Motor Vehicle Fatalities with Speeding Involvement in British Columbia by Year

British Columbia data on the annual number of motor vehicle fatalities where speeding was involved. The dataset, provided by the Government of British Columbia, defines a fatality as a road user who died within 30 days of a collision on a public highway, excluding incidents on private roads or non-accident deaths. It was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in speeding-related fatalities over time based on the annual time series data.
• Assess the contribution of speeding to overall road fatalities in British Columbia based on the described scope.
• Support public road safety campaigns with evidence on the consequences of speeding based on the fatality counts.
• Benchmark provincial road safety performance against other regions using the defined fatality metric.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Government of British Columbia.
• The fatality definition is explicitly detailed, specifying a 30-day window and excluding non-public highways.
• Available in multiple formats (CSV, XLSX, HTML) for accessibility.
• Last update timestamp (2026-04-17) is provided.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The temporal coverage (start year) is not specified in the provided metadata.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the open_canada platform, being limited to British Columbia.

Provenance

Source

Government of British Columbia

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official traffic collision reports and fatality records.

Time Range

Annual data; specific start year is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 15:26:58.666339

Geography

British Columbia, Canada