ontario. Passenger vehicles made up about 75 per cent of all vehicles on Ontario's roads and close to 70 per cent of all vehicles involved in motor vehicle collisions. In 2004, of all motor vehicles involved in collisions, less than 1.5 per cent had apparent mechanical defects.

Figure 5: Vehicle Population by Vehicle Class in Ontario, 2004

5A. Vehicles in Collisions

Table 5.1 : Number of Vehicles Involved in Collisions, 2004

Type of Vehicle*	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Passenger Car	695	66,121	229,550	296,366
Passenger Van	118	9,756	33,543	43,417
Motorcycle & Moped	47	1,379	659	2,085
Pick-up Truck	146	7,131	28,862	36,139
Delivery Van	20	1,319	5,044	6,383
Tow Truck	4	129	458	591
Truck	148	2,927	14,183	17,258
Bus	9	681	2,403	3,093
School Vehicle	4	219	1,109	1,332
Off-Road Vehicle	0	53	65	118
Snowmobile	1	33	37	71
Snow Plow	0	21	134	155
Emergency Vehicle	5	421	1,543	1,969
Farm Vehicle	3	56	180	239
Construction Equipment	1	39	225	265
Motor Home	1	19	100	120
Railway Train	12	28	35	75
Street Car	0	92	327	419
Bicycle	20	2,965	612	3,597
Other	0	0	1	1
Other Non-Motor Vehicle	1	34	104	139
Unknown	6	797	12,316	13,119
Total	1,241	94,220	331,490	426,951

* Categories in this table are not comparable to years prior to 2001.

Table 5.2 : Condition of Vehicle by Class of Collision, 2004

Condition of Vehicle	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
No Apparent Defect	1,179	90,568	297,375	389,122
Service Brakes Defective	5	42	125	172
Steering Defective	1	10	20	31
Tire Puncture or Blow Out	1	43	103	147
Tire Tread Insufficient	1	13	20	34
Headlamps Defective	0	8	15	23
Other Lamps or Reflectors Defective	0	1	9	10
Engine Controls Defective	0	1	16	17
Wheels or Suspension Defective	0	6	35	41
Vision Obscured	0	8	20	28
Trailer Hitch Defective	0	3	2	5
Other Defects	11	563	4,649	5,223
Unknown	43	2,954	29,101	32,098
Total	1,241	94,220	331,490	426,951

Table 5.3 : Model Year of Vehicle by Class of Collision, 2004

Model Year of Vehicle	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
2005	15	900	3,315	4,230
2004	59	5,220	19,538	24,817
2003	102	7,611	29,566	37,279
2002	79	7,248	27,449	34,776
2001	92	6,603	24,498	31,193
2000	109	7,422	27,468	34,999
1999	84	6,344	22,977	29,405
1998	92	6,226	22,061	28,379
1997	68	5,670	19,851	25,589
1996	70	4,536	15,051	19,657
1995 and earlier	433	31,125	99,266	130,824
Unknown	38	5,315	20,450	25,803
Total	1,241	94,220	331,490	426,951

Table 5.4 : Insurance Status of Vehicle by Class of Collision, 2004

Insurance	Fatal Collision	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Insured	1,194	88,300	310,863	400,357
Not Insured	18	789	1,373	2,180
Unknown	29	5,131	19,254	24,414
Total	1,241	94,220	331,490	426,951

5B. Putting the Vehicle in Context

Table 5.5: Vehicle Population by Type of Vehicle, 2004

Vehicle Class	Vehicle Population
Passenger	6,014,496
Motorcycle	135,028
Moped	2,177
Commercial*	1,173,586
Bus	21,623
School Bus	8,300
Motorized Snow Vehicle	321,445
Off-Road Vehicle	232,200
Road Building Machinery	516
Permanent Apparatus	2,818
Farm Trucks	50,045
Total	7,962,234

* Excludes plated fit vehicles registered under Prorate-P category (57,627 vehicles). These are commercial vehicles registered in Ontario for a specific period of the year.

Table 5.6 : Selected Types of Vehicles by Model Year, 2004

Vehicle Class	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995+	Total
Passenger	159,186	416,195	531,562	509,868	438,279	490,719	395,384	405,433	367,979	284,552	2,015,339	6,014,496
Motorcycle	874	9,130	14,328	11,424	10,727	9,971	6,674	4,385	3,559	2,967	60,989	135,028
Moped	122	133	88	147	464	149	60	11	10	3	990	2,177
Commercial *	24,441	88,001	93,570	78,341	74,958	90,988	81,705	80,330	66,910	49,776	497,945	1,226,965
Bus	743	2,684	2,203	1,930	2,295	2,601	2,349	1,943	1,526	1,867	9,782	29,923
Motorized Snow Vehicle	5,314	8,435	9,445	10,974	7,893	10,839	11,668	14,560	13,519	11,626	217,172	321,445
Off-Road Vehicle	4,325	21,663	19,652	15,875	18,461	15,036	10,365	7,029	4,980	5,845	108,969	232,200
Total	195,005	546,241	670,848	628,559	553,077	620,303	508,205	513,691	458,483	356,636	2,911,186	7,962,234

* Excludes plated fit vehicles registered under Prorate-P category (57,627 vehicles). These are commercial vehicles registered in Ontario for a specific period of the year.