Ahead of national Canada Road Safety Week, OPP are reporting that the vast majority of the 382 road users who died on OPP-patrolled roads in 2024 had their lives cut short because of poor and careless decisions and actions behind the wheel and in passenger seats.
Among last year’s 344 fatal collisions, 95 fatalities were attributed to speed and 80 of the deaths involved an inattentive driver. Fifty-three of the fatalities were linked to alcohol consumption and/or drug use. The attitude among some road users that wearing a seatbelt is a “personal choice” cost 60 unbuckled drivers and passengers their lives.
The preventable loss of life on roads in 2024 extended well beyond motor vehicle drivers and their passengers. The 57 motorcyclists who were killed marked the highest number of motorcyclist fatalities on OPP-patrolled roads in 20 years. Eighteen of the motorcyclists were not the at-fault driver. Thirty-five pedestrians and 12 cyclists were among those who lost their lives, many of whom also died through no fault of their own.
During Canada Road Safety Week (May 13-19, 2025), OPP are joining policing partners across the country for one of the most robust traffic enforcement and public education campaigns of the year.
Ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend, OPP thank all drivers, passengers, cyclists, off-roaders, boaters and paddlers who help keep themselves and others safe.
