With the annual Operation Impact campaign over the Thanksgiving Long Weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) released its latest traffic data, as a cautionary reminder of how many road fatalities Ontario drivers have contributed to this year.
The OPP has responded to 209 fatal motor vehicle collisions so far this year, which claimed the lives of 224 people. Drivers accounted for 155 of those killed, 33 of the victims were passengers, and 36 were pedestrians.
Speed leads the list of causal factors in preventable road fatalities, with 41 deaths linked to this dangerous driving behaviour.
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