2. The People

2a. People in Collisions

Table 2.4: Sex of Driver by Class of Collision, 2006

	Class of Collision
Sex of Driver	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Male	885	52,071	176,882	229,838
Female	294	31,997	98,383	130,674
Unknown*	44	4,270	19,156	23,470
Total	1,223	88,338	294,421	383,982

* 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 30 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 a 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, 2006

	Class of Collision
Condition of Driver	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage	Total
Normal	826	67,572	229,935	298,333
Had Been Drinking	51	1,248	2,223	3,522
Ability Impaired – Alcohol Over .08	105	902	1,642	2,649
Ability Impaired Alcohol	10	485	871	1,366
Ability Impaired Drugs	27	105	161	293
Fatigue	18	617	1,154	1,789
Medical/Physical Disability	13	558	542	1,113
Inattentive	77	10,693	22,781	33,551
Other*	5	291	822	1,118
Unknown**	91	5,867	34,290	40,248
Total	1,223	88,338	294,421	383,982

* 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, 2006*

	Driver Condition
Driver Age	Normal	Had Been Drinking	Impaired Alcohol Over .08	Ability Impaired Alcohol	Other	Unknown	Total
Under 16	148	8	3	4	87	36	286
16	1,203	24	10	4	306	120	1,667
17	5,283	61	28	21	1,177	442	7,012
18	6,093	114	54	33	1,338	446	8,078
19	6,444	163	111	58	1,213	519	8,508
20	6,779	176	111	44	1,157	542	8,809
21-24	26,128	606	376	198	3,827	2,041	33,176
25-34	60,346	797	638	305	6,892	4,194	73,172
35-44	68,873	666	619	297	7,149	4,460	82,064
45-54	57,523	490	439	235	5,905	3,729	68,321
55-64	33,272	186	190	99	3,783	2,215	39,745
65-74	14,955	94	50	27	2,169	1,037	18,332
75 & over	8,691	24	9	10	1,948	660	11,342
Unknown	2,595	113	11	31	913	19,807	23,470
Total	298,333	3,522	2,649	1,366	37,864	40,248	383,982

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

Table 2.7: Recorded Occurrence of Driver Condition In Drivers Killed, 2006*

Recorded Occurrence	Number of Drivers	%
Normal	251	53.5
Had Been Drinking	31	6.6
Ability Impaired – Alcohol Over .08	93	19.8
Ability Impaired Alcohol	0	0.0
Ability Impaired Drugs	26	5.5
Fatigue	8	1.7
Medical/Physical Disability	12	2.6
Inattentive	28	6.0
Other	4	0.9
Unknown	16	3.4
Total	469	100.0

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