VEHICLE / PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS

HRM: January - February 2015

DISCLAIMER: All figures presented in this report reflect the information held on HRP systems at the time of data extraction and are subject to change without notice.

Summary

• 41 vehicle/pedestrian/bicycle collisions were reported in January-February 2015 in Halifax Regional Municipality.

• Of these collisions, 3 involved bicycles.

• The remaining 38 incidents were strictly vehicle/pedestrian collisions, with 38 pedestrian victims.

• TOTAL VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS IN HRM: 38

• TOTAL VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN VICTIMS IN HRM: 38

Note: This report presents strictly vehicle/pedestrian collisions and excludes those incidents involving bicycles.

2015

Month # Incidents

January 24

February 14

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December

TOTAL YTD 38

Snapshot

January 2015

Type* # SOTs

Driver 11

Pedestrian 0

Pending / SUI 5

No SOT 22

TOTAL 38

* Excludes SOTs unrelated to collision (e.g., no insurance)

Trends

The number of vehicle/pedestrian collisions dropped in January and February 2015 after a substantial increase in November and December 2014. There were 12 fewer incidents in January-February 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

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Vehicle/Pedestrian Collisions January 2014 - February 2015

Trends

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Vehicle/Pedestrian Collisions 2014 vs 2015

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January-February

DIVISION/DISTRICT 2014 2015 Change

Central 17 15

East 14 10

West 16 9

HRP 47 34 27.7%

Cole Harbour 0 0

Sackville 2 3 ↑

Musquodoboit Hbr. 0 0

North Central 0 0

Sheet Harbour 0 0

Tantallon 1 1

RCMP 3 4 ↑

HRM TOTAL 50 38 24.0%

Divisions & Districts

HRP

All HRP divisions saw a reduction in the number of reported collisions in January-February 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

RCMP Halifax District

RCMP Halifax District had one more collision in January-February 2015 compared to the previous year.

HRM

In HRM there was a 24% decrease in the number of reported incidents in January-February 2015 compared to January-February 2014.

HRP Area

LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

Central Division LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

East Division LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

West Division

Sackville LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

Tantallon LEGEND

1 incident

2 incidents

3 incidents

4 incidents

January-February

COLLISION TYPE 2014 2015

Crosswalks 35 (70%) 15 (39%)

Collision Types

A smaller proportion of vehicle/pedestrian collisions took place in crosswalks in January-February 2015 compared to the previous year.

The majority of incidents in January-February 2015 did not include cars turning at an intersection.

January-February 2015

Turn Direction # %

Left 7 20.0%

Right 4 11.4%

No Turn 24 68.6%

Unknown 3

TOTAL 38

* % rates exclude unknown cases

January-February 2015

INJURY TYPE

(PEDESTRIANS) # %

No Injury 10 26.3%

Minor 19 50.0%

Moderate 7 18.4%

Serious 0 0.0%

Fatality 2 5.3%

Unknown 0 0.0%

TOTAL 38

Injuries

76% of the 38 pedestrian victims experienced either no injury or minor injury in the reported incidents in January-February 2015.

HRM has had two fatalities so far this year.

No driver injuries were reported.

Pedestrian Characteristics • 60.5% of victims were female.

• There is not enough data at this time to offer meaningless analysis on victim age.

* Above chart and figures exclude 1 case where victim age unknown

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Vehicle/Pedestrian Collisions January-February 2015

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Driver Characteristics Nearly one third of drivers were in the 31-40 years age range.

Males accounted for 77% of drivers involved in the reported vehicle/pedestrian collisions.

This is in contrast to the proportion of males of approximate driving age in HRM, which is nearly 48% according to the HRM 2011 census.

* Above figures/chart excludes 9 cases where driver sex and/or age unknown

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Vehicle/Pedestrian Collisions January-February 2015

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Peak Collision Times

In January-February 2015 the 11am-12pm and 6-7pm timeframes saw the highest number of collisions, followed by the 10-11am and 1-2pm timeframes.

Mondays and Thursdays were peak days for vehicle/pedestrian collisions.

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Weather & Lighting Conditions

69% of the reported collisions in January-February 2015 occurred during clear and/or sunny weather conditions.

66% of the collisions took place during daylight.

48% of the collisions took place during daylight with clear and/or sunny weather conditions.

Note: excludes 9 cases where weather conditions unknown.

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Weather & Lighting Conditions January-February 2015

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