The number of crashes in Timmins is down so far this year compared to 2020.
At today's Timmins Police Services Board meeting, Chief John Gauthier reported on the number of crashes from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30.
So far, there have been 526 collisions. For the same period in 2020, he said there were 617 collisions.
The breakdown for the third quarter is 55 crashes in July, 57 in August and 61 in September. The peak times for collisions is 2-4 p.m., with most happening Monday to Friday.
Other highlights Gauthier noted are:
- For 490 of the incidents, environmental conditions were clear
- 89 were deemed rear-end collisions
- 130 were a single motor vehicle hitting an unattended or parked vehicle
- 73 were deemed fail to remain
- 9 crashes involved pedestrians, six of which the drivers failed to yield the right of way
Gauthier said people not remaining at the scene of a collision is always a problem.
"We like to think that most motoring public in the City of Timmins are honest and law-abiding but we do have that segment … that if they can get away with it and back into somebody, they’ll take off,” said Gauthier.
The top intersections for crashes in the first three quarters are:
- Algonquin and Mountjoy
- Riverside Drive and Norman
- Algonquin and Brunette
- Algonquin and Theriault
- Airport Road and Lafleur Drive
A breakdown of the charges laid in the incidents wasn't available.
Board chair Rob Knox was also curious about insurance-related statistics in case it's an indicator for people failing to remain at the scene.
Gauthier will try to report with more details at the board's next meeting in December.
