ORSAR 1999 - The People

2. The People

Per Cent of Involved Persons in Collisions by Severity of Injury, 1999

2a. People in Collisions

Table 2.1	Category of Involved Person by Severity of Injury in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions** 1999
Category of Involved Person	Severity of Injury					Total
	None	Minimal	Minor	Major	Fatal
Driver	47,050	28,686	17,087	2,170	452	95,445
Passenger*	26,712	15,916	9,520	1,301	221	53,670
Pedestrian	118	1,931	2,399	564	132	5,144
Bicyclist	33	1,459	1,126	117	17	2,752
Bicycle Passenger	5	64	55	7	0	131
All Terrain Vehicle Driver	10	7	7	2	2	28
All Terrain Vehicle Passenger	10	2	2	4	0	18
Snow Vehicle Driver	2	10	13	12	2	39
Snow Vehicle Passenger	0	3	5	5	0	13
Motorcycle Driver	76	370	541	204	38	1,229
Motorcycle Passenger	34	62	121	40	3	260
Moped Driver	3	7	8	1	0	19
Moped Passenger	1	1	0	0	0	2
Hanger On	32	25	22	5	0	84
Other	664	97	77	7	1	846
Total	74,750	48,640	30,983	4,439	868	159,680

* Includes bus passengers.
** HTA (Highway Traffic Act) reportable collisions. For more information on special vehicles, see Chapter 6.

Due to a change in the method of tabulating collision statistics, this table excludes individuals involved in property damage only collisions.

Fatal
Person killed immediately or within 30 days of the motor vehicle collision.

Major
Person admitted to hospital. Includes person admitted for observation.

Minor
Person went to hospital and was treated in the emergency room but was not admitted.

Minimal
Person did not go to hospital when leaving the scene of the collision. Includes minor abrasions, bruises and complaint of pain.

None
Uninjured person.

Table 2.2	Category of Persons Killed by Age Groups 1999
Category of Person	Age Groups																Total
	0-4	5-9	10-15	16	17	18	19	20	21-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	UK
Driver	0	0	0	4	11	13	11	14	43	86	73	73	47	40	37	0	452
Passenger*	7	11	14	9	13	7	16	16	15	24	27	17	18	15	12	0	221
Pedestrian	4	3	7	4	2	0	3	0	7	12	14	14	11	15	36	0	132
Bicyclist	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	17
Bicycle Passenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
All Terrain Vehicle Driver	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
All Terrain Vehicle Passenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snow Vehicle Driver	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Show Vehicle Passenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcycle Driver	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	9	10	5	4	3	1	0	0	38
Motorcycle Passenger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Moped Driver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moped Passenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	14	15	24	19	28	23	31	33	75	134	121	114	79	73	85	0	868

* Includes hangers on
UK = Unknown
HTA (Highway Traffic Act) reportable collisions. For more information on special vehicles, see Chapter 6.

Table 2.3	Category of Persons Injured by Age Groups 1999
Category of Person	Age Groups																Total
	0-4	5-9	10-15	16	17	18	19	20	21-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75+	UK
Driver	14	5	49	219	969	1,217	1,302	1,298	4,717	11,455	11,568	7,522	3,919	2,269	1,347	73	47,943
Passenger*	1,110	1,793	2,386	824	1,023	1,032	931	846	2,501	4,186	3,179	2,460	1,582	1,311	818	792	26,774
Pedestrian	103	359	744	136	113	107	99	95	309	683	634	503	344	309	241	135	4,894
Bicyclist	31	148	571	85	75	58	55	60	190	462	399	213	87	52	27	189	2,702
Bicycle Passenger	5	5	40	7	5	3	2	3	14	22	17	9	3	1	0	0	136
All Terrain Vehicle Driver	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	16
All Terrain Vehicle Passenger	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	9
Snow Vehicle Driver	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	2	2	9	9	3	0	0	0	0	35
Snow Vehicle Passenger	0	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	14
Motorcycle Driver	1	1	3	28	21	36	28	32	155	334	246	172	41	14	2	1	1,115
Motorcycle Passenger	2	4	14	3	7	4	5	9	33	47	48	28	11	2	1	8	226
Moped Driver	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	2	1	0	16
Moped Passenger	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other	2	0	3	5	0	3	3	2	11	31	47	27	11	5	3	28	181
Total	1,269	2,315	3,826	1,318	2,217	2,462	2,426	2,347	7,938	17,216	16,150	10,944	6,002	3,965	2,441	1,226	84,062

* Includes hangers on
HTA (Highway Traffic Act) reportable collisions. For more information on special vehicles, see Chapter 6.

Table 2.4	Sex of Driver by Class of Collision 1999
Sex of Driver	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
Male	1,051	69,034	203,485	273,570
Female	313	36,380	88,365	125,058
Unknown*	10	468	2,466	2,944
Total	1,374	105,882	294,316	401,572

* 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 injuries resulting in death. Prior to January 1, 1982, fatal collision statistics included deaths attributed to accidental injuries up to one year after the collision. Since that date, only deaths from injuries 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 injuries not resulting in death.

Property Damage Collission
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 more explanation about Collision Self-Reporting.

Table 2.5	Driver Condition by Class of Collision 1999
Condition of Driver	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
Normal	959	85,908	235,814	322,681
Had Been Drinking	54	1,728	2,713	4,495
Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08	100	1,101	1,767	2,968
Ability Impaired Alcohol	19	533	770	1,322
Ability Impaired Drugs	8	69	112	189
Fatigue	26	678	1,040	1,744
Medical/Physical Disability	8	474	474	956
Inattentive	51	7,395	14,151	21,597
Other	5	274	633	912
Unknown*	144	7,722	36,842	44,708
Total	1,374	105,882	294,316	401,572

* 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 according to the police 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 0.08 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 1999*
Driver Age	Driver Condition						Total
	Normal	Had Been Drinking	Impaired Alcohol over .08	Ability Impaired Alcohol	Other	Unknown
Under 16	892	16	4	6	222	114	1,254
16	1,485	28	10	5	202	122	1,852
17	6,387	56	27	15	808	453	7,746
18	7,784	107	41	32	920	570	9,454
19	7,793	172	79	35	938	593	9,610
20	7,699	205	83	33	816	564	9,400
21-24	30,071	743	361	133	2,584	2,425	36,317
25-34	77,375	1,227	783	340	5,384	5,799	90,908
35-44	78,782	977	860	430	4,940	5,768	91,757
45-54	53,037	507	441	178	3,408	3,635	61,206
55-64	27,542	205	178	61	2,059	1,890	31,935
65-74	15,025	102	66	22	1,485	1,011	17,711
75 & over	7,804	39	23	7	1,238	669	9,780
Unknown	1,005	111	12	25	394	21,095	22,642
Total	322,681	4,495	2,968	1,322	25,398	44,708	401,572

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

Table 2.7	Recorded Occurrence of Driver Condition In Drivers Killed 1999*
Recorded Occurrence	Number of Drivers	%
Normal	267	52.1
Had Been Drinking	31	6.1
Ability Impaired-Alcohol over .08	80	15.6
Ability Impaired-Alcohol	6	1.2
Ability Impaired-Drugs	8	1.6
Fatigue	7	1.4
Medical/Physical Disability	7	1.4
Inattentive	18	3.5
Other	3	0.6
Unknown	85	16.6
Total	512	100.0

* Total includes Snow Vehicle Drivers killed in HTA reportable collisions.

In years prior to 1996, Table 2.7 only included fatally injured drivers who were either normal or had been drinking. In order to better examine the other pre-crash factors related to deaths of all drivers, this table has now been expanded to include the driver conditions of all fatally injured drivers. These data can be recombined into the older format by recalculating the percentages using only the alcohol involved and normal drivers' data.

Table 2.8	Apparent Driver Action by Class of Collision 1999
Apparent Driver Action	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
Driving Properly	571	50,793	141,000	192,364
Following Too Close	29	10,062	23,252	33,343
Speed Too Fast	76	1,176	1,712	2,964
Speed Too Fast for Conditions	94	4,174	11,899	16,167
Speed Too Slow	65	168	233
Improper Turn	21	3,938	11,702	15,661
Disobey Traffic Control	75	4,950	6,499	11,524
Fail to Yield Right of Way	92	10,687	24,134	34,913
Improper Passing	18	758	2,693	3,469
Lost Control	203	7,376	17,741	25,320
Wrong Way on One Way Road	1	87	184	272
Improper Lane Change	15	1,728	8,600	10,343
Other*	123	7,081	18,897	26,101
Unknown	56	3,007	25,835	28,898
Total	1,374	105,882	294,316	401,572

* Includes actions defined as careless driving, inattentive driving, fell asleep, hit and run, driving on wrong side of road, improper parking, impaired driving, illegally parked, dangerous driving, inexperience, etc.

Table 2.9	Seat Belt Usage by Severity of Driver Injury in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions 1999
Safety Equipment Used	Severity of Injury					Total
	None	Minimal	Minor	Major	Fatal
Seat Belt Used	261	1,600	14,686	26,340	41,924	84,811
Other Equipment*	7	71	510	538	288	1,414
Equipment Not Used	122	292	595	327	241	1,577
No Safety Equipment	1	4	27	37	38	107
Use Unknown	61	203	1,269	1,444	4,559	7,536
Total	452	2,170	17,087	28,686	47,050	95,445

* Other equipment includes construction and motorcycle helmets, etc., used in a motor vehicle. It also includes the use of airbags. Seat belt usage in conjunction with air bag deployment is unknown.

Tables 2.10, 2.11 and 2.12 include only seat belt usage in collisions in which there were personal injuries or fatalities. 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 1999
Safety Equipment Used	Severity of Injury					Total
	Killed	Major	Minor	Minimal	Not Injured
Seat Belt Used	121	866	7,575	13,908	22,002	44,472
Child Safety Seat Used Incorrectly	1	6	15	32	73	127
Child Safety Seat Used Correctly	3	11	162	364	1,576	2,116
Other Equipment*	0	19	153	130	82	384
Equipment Not Used	58	240	705	382	358	1,743
No Safety Equipment	4	34	356	406	697	1,497
Use Unknown	34	125	537	657	1,879	3,232
Total	221	1,301	9,503	15,879	26,667	53,571

* Other equipment includes construction and motorcycle helmets, etc., used in a motor vehicle. It also includes the use of air bags. Seat belt usage in conjunction with air bag deployment is unknown.

Table 2.11	Restraints Use for Children (0-4 Years) Killed in Collisions 1995-1999
Year Used	Child Restraint Used Correctly	Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	Lap/Lap & Shoulder Belt	Restraint Not Available	Available Not Used	Use Unknown	Total
1995	5	2	10	1	2	0	20
1996	3	1	1	0	1	0	6
1997	8	0	4	0	2	2	16
1998	2	0	6	0	0	0	8
1999	3	1	3	0	0	0	7

Table 2.12	Restraint Use for Children (0-4 Years) Involved in Fatal and Personal Injury Collisions by Severity of Injury 1999
Restraint Used	Injury Level
	Major/Fatal %	Minimal/Minor %	No Injuries %
Child Restraint Used Correctly	27.5	42.9	45.1
Child Restraint Used Incorrectly	11.8	3.7	2.1
Lap/Lap-Shoulder Belt	43.1	44.3	45.9
Not Available	3.9	3.2	1.7
Available/Not Used	9.8	2.5	0.7
Other	0.0	0.6	0.2
Unknown	3.9	2.8	4.3
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0

It is known from observation 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 1999
Condition of Pedestrian		Killed	Injured
Normal		68	3,274
Had Been Drinking		9	223
Ability Impaired Alcohol over .08		12	6
Ability Impaired Alcohol		4	47
Ability Impaired Drugs		0	13
Fatigue		0	3
Medical or Physical Defect		6	103
Inattentive		10	619
Other		1	68
Unknown		22	538
Total		132	4,894

Table 2.14	Apparent Pedestrian Action by Severity of Injury 1999
Apparent Pedestrian Action	Killed	Injured
Crossing Intersection With Right of Way	12	1,503
Crossing Intersection Without Right of Way	25	765
Crossing Intersection No Traffic Control	21	363
Crossing Pedestrian Crossover	0	143
Crossing Marked Crosswalk Without Right of Way	1	99
Walking on Roadway With Traffic	12	152
Walking on Roadway Against Traffic	4	92
On Sidewalk or Shoulder	10	321
Playing or Working on Highway	4	87
Coming from Behind Parked Vehicle or Object	2	174
Running onto Roadway	11	472
Getting On/Off School Bus*	1	10
Getting On/Off Vehicle	0	73
Pushing/Working on Vehicle	0	24
Other	29	616
Unknown	-	-
Total	132	4,894

* Calender Year

2b. Putting the People in Context

Table 2.15		Category of Persons Killed and Injured 1988-1999
Year	Ontario Population (Est.)**	Driver		Passenger*		Pedestrian		All Others		Persons Killed In All Classes		Persons Injured In All Classes
		Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Number	Rate Per 100,000	Number	Rate Per 100,000
1988	9,439,600	563	63,339	350	39,157	186	6,344	138	9,318	1,237	13.1	118,158	1,251.7
1989	9,598,600	627	66,334	369	39,950	161	6,187	129	8,181	1,286	13.4	120,652	1,257.0
1990	9,743,300	540	55,073	321	33,606	154	5,839	105	7,057	1,120	11.5	101,575	1,042.5
1991	10,084,900	542	48,021	298	30,230	157	5,352	105	6,916	1,102	10.9	90,519	897.6
1992	10,098,600	548	49,259	317	30,567	140	5,177	85	6,022	1,090	10.8	91,025	901.4
1993	10,813,200	595	49,628	296	30,584	146	5,181	98	5,756	1,135	10.5	91,149	842.9
1994	10,927,800	508	49,632	273	29,570	127	5,344	91	5,484	999	9.1	90,030	823.9
1995	11,100,000	527	49,916	276	29,440	126	5,261	70	4,955	999	9.0	89,572	807.0
1996	11,320,456	459	49,614	270	28,997	144	5,336	55	4,458	928	8.2	88,405	780.9
1997	11,500,329	474	47,861	224	27,915	133	5,154	68	4,597	899	7.8	85,527	743.7
1998	11,675,497	437	47,088	222	26,422	121	4,978	74	4,704	854	7.3	83,192	712.5
1999	11,513,700	452	47,943	221	26,774	132	4,894	63	4,451	868	7.5	84,062	730.1

* Excludes motorcycle passengers, who are included with "All Others".
** Source: Ministry of Finance

Table 2.16	Sex of Driver Population by Age Groups 1999
Sex of Driver	Age Groups							Total
	16-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Male	229,117	338,267	820,441	988,950	775,480	497,853	563,785	4,213,893
Female	197,526	304,541	756,232	906,373	700,108	409,382	430,259	3,704,421
Total	426,643	642,808	1,576,673	1,895,323	1,475,588	907,235	994,044	7,918,314

Table 2.17	Driver Population by Age Groups 1988-1999
Year	Age Groups							Total
	16-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
1988	310,764	643,691	1,588,516	1,353,841	898,103	714,266	608,931	6,118,112
1989	323,109	631,470	1,634,187	1,409,053	931,991	720,788	639,826	6,290,424
1990	322,542	629,478	1,666,474	1,467,699	964,925	728,380	669,385	6,448,883
1991	319,584	627,931	1,673,502	1,501,765	1,018,365	736,652	696,432	6,574,231
1992	314,685	623,707	1,665,433	1,528,726	1,082,883	745,759	727,568	6,688,761
1993	326,389	621,934	1,655,573	1,566,083	1,136,365	758,840	758,244	6,823,428
1994	358,817	622,704	1,645,962	1,611,972	1,190,442	770,882	783,181	6,983,960
1995	360,847	614,094	1,621,989	1,659,749	1,240,072	782,871	806,396	7,086,018
1996	361,571	612,060	1,608,567	1,717,050	1,297,289	805,486	856,144	7,258,167
1997	394,512	624,532	1,611,708	1,789,110	1,360,555	837,606	919,584	7,537,607
1998	412,589	634,053	1,593,744	1,845,474	1,415,258	872,426	954,212	7,727,756
1999	426,643	642,808	1,576,673	1,895,323	1,475,588	907,235	994,044	7,918,314

Table 2.18		Driver Licence Class by Sex 1999
Licence Class	Driver Sex				Total	%
	Male	%	Female	%
A	89,358	2.12	1,726	.05	91,084	1.15
AB	4,412	.10	470	.01	4,882	.06
ABM	2,478	.06	133	.00	2,611	.03
ABM1	40	.00	10	.00	50	.00
ABM2	96	.00	19	.00	115	.00
AC	17,006	.40	539	.01	17,545	.22
ACM	8,207	.19	110	.00	8,317	.11
ACM1	200	.01	3	0.00	203	.00
ACM2	428	.01	7	.00	435	.01
AM	29,712	.71	195	.01	29,907	.38
AM1	899	.02	7	.00	906	.01
AM2	1,562	.04	25	.00	1,587	.02
B	15,960	.38	15,943	.43	31,903	.40
BM	4,522	.11	881	.02	5,403	.07
BM1	82	.00	41	.00	123	.00
BM2	173	.00	108	.00	281	.00
C	5,702	.14	506	.01	6,208	.08
CM	1,729	.04	56	.00	1,785	.02
CM1	22	.00	3	0.00	25	.00
CM2	80	.00	7	.00	87	.00
D	217,125	5.15	15,340	.41	232,465	2.94
DE	100	.00	14	.00	114	.00
DEM	29	.00	2	0.00	31	.00
DEM1	0	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.00
DEM2	2	0.00	0	0.00	2	0.00
DF	2,144	.05	99	.00	2,243	.03
DFM	942	.02	19	.00	961	.01
DFM1	19	.00	2	0.00	21	.00
DFM2	34	.00	3	0.00	37	.00
DM	54,315	1.29	1,044	.03	55,359	.70
DM1	984	.02	49	.00	1,033	.01
DM2	1,870	.04	92	.00	1,962	.02
E	1,179	.03	1,986	.05	3,165	.04
EM	174	.00	43	.00	217	.00
EM1	2	0.00	3	0.00	5	0.00
EM2	6	.00	7	.00	13	.00
F	7,132	.17	4,915	.13	12,047	.15
FM	1,611	.04	240	.01	1,851	.02
FM1	53	.00	20	.00	73	.00
FM2	126	.00	29	.00	155	.00
G	2,846,868	67.56	3,064,138	82.72	5,911,006	74.65
G1	174,773	4.15	231,345	6.25	406,118	5.13
G1M	79	.00	22	.00	101	.00
G1M1	1,085	.03	107	.00	1,192	.02
G1M2	607	.01	95	.00	702	.01
G2	335,703	7.97	301,954	8.15	637,657	8.05
G2M	581	.01	73	.00	654	.01
G2M1	3,246	.08	264	.01	3,510	.04
G2M2	3,961	.09	312	.01	4,273	.05
GM	334,339	7.93	52,325	1.41	386,664	4.88
GM1	15,222	.36	3,237	.09	18,459	.23
GM2	24,431	.58	5,417	.15	29,848	.38
M	1,278	.03	239	.01	1,517	.02
M1	459	.01	65	.00	524	.01
M2	746	.02	131	.00	877	.01
Other	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total	4,213,893	100	3,704,421	100	7,918,314	100

Table 2.19	Licensed Drivers, Total Collisions, Persons Killed and Injured 1931-1999
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

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

Table 2.20	Driver Age Groups Number Licensed, Collision Involvement and Per Cent Involved in Collisions 1999
Drivers Age	Drivers Licensed			Drivers Involved in Collisions*			% of Drivers of Each Age Involved in Collisions
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Under 16	-	-	-	259	97	356	-	-	-
16	46,514	38,536	85,050	1,149	576	1,725	2.5	1.5	2.0
17	56,702	48,374	105,076	4,894	2,747	7,641	8.6	5.7	7.3
18	60,720	53,336	114,056	6,082	3,277	9,359	10.0	6.1	8.2
19	65,181	57,280	122,461	6,389	3,135	9,524	9.8	5.5	7.8
20	65,840	57,837	123,677	6,213	3,107	9,320	9.4	5.4	7.5
21-24	272,427	246,704	519,131	23,896	12,128	36,024	8.8	4.9	6.9
25-34	820,441	756,232	1,576,673	60,276	29,825	90,101	7.3	3.9	5.7
35-44	988,950	906,373	1,895,323	59,819	30,994	90,813	6.1	3.4	4.8
45-54	775,480	700,108	1,475,588	40,229	20,347	60,576	5.2	2.9	4.1
55-64	497,853	409,382	907,235	22,416	9,244	31,660	4.5	2.3	3.5
65-74	363,144	276,319	639,463	12,286	5,312	17,598	3.4	1.9	2.8
75 & over	200,641	153,940	354,581	6,382	3,350	9,732	3.2	2.2	2.7
Unknown	-	-	-	33,144	5	33,149	-	-	-
Total	4,213,893	3,704,421	7,918,314	283,434	124,144	407,578	6.7	3.4	5.1

* This table includes collisions with parked vehicles and excludes drivers of non-motor vehicles, e.g. bicyclists, snow vehicle operators, etc.