Speeding, alcohol and not wearing seat belts nor restraining children properly are major contributors to traffic-related deaths. Road travel accounts for 95 per cent of all transportation deaths in Canada annually.
Road safety is about safe roads, safe vehicles and safe users.
Most traffic collisions can be avoided with common-sense solutions. Alcohol, excessive speed, and riding without seat belts are just some of the everyday causes of serious injury and death on our roads. In 1996, average blood alcohol levels in over a third of fatally injured drivers were more than twice the legal limit of .08. In Sweden, however, the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol level is .02 and in Norway it is .05. Both of these countries have better road safety records than Canada.