ORSAR 1999 - The Vehicle

5. The Vehicle

Vehicle Population by Vehicle Class in Ontario, 1999

* Other includes bus, school bus, road building machinery, permanent apparatus and farm trucks.

** Commercial excludes Single Application Vehicle Registration (SAVR-30, 161 vehicles).

5a. Vehicles in Collisions

Table 5.1	Vehicles Involved in Collisions 1999
Type of Vehicle*	Number of Vehicles Involved in Collisions			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
Passenger Car	776	75,139	209,799	285,714
Passenger Van	134	11,289	31,902	43,325
Motorcycle & Moped	49	1,302	484	1,835
Pick-up Truck	163	8,637	29,162	37,962
Delivery Van	24	1,987	6,790	8,801
Tow Truck	5	165	513	683
Truck	174	2,914	13,162	16,250
Bus	6	565	1,696	2,267
School Vehicle	8	202	878	1,088
Off-Road Vehicle	2	30	77	109
Snowmobile	2	42	42	86
Snow Plow	0	29	222	251
Emergency Vehicle	6	444	1,266	1,716
Farm Vehicle	3	57	144	204
Construction Equipment	2	45	237	284
Motor Home	0	28	127	155
Railway Train	11	35	38	84
Street Car	0	82	314	396
Bicycle	18	2,890	464	3,372
Other	0	1	1	2
Other Non-Motor Vehicle	0	41	126	167
Unknown	4	1,112	11,553	12,669
Total	1,387	107,036	308,997	417,420

* Categories in this table are not comparable to years prior 1998.

Table 5.2	Condition of Vehicle by Class of Collision 1999
Condition of Vehicle	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
No Apparent Defect	1,287	101,591	273,115	375,993
Service Brakes Defective	5	89	199	293
Steering Defective	0	19	28	47
Tire Puncture or Blow Out	0	37	83	120
Tire Tread Insufficient	1	37	34	72
Headlamps Defective	0	11	8	19
Other Lamps or Reflectors Defective	2	17	58	77
Engine Controls Defective	1	15	43	59
Wheels or Suspension Defective	0	21	58	79
Vision Obscured	0	7	22	29
Trailer Hitch Defective	0	0	6	6
Other Defects	19	654	5,163	5,836
Unknown	72	4,538	30,180	34,790
Total	1,387	107,036	308,997	417,420

Table 5.3	Model Year of Vehicle by Class of Collision 1999
Model Year of Vehicle	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
2000	4	680	2,474	3,158
1999	103	6,829	21,432	28,364
1998	124	8,751	26,583	35,458
1997	92	7,343	22,250	29,685
1996	71	5,672	17,000	22,743
1995	111	7,150	21,055	28,316
1994	99	6,461	19,064	25,624
1993	87	6,694	18,983	25,764
1992	82	6,950	19,701	26,733
1991	75	6,834	18,672	25,581
1990 and earlier	502	38,575	102,080	141,157
Unknown	37	5,097	19,703	24,837
Total	1,387	107,036	308,997	417,420

Table 5.4	Insurance Status of Vehicle by Class of Collision 1999
Insurance	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
Insured	1,277	99,702	283,104	384,083
Not Insured	31	1,896	1,732	3,659
Unknown	79	5,438	24,161	29,678
Total	1,387	107,036	308,997	417,420

5b. Putting the Vehicle in Context

Table 5.5	Vehicle Population by Type of Vehicle 1999
Vehicle Class
Passenger	5,525,687
Motorcycle	103,413
Moped	3,006
Commercial*	1,149,621
Bus	19,367
School Bus	8,574
Motorized Snow Vehicle	364,200
Off-Road Vehicle	136,832
Road Building Machinery	642
Permanent Apparatus	3,755
Farm Trucks	36,453
Total	7,351,550

* Excludes Single Application Vehicle Registrations (SAVR-30161 vehicles).

Table 5.6	Selected Types of Vehicles by Model Year 1999
Vehicle Class	Model Years											Total
	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990+
Passenger	185,711	434,420	444,090	379,771	302,523	366,598	341,218	356,138	379,843	355,427	1,979,948	5,525,687
Motorcycle	764	6,796	4,962	3,992	3,296	2,557	2,423	2,641	2,179	2,022	71,781	103,413
Moped	29	37	9	10	9	3	10	8	5	10	2,876	3,006
Commercial*	35,119	93,607	92,712	72,171	54,746	71,222	66,255	53,189	54,157	54,425	542,868	1,190,471
Bus	530	2,329	2,049	1,626	1,972	1,901	1,337	1,558	1,974	2,054	10,611	27,941
Motorized Snow Vehicle	8,905	13,762	17,464	16,418	14,814	13,984	13,928	11,407	8,906	12,318	232,294	364,200
Off-Road Vehicle	4,135	8,872	6,570	4,737	5,484	5,319	4,369	5,250	4,949	4,960	82,187	136,832
Total	235,193	559,823	567,856	478,725	382,844	461,584	429,540	430,191	452,013	431,216	2,922,565	7,351,550

* Excludes Single Application Vehicle Registrations (SAVR-30,161 vehicles).

Table 5.7	Vehicle Damage Level 1999
Damage	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
None	81	10,137	19,656	29,874
Light	123	30,887	127,554	158,564
Moderate	167	27,781	96,374	124,322
Severe	205	22,803	28,862	51,870
Demolished	773	10,883	5,439	17,095
Other	38	4,545	31,112	35,695
Total	1,387	107,036	308,997	417,420

Vehicle Damage

None
No visible damage.

Light
Slight or superficial damage. Includes scratches, small dents, and minor cracks in glass, that do not affect safety or performance of vehicle.

Moderate
Unsafe conditions result from damage. Vehicle must be repaired to make its condition meet the requirements of the law. Vehicle can be driven off road or a limited distance, but doing so would be unsafe.

Severe
Vehicle cannot be driven. Requires towing. Would normally be repaired.

Demolished
Vehicle damaged to the extent that repairs would not be acceptable.