Study: The Missing Ingredient in the Fight To End Car Crash Deaths is... Fewer Cars
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Pedestrians.ca maps and analyzes pedestrian-involved collisions in Ontario, Canada. Collisions are geocoded and tagged with the location, date, time, and number of injuries or fatalities. Data sourced from news media. By @garysmith.bsky.social.
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Recent months have seen police issuing "warnings" and "cautions" about pedestrian safety in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Regina and Ottawa after spikes in pedestrian collisions. Just a thought, but maybe this isn't enough to solve the infrastructural and cultural factors that lead to these tragedies.
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Ottawa has reached a devastating 10-year high: 32 people killed on our roads in 2026. Zero is the only acceptable number. 🕯️ Join us for World Day of Remembrance 📅 Nov. 15, 10:30 AM 📍 Ottawa City Hall visionzeroottawa.ca/2026/10/25/v...
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COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Oak Street East near Lutsch Avenue, Leamington on October 24, 2026.
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COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Creditview Road and Britannia Road West, Mississauga on October 25, 2026.
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COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Huntmar Drive near Campeau Drive, Ottawa on October 24, 2026.
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COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Ferndale Drive and Livingstone Street West, Barrie on October 23, 2026.
A follow-up headline on a fatal collision from August. Those over age 80 continue to show up in these stats in disproportionate numbers.
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian fatality at Mainway and Walkers Line, Burlington on October 22, 2026.
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Weber Street North and Lincoln Road, Waterloo on October 21, 2026.
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Taunton Road and Westney Road, Ajax on October 23, 2026.
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Assistant Garda Commissioner Denis Ferry said "all pedestrians" including in urban areas should wear high visibility clothing. "I think you should do everything you can to ensure you're visible," he said. www.thejournal.ie/driving-phon...
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COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Mainway and Walkers Line, Burlington on October 22, 2026.
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian injured at Eglinton Avenue East and Mason Road, Scarborough on October 22, 2026.
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We were fortunate to have Prof @ianwalker.bsky.social visit Wellington recently to share his knowledge on #motonormativity and #carDependency with us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5yQ7...
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This is a new one since I started tracking: three collisions in Guelph yesterday afternoon happened so close together that the media just bunched them into a single news story. I logged each separately. Three pedestrians injured, three drivers charged.
Three pedestrians sent to hospital after being hit by vehicles Wednesday
Three pedestrians sent to hospital after being hit by vehicles Wednesday
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian fatality at Greenbank Road near Cambrian Road, Ottawa on October 21, 2026.
COLLISION: 1 pedestrian fatality at Ringer Road and Harwood Avenue North, Ajax on October 17, 2026.
This happened on a tiny little (max 40km/h) local suburban street. No justification for this if the driver was paying the slightest attention, regardless of stop signs or paint. These are the most pedestrians I've had to add to a single collision so far, and I have been tracking them since May 1.
COLLISION: 6 pedestrians injured at Ryerson Crescent and Sheridan Street, Oshawa on October 21, 2026.
COLLISION: 6 pedestrians injured at Ryerson Crescent and Sheridan Street, Oshawa on October 21, 2026.
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