May 12, 2015
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(WALKERTON, ON) – May 6, at 12:55 p.m., the South Bruce OPP received the report of a crash involving an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on McNabb Street in Walkerton.
Officers arrived with Bruce County paramedics to find that a pedestrian had been struck by a black Polaris ATV. The operator, a 16-year-old Brockton male, was charged with careless driving and fail to assist. The pedestrian, a 15-year-old Brockton teen was treated at hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The South Bruce OPP is requesting anyone with information that can assist police to call 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or send a web-tip to crimestop-gb.org, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.
WHAT KILLS MOTORCYCLISTS AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLE RIDERS EVERY YEAR?
Motorcycle deaths up, off-road vehicle deaths down, heading into May long weekend
(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – As the OPP gets ready for a busy Victoria Day Long Weekend on Ontario roads and trails, OPP officials are reporting a nine-year high in motorcycle deaths, with 32 people having died in motorcycle crashes on OPP-patrolled roads in 2014.
By contrast, OPP-investigated off-road vehicle (ORV) deaths are the lowest they have been in 11 years, with 11 people having died in 2014.
Factor #1: Neither the motorcyclist nor ORV rider is restrained in these types of vehicles and ejection almost always occurs in the event of a crash.
Did you know?
The hard truth about crashes: bodies are soft, everything else is hard
When you are ejected from a motorcycle, ORV or any other type of motor vehicle, you become a flying projectile travelling at the same rate of speed as the vehicle was travelling at the time of the crash. This is also your rate of speed when your body makes contact with whatever surface/object (e.g. windshield, pavement, rock, tree, etc.) breaks your flight after you are ejected.
Another common factor has to do with driving behaviour rather than the vehicles.
Factor #2: Losing control and/or speed almost always exceed other factors in fatal crashes involving motorcycles and ORVs from year to year.
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Over the Victoria Day long weekend, the OPP expects to see motorcyclists and ORV riders in great numbers throughout the province. Police are counting on all of them to keep themselves, their passengers and all those with whom they share the road and trails, safe at all times. This means refraining from consuming alcohol and drugs before heading out for a ride and observing all other laws associated with motorcycle and ORV riding.
Just as important is the need for all motorists to increase awareness of their surroundings on the road, to always be on the lookout for those often hard to spot motorcyclists and to share the road safely with them.
The OPP is also reminding motorists that Canada Road Safety Week gets under way this week and runs through the long weekend (May 12-18). This is an annual, national campaign during which the OPP will be joining its policing partners to raise awareness through enforcement and education of the four main driving behaviours that put all road users at risk. These are: driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs; lack of occupant restraint; driving while distracted; and aggressive driving.
Every road user can play a part in reducing the “Big 4” killers on our roads during Canada Road Safety Week and throughout the year.
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