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Table S8: Commercial and Other Vehicles Involved in Fatal Collisions by Vehicle Type, 2017–2022
| 2017-2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Type | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Average | 2022E | |
| Commercial Vehicles | ||||||||
| All buses | 28 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 23 | |
| Straight trucks > 4,536 kg | 140 | 135 | 128 | 119 | 138 | 132 | 141 | |
| Tractor-trailers | 264 | 220 | 239 | 179 | 207 | 222 | 236 | |
| Total Commercial Vehicles | 432 | 388 | 381 | 319 | 360 | 376 | 400 | |
| Non-commercial vehicles involved with NSC vehicles1 | 373 | 353 | 370 | 286 | 297 | 336 | 351 | |
| Total vehicles in collisions involving commercial vehicles | 805 | 741 | 751 | 605 | 657 | 712 | 751 | |
| Total all other vehicles involved | 2,029 | 2,163 | 1,941 | 1,973 | 1,978 | 2,017 | 2,152 | |
| Total of all vehicles involved | 2,834 | 2,904 | 2,692 | 2,578 | 2,635 | 2,729 | 2,903 | |
Notes and Sources
Notes: R= Revised data. E= Estimated data.
Data for Ontario and Alberta are preliminary for 2021 and 2022. Data for New Brunswick were estimated.
1 NSC = National Safety Code. Heavy vehicles are regulated by the National Safety Code and are often referred to as NSC vehicles. The NSC is a code of minimum performance standards for the safe operation of commercial vehicles, agreed to by all jurisdictions in Canada. For more information on the NSC see: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safevehicles-motorcarriers-safetycode-index-290.htm
Sources: Collision statistics: Transport Canada, Road Safety Programs, National Collision Database
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Notes: R= Revised data. E= Estimated data.
Data for Ontario and Alberta are preliminary for 2021 and 2022. Data for New Brunswick were estimated.
1 NSC = National Safety Code. Heavy vehicles are regulated by the National Safety Code and are often referred to as NSC vehicles. The NSC is a code of minimum performance standards for the safe operation of commercial vehicles, agreed to by all jurisdictions in Canada. For more information on the NSC see: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safevehicles-motorcarriers-safetycode-index-290.htm
Sources: Collision statistics: Transport Canada, Road Safety Programs, National Collision Database
Data for Ontario and Alberta are preliminary for 2021 and 2022. Data for New Brunswick were estimated.
1 NSC = National Safety Code. Heavy vehicles are regulated by the National Safety Code and are often referred to as NSC vehicles. The NSC is a code of minimum performance standards for the safe operation of commercial vehicles, agreed to by all jurisdictions in Canada. For more information on the NSC see: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safevehicles-motorcarriers-safetycode-index-290.htm
Sources: Collision statistics: Transport Canada, Road Safety Programs, National Collision Database