Open in full screen mode Reckless driving and excesses speed are the main causes of fatal collisions, according to the latest report from the SQ. The Canadian Press The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) has published its annual report on road safety and it reports 240 fatal collisions and 269 deaths in 2023 in the territory it serves. The data published by the SQ mainly correspond to the average of the last five years on the transport networks.
The Sûreté du Québec is leading an operation against speeding while driving.
According to the police, the main causes of fatal collisions last year were reckless driving and speeding (31%), alcohol, drugs or fatigue (16%) as well as inattention or distraction (9%).
The Sûreté du Québec emphasizes that nearly 20% of victims who died in road collisions were not wearing a seat belt.
According to the SQ, nearly 20% of victims who died in road collisions were not wearing the seat belt.
It was in the Mauricie-Lanaudière region that there were the most fatal collisions, i.e. 39. Next came Capitale-Nationale-Chaudière-Appalaches, with 35, and 27 ;Estrie-Centre-du-Québec, with 33.
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The analysis shows that there were 40 collisions involving a motorcycle, compared to 45 for the average of the last five years in the territory served by the SQ.
Twenty-seven pedestrians died on the roads last year, equivalent to the annual average between 2018 and 2022.
On the other hand, 4 cyclists died in 2022, compared to 5.8 for the annual average of the five recent years.
In a press release, the Sûreté du Québec wrote that it was happy to see an improvement in the road toll compared to last year, a year which was not stellar.
In 2022, there were 266 fatal collisions, while there were 245 in 2021.
The number of deaths had increased sharply, from 265 in 2021 to 291 in 2022.