ICBC announces Prince Rupert’s most dangerous intersections – Prince Rupert Northern View

Essentially the most harmful intersection in Prince Rupert is fifth Ave. East and West crossing with McBride Str. in accordance with new information launched by the Insurance coverage Company of British Columbia (ICBC), with seven motorized vehicle crashes documented in 2021 for that location.

The second high most accident-prone streets in Prince Rupert had 5 crashes on the intersection of third Ave and third Str., with 5 Corners being the third most harmful after 5 collisions have been reported.

Greater than 76 car collisions impacted the town in 2021, with 449 recorded from 2017 to 2021. Port Edward noticed two car collisions in 2021, with six reported from 2018 to the current.

Collision info might be discovered the ICBC website.

Though nonetheless far under pre-pandemic ranges, intersections in B.C. proceed to be the location of tens of hundreds of automotive crashes yearly. In 2021 alone, ICBC logged 87,000 intersection automotive crashes, up from 74,000 in 2020, however considerably down from 110,000 in 2018.

The worst intersections total within the North Central area are all in Prince George, with 41 crashes on the intersection between Freeway 16 West and Tyner Boul./Domano Boul. topping the checklist for 2021. Crash location info is self-reported, not at all times verifiable, and the information doesn’t embody parking tons or different personal property.

Of these recorded final 12 months, the overwhelming majority continued to happen within the Decrease Mainland, the place there have been 65,000 crashes, 40,000 of which resulted in damage. The following riskiest area was Vancouver Island with 9,900 crashes (5,300 accidents), adopted by the Southern Inside with 9,100 crashes (4,900 accidents) and North Central with 2,800 (1,200 accidents).

with information from Michael Bramadat-Willcock and Black Press Media