Integrated Road Safety Program
December Initiative
Ottawa Police will focus on impaired driving and speeding in December.
In 2009, 381 impaired driving-related collisions occurred on Ottawa roads – resulting in nine
deaths and 175 injuries, 22 of them serious. Of the motorists who were charged with impaired
driving, 84 per cent were male and 36 per cent were between the ages of 17 and 25.
Speeding is also a serious issue on Ottawa roads. In 2009, speeding or driving too fast for
road and weather conditions resulted in 3,454 reportable collisions. These collisions resulted
in 15 deaths and 1,002 injuries – including 43 serious injuries.
The speeding initiative is part of a larger IRSP public awareness and enforcement campaign
entitled “Speeding Costs You.”
* Copied with permission from Maria McRae’s December report to Chara