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FATAL FINDINGS

A crash report using data from Transport Canada and released by Ontario-based Preszler Injury Lawyers has revealed that of all the provinces, Prince Edward Island is the most dangerous for fatal collisions.

The data, which looked at census details concerning casualty rates in 2021 per 100,000 people, specifically showed that P.E.I. had an average fatality rate of 10.5 and an average injury rate of 287 out of 100,000 people.

This number represents more than double the national average at 4.7 per 100,000.

Following P.E.I., New Brunswick came in at second with a fatality rate of 8.6 per 100,000, but a higher injury rate than P.E.I. at 342.7. The Atlantic region also came in third with Nova Scotia seeing a fatality rate of 7.7 and injury rates of 308.7 per 100,000 people. Comparatively, Ontario’s driving fatality rate came in at only 3.8, with injuries also sitting at a lower 216.4 per 100,000.