Fatal and serious injury collisions on Winnipeg roads have significantly decreased in recent years.

Data from the city shows the average number of fatalities and major injuries was 121 in 2023, below the city’s baseline of 176 for its road safety action plan.

The long-term strategy aims to reduce fatal and serious injury collisions by 20 per cent by the end of 2027. The baseline metrics are based on a five-year annual average between 2015 and 2019.

“Data from 2022 and 2023 illustrates that this reduction has not only already been met but has been exceeded,” the report said.

The report notes less road travel owing to the COVID-19 pandemic can be partially attributed to the decrease and the numbers are not exclusively due to road safety investments. Traffic kilometers travelled increased

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