Over the next couple of months, Manitoba Public Insurance will provide 25 highly visible speed display boards in 13 communities, including Steinbach, thanks to a pilot road safety partnership between the public auto insurer and various municipalities.
On average, there are nearly 41 collisions yearly in Manitoba involving agricultural equipment and passenger vehicles, according to Manitoba Public Insurance data.
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) says that on average, 130 people are injured in Manitoba yearly when their bike is involved in a motor-vehicle related collision – half of those people injured from June to August.
For the first four months of 2020, alcohol was involved in nearly one third of the 16 fatal crashes on Manitoba’s public roadways, according to Manitoba Public Insurance.
According to Manitoba Public Insurance, more than 3,000 collisions during the month of January can be attributed to motorists not driving to road conditions or following too close.
The Manitoba government has announced that it will conduct a comprehensive review of the photo enforcement system in the province.
Manitoba’s annual School Bus Safety Week program is upon us as the province observes the event during the third full week of October.
Motorists in Manitoba will be reminded with a new set of highway signs they are required to ‘Slow Down, Move Over’ when passing roadside emergency scenes and police activity.
This week is Road Safety Week across the country, a national campaign to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world.
For the first four months of 2019, pedestrians made up nearly half – six of 14 people – of the fatalities on Manitoba’s public roadways, according to Manitoba Public Insurance.