What the report shows

In 2022, Ontario once again ranked among the safest places for road users in North America. This summary highlights the key statistics and some of the most important findings from the Ontario Road Safety Annual Report.

Read the full 2022 Ontario Road Safety Annual Report (ORSAR) to learn more.

Fatalities and injuries on the road

A quick look at Ontario’s overall road safety performance in 2022. The province had the second lowest fatality rate in North America, after the Northwest Territories.

  • 0.56
    fatality rate per 10,000 licensed drivers
  • 623
    road fatalities
  • 1,703
    serious injuries

What’s changing

Ontario is doing more to keep our roads safe. While this report focuses on collision statistics from 2022, Ontario has introduced many new road safety measures since then, including:

  • implementing lifetime driver’s licence suspension for those convicted of impaired driving causing death
  • requiring an ignition interlock for anyone convicted of impaired driving
  • applying longer roadside suspensions for alcohol- and drug-related occurrences
  • enacting zero-tolerance conditions for those convicted of impaired driving
  • escalating driver’s licence suspensions for those convicted of auto theft
  • extending the application of careless driving offences to parking lots
  • increasing the limitation period (the time allowed to start legal action) for careless driving charges
  • establishing a provincial offence and penalties for vehicle registration fraud

2022 Road safety information and trends

  • Photo of a highway with an icon of a crossed out wine glass and car keys in the foreground representing “no drinking and driving”

    Drinking and driving

    There were 137 fatalities related to drinking and driving in 2022, an increase of 43% from the year before.

  • Photo of a speed radar sign displaying the text “your speed” next to a 30 km/h speed limit sign

    Speeding or street racing

    Speeding and aggressive driving led to 115 deaths in 2022, an 11% decrease from 2021.

  • Photo of pedestrians crossing the street at a crosswalk

    Pedestrians and cyclists

    106 pedestrians were killed by motor vehicles on Ontario roads, down 12% from the year before. The number of fatalities involving cyclists was up from 16 in 2021 to 24 in 2022.

  • Photo of a driver looking down at their phone.

    Inattentive (distracted) driving

    92 people were killed in collisions involving an inattentive driver in 2022, up from 83 in 2021. Distracted driving accounted for 15% of all road fatalities.

  • Photo of a large truck on a highway

    Large trucks

    The number of fatalities involving large trucks was 107 in 2022, unchanged from 2021.