|
Comparative
data series for 2 six-year periods 88-93 v/s 94-99. Nationally there
has been a 19% decrease in the number of fatalities, while the
Trans-Canada Highway section from Sicamous to Golden has increased
17%. This 225 km section, of highway has claimed an average of 10.5
lives per year for the past 12 years.
| Data
from a study done in two U.S. States (1985-87) demonstrates the
reduction in vehicle collisions between rural two-lane roads and
a rural divided highway. In State A there is a 51% reduction and
in State B a 56.4% decrease in accident rates per million
vehicle miles. |
Total
accidents:
(per million vehicle miles travelled) |
|
State A |
State B |
| Rural
Divided Highways |
0.52 |
0.81 |
| Rural
Two lane Roads |
1.07 |
1.86 |
Source:
US Dept of Transportation, McLean Virginia, 1994-Y.Mohamedshah
Amy Kohis, Accident Rates using Highway Safety Information
Systems |
Over
the last 20 years there has been over a 33% increase in the number of
vehicle registrations and 50% in licensed drivers in Canada. The
result is congestion of a highway built in 1962 when there was 1/5 the
vehicle traffic. |
