60% of fatal collisions in northwestern Ontario involve commercial motor vehicles
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Thunder Bay - Last year, 60% of fatal collisions on highways in northwestern Ontario involved commercial motor vehicles.
According to the OPP's definition, CMVs include tractor-trailers and other large trucks.
According to data collected by the OPP Northwest Region, there were 21 fatal highway collisions involving various types of vehicles in 2024.
Of those, 13 collisions involved CMVs.
That is a 30% increase over the average of 10 fatal commercial motor vehicle collisions in the previous five years (2019 to 2023).
About 20% of fatal collisions on Ontario highways last year involved transport trucks.
An OPP spokesperson said speeding, improper lane changes, and following too closely are the main contributing factors in CMV collisions that the OPP investigates each year.
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