The final long weekend before school means potential for families traveling. As a result, OPP are looking to make sure the roadways are safe and everyone can make it home alive.
OXFORD COUNTY - 2023 has seen over 2-hundred and thirty deaths on OPP-patrolled roads.
As a result, all OPP detachments want to see safer roads, with a heightened emphasis this weekend as families hit the road for one last long weekend before school.
Locally, Oxford OPP have responded to three fatal accidents, which have resulted in four deaths, and that is down from number over the same time frame in 2022.
Close to 50 per cent of the total deaths this year were caused by drivers who were speeding, inattentive, impaired by alcohol or drugs, or not wearing their seatbelt, which includes unbuckled passengers.
These poor behaviours, known as the "Big Four" factors in road deaths, lead to similar consequences for drivers and passengers year after year. Over the last full five-year period (2018-2022), more than half of the fatalities were attributed to the Big Four, accounting for 946 deaths among those that were completely preventable.
Motorists are urged to exercise the utmost caution when they begin driving near school buses, and busy pedestrian crossovers and school crossings next week. Pedestrians and cyclists also have a role to play in keeping roads safe by maintaining a heightened sense of awareness. Parents are encouraged to have their kids brush up on school bus safety tips.
OPP officers hope to see nothing but safe, smart decisions and behaviours on the part of all drivers and other road users they observe while conducting robust enforcement and education around traffic laws over the Labour Day long weekend.
The OPP is committed to delivering on its Provincial Traffic Safety Strategy, which aims to reduce and prevent injuries and fatalities, and enhance safety on roads, waterways and trails.
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