- Worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured. Source: World report on road traffic injury prevention.
- In 2003, 831 people were killed and another 77,879 were injured on the roads in Ontario. In fact, on an average day in Ontario, motor vehicle collisions will kill at least 2 people and seriously injure over 200 more.
- According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO), the direct and indirect social costs of motor vehicle crashes are over $9 billion per year.
- Motor vehicle collisions are the greatest single cause of traumatic workplace fatalities in Ontario. Between 2000 and 2005, it is estimated that vehicle crashes were responsible for 199 work related deaths, accounting for more than 30% of all work-related traumatic fatalities.
