ORSAR 1999 - Vehicles of Special Interest

6. Vehicles of Special Interest

6a. Motorcycles

Table 6.1	Motorcyclists* Killed and Injured 1995-1999
Year	Drivers		Passengers
	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
1995	37	1,309	4	289
1996	27	1,006	2	244
1997	36	993	2	255
1998	32	1,068	3	263
1999	38	1,115	3	226

* Excludes moped drivers and passengers.

Table 6.2	Selected Factors Relevant to Fatal Motorcycle Collisions 1999
Factors (not mutually exclusive)	%
Unlicensed Motorcycle Drivers	4
Under 25 Years Old	36
Alcohol Used
Ability Impaired Alcohol > .08	16
Had Been Drinking	7
Unknown	16
Helmet Not Worn (Fatalities)	4
Motorcycle Driver Error
Speed Too Fast/Lost Control	58
Other Error	7
Single Vehicle Collisions	48
Day/Night	50/50
Weekend	43

6b. School Vehicles

Table 6.3	Pupils Transported Daily, Total Collisions and Injury Rate per 100,000 Pupils School Years 1994/95-1998/99
School Year	Pupils Transported Daily	Total Number of Collisions	Injury Rate per 100,000 Pupils
			Fatal	Non-Fatal
1994/95	816,273	1,018	0.1	21
1995/96	Not Available	1,091	Not Available	Not Available
1996/97	Not Available	1,046	Not Available	Not Available
1997/98	877,000*	835	Not Available	Not Available
1998/99	Not Available	903	Not Available	Not Available

* Estimated number

Table 6.4	School Vehicle Type by Nature of Collision 1998/99
School Vehicle Type	Nature of Collision				Total Number of Collisions	Five-Year Total (1994/95-1998/99)
	Fatal	Pupil Injury	Non-Pupil Injury	Property Damage
School Bus	6	63	82	626	777	4,262
School Van	0	8	7	35	50	404
Other School Vehicles	1	2	6	67	76	227
Total	7	73	95	728	903	4,893

Table 6.5	Pupil Injury by Collision Event and Vehicle Type 1998/99 (Number of Persons)
School Vehicle Type	Collision Event						Total		Five-Year Total (1994/95-1998/99)
	Crossing Road		Within School Vehicle		Other
	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
School Bus	1	0	1	86	1	7	3	93	6	589
School Van	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7	0	41
Other School Vehicles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Total	1	0	1	93	1	7	3	100	6	637

6c. Trucks

Table 6.6	Number of Trucks Involved in Collisons 1995-1999
Year	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
1995	365	12,647	40,487	53,499
1996	320	12,377	39,595	52,292
1997	342	12,062	38,519	50,923
1998	278	11,292	33,967	45,537
1999	314	11,470	36,889	48,673
Total	1,619	59,848	189,457	250,924

Table 6.7	Driver Licence Class Required by Class of Truck Collision Number of Trucks** 1999
Driver Licence Required	Class of Collision			Total
	Fatal	Personal Injury	Property Damage
G	189	9,595	29,506	39,290
D	23	537	2,282	2,842
A*	102	1,338	5,101	6,541
Total	314	11,470	36,889	48,673

* Tractor/trailer combination only.

** Includes vehicles registered under the SAVR - 30161 vehicles

Table 6.8	Driver Licence Class Required Trucks, Registered Trucks and Collision Rate 1999
Driver Licence Required	Trucks in Collisions	Registered Trucks	Truck Involvement*
G	39,290	1,030,670	3.8
D	2,842	50,574	5.6
A**	6,541	139,388***	4.7
Total	48,673	1,220,632	4.0

* Number of trucks in collisions per 100 registered trucks.

** Tractor/trailer combination only.

*** Includes vehicles registered under the SAVR system (30161 vehicles).

Table 6.9	Selected Factors Relevant to Fatal Truck Collisions 1999
Factors in Fatal Collisions:	Driver Licence Required
	Class G	Class D	Class A
Drivers
Alcohol Involved	17.5%	0.0%	1.0%
Driving Properly	41.8%	69.6%	60.8%
Collisions
Single Vehicle	33.9%	8.7%	6.9%
Urban Area	29.1%	60.9%	14.7%
Daylight	66.1%	82.6%	64.7%
Vehicles
Vehicle Defect Present*	3.7%	17.4%	2.0%

* Excludes unknown category

Class G trucks refers to trucks that have a gross weight less than 11,000 kilograms e.g. pickups. Data for truck/trailer combinations requiring Class "A" driver licence are not reported in the Vehicle Registration System (VRS).

6d. Off-Road Vehicles

For the purposes of this publication, off-road vehicles include dune buggies, off-road motorcycles (dirt bikes), and three-and four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles. Off-road vehicles were first required to be registered on June 1, 1984 (one- time registration requirement).

Table 6.10	Collision Location by Off-Road Vehicle Drivers Killed and Injured 1995-1999
Location	Killed					Injured
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
On Highway	0	0	1	1	2	23	20	19	24	14
Off Highway	6	5	3	2	3	74	46	41	49	44
Total	6	5	4	3	5	97	66	60	73	58

Table 6.11	Collision Location by Off-Road Vehicle Passengers Killed and Injured 1995-1999
Location	Killed					Injured
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
On Highway	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	15	10	9
Off Highway	0	0	1	0	0	23	9	19	23	17
Total	0	0	1	0	0	28	15	34	33	26

Table 6.12	Registered Off-Road Vehicles 1995-1999
Year	Vehicles Registered
1995	106,677
1996	111,344
1997	117,438
1998	125,498
1999	136,832

Table 6.13	Selected Factors Relevant to All Off-Road Vehicle Collisions 1999
Factors	%
Drivers Under 25 Years of Age	45
Alcohol Used	27
Speeding	30
Helmet Not Worn	55
Daytime	78
Two-Wheeled	15
Three-Wheeled	14
Four-Wheeled	72

6e. Motorized Snow Vehicles

Table 6.14	Collision Location by Motorized Snow Vehicle* Drivers Killed and Injured Riding Seasons 1994/95-1998/99
Location	Killed					Injured
	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99
On Highway	6	3	2	2	2	36	73	72	22	41
Off Highway	22	25	19	31	20	243	304	259	199	247
Total	28	28	21	33	22	279	377	331	221	288
% On Highway	21	11	10	6	9	13	19	22	10	14

Table 6.15	Collision Location by Motorized Snow Vehicle* Passengers Killed and Injured Riding Seasons 1994/95-1998/99
Location	Killed					Injured
	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99
On Highway	0	0	3	0	0	17	33	20	14	14
Off Highway	2	2	2	2	3	62	103	61	69	81
Total	2	2	5	2	3	79	136	81	83	95

* The numbers in these tables are captured under the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act (MVSA) and the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), therefore, they are not comparable with the numbers in Table 2.2 and 2.3, which are HTA reportable collisions only.

Table 6.16	Registered Motorized Snow Vehicles 1995-1999
Year	Registered Motorized Snow Vehicles
1995	339,803
1996	361,596
1997	362,561
1998	363,737
1999	364,200

Table 6.17	All Motorized Snow Vehicle Collisions 1998/99
Factors	%
Unlicensed Operators	6
Rider Error; Speed too Fast	37
Alcohol Used	18
Surface Condition; Icy or Packed Snow	31

6f. Bicycles

Only collisions involving a bicycle and a moving motor vehicle or a streetcar are required to be reported. These tables do not include bicycle only, bicycle/bicycle, or bicycle/pedestrian collisions.

Table 6.18	Bicyclists Killed and Injured 1995-1999
Year	Drivers		Passengers
	Killed	Injured	Killed	Injured
1995	19	2,983	0	105
1996	20	2,863	0	109
1997	22	2,997	1	101
1998	36	2,994	0	136
1999	17	2,702	0	136

Table 6.19	Age of Bicyclists Involved in Collisions by Light Condition 1999
Light Condition	Age Groups						Total
	0-5	6-15	16-30	31-60	61+	UK
Daylight	267	753	787	798	111	52	2,768
Dawn	1	1	4	11	2	1	20
Dusk	20	34	40	32	7	2	135
Dark	33	57	172	170	6	11	449
Total	321	845	1,003	1,011	126	66	3,372

Table 6.20	Selected Factors Relevant to All Bicycle Collisions 1999
Factors	%
Driving Properly (Bicyclist)	40
Driving Properly (Motor Vehicle Driver)	49
Intersection Related	65
Going Ahead (Bicyclist)	83
Alcohol Related (Bicyclist)	4
No Apparent Vehicle Defect (Bicycle)	88
Clear Visibility	93
Weekend	19