Information regarding collisions.
Are you curious about where and why crashes are happening in your community? ICBC's crash maps allow you to access the most recent five years of data for our province arranged by municipality or by areas of special interest such as cyclists or pedestrians. If you are ambitious, you can even create your own views by applying filters to the data.
A green light doesn't always mean go unless you've had a good look to make sure that there are no hazards present before you proceed. Jennifer Biggers learned this when the vehicle she was driving collided with Carol Murdoch, who was crossing quickly in a marked crosswalk against a red light at the intersection of Blanshard Street and Saanich Road in Victoria.
Another great slow motion video from Australia's Transport Accident Commission (TAC). The public education campaign targets two of Victoria's biggest issues in road safety -- motorcycle safety and speed. The campaign, titled "Reconstruction", features a slow motion replay of a crash involving a motorcyclist and a car.
Clare Bekkers spent the evening at a friend's residence in Victoria drinking and using cocaine. The following day she collected her young children and headed home to Nanaimo. When she started her journey that day at 12:30 pm her blood alcohol level was between 93 and 148 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. There was some indication that she may have consumed beer in her vehicle on the way home.
The goal of the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) is to reduce the social and economic burden of injury in BC. The Unit is part of the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and supports the development of policies and programs through research, surveillance, and the translation of evidence and knowledge for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and the public.
I was just reading the account of the head on that happened on Shannon Lake Road. I certainly have sympathy for the people involved, but I noticed that one person received a charge of "Speeding Relative to Conditions."
This is a case involving a pedestrian, Brian Cairney, and a driver, Kimberly Miller, who met in a crosswalk at the intersection of Vernon and Hall Streets in Nelson. It was a dark, overcast evening with light rain. Street lighting was present along with other pedestrians.
The case of Haughian v Jiwa determines liability for a crash on Sunset Street in Burnaby. The driver who caused the crash was trying to enter an angle parking space improperly and was struck by the driver following behind her in the adjacent lane. What is unique in this incident is that the spaces here requires a driver to back in.
Join the folks at Fifth Gear as they crash a Ford Focus into a barrier at 120 mph or 193 km/h. After you take a look at the result, remember that a two vehicle head on crash at freeway speeds here in BC is somewhat the same. Two vehicles coming together at 100 KM/H each is the energy equivalent of this car striking the barrier at 200 km/h. Regardless of the circumstances, you don't want this to happen to you.
Road users, drivers, cyclists and pedestrians, have a duty to take reasonable care for themselves and others. If they do not follow the traffic rules they assume a heightened duty of care according to the courts. In this case both the driver and the cyclist involved failed to do so and collided with each other.