"Great we're not having as many out there in the countryside but why now, all of a sudden, has it been in urban centres? "The switch into the urban centres is concerning," Liane Langlois said. These crashes increased in rural areas and decreased in Edmonton and Calgary in the past three years, but that has flipped in 2023, the president of the Alberta Motorcycle Safety Society said. Its data shows 2015 had the most motorcycle crashes in the last 10 years with a total of 208. In total, Edmonton has had 23 motorcycle crashes in 2023, according to the city. "I don't think there's any pattern but I think there's more distracted driving, more traffic on the road," Edmonton Police Service Sgt. There were also three fatal motorcycle crashes in the first six months of 2015, 20, but nine is the highest count of serious-injury collisions since 2013, year to date.
The 12 crashes mark the highest year-to-date count since 2013.įatal or serious injury motorcycle crashes in Edmonton since 2013. Motorcycle crashes that resulted in death or serious injury have reached a 10-year high compared to the first half of the past 10 years, Edmonton police data shows.Įdmonton had three fatal and nine serious-injury motorcycle crashes between Jan.
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