ICBC has released its crash count data for 2024, and numbers went down in three West Kootenay communities.
There were 946 crashes in 2024 in Nelson (down from 961 in 2023), 566 in Castlegar (down from 595), and 476 in Trail (down from 517).
Some of the crash hotspots in all three communities include:
Nelson
- Front Street & Hall Street & Turning Lane (21 crashes)
- Government Road & Granite Road & Hwy 3A and Hwy 6 & Turning Lane (15 crashes)
- Front Street & Poplar Street (12 crashes)
Castlegar
- 20th Street & Columbia Avenue & Hwy 22 Offramp & Hwy 3 & Hwy 3A Offramp & Hwy 3 Onramp & Turning Lane (18 crashes)
- Hwy 3 & Hwy 3 Onramp & Hwy 3A Onramp & Kinnaird Bridge (6 crashes)
- 18th Street & 8th Avenue & Columbia Avenue (5 crashes)
Trail
- Pine Avenue & Victoria Street (9 crashes)
- Bailey Street & Bay Avenue & Victoria Street (5 crashes)
- Cedar Avenue & Farwell Street (4 crashes)
Region-wide, the Southern Interior saw 41,608 crashes in 2024, according to ICBC, 5,699 of which resulted in fatalities.
The most crashes in the Southern Interior occurred in January, with 3,948.
Provincially, there were 303,503 collisions in 2024, 49,850 of which resulted in fatalities.
Click here to view the statistics.
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