Statistically, long weekends and holidays are among the deadliest on Sask roads. Ahead of Labour Day weekend, the StarPhoenix is sharing Safe Travels, a series examining the data behind fatal road collisions — and solutions that could curb future tragedies
Advertisement 4After learning about a deadly collision involving a man and a boy, she told her father she had to do something. He advised her to write a letter to Premier Scott Moe.“The big thing that I wanted was the twinning, and I was told only passing for a bit. The next thing you know, they’re twinning it,” she says.
“You know what the sad thing’s going to be? They’re going to build this highway and unfortunately, there’s still going to be accidents. People are still going to die. But we’re trying to mitigate how many,” he says. Alexandra Zbaraschuk, an advocate for twinned highways, had a long road to recovery after her collision in 2018.During the five years between 2016 and 2020, 511 people died on Saskatchewan’s roadways — not just highways.Article content
A further look at the information found that of the roadway deaths in the province, 221 crashes involved a single vehicle, 200 involved multiple vehicles and 70 involved pedestrians. Most often, pick-up trucks are involved , and in most fatal collisions, only one person dies.Article content
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