STEP to focus on motorcycle safety and unsafe vehicles and heavy trucks during May

The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic

Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on motorcycle safety and unsafe vehicles and heavy

trucks during the month of May.

Motorcycle Safety

Between 2009 and 2013, there were 790 collisions involving motorcycles resulting in 542

injuries and 12 fatalities.

Unsafe vehicles and heavy trucks

Between 2008 and 2012, 707 reportable collisions on Ottawa roadways involved unsafe vehicles

resulting in 213 injuries; 13 serious injuries and six fatalities. Causes of these collisions included

defective brakes, steering, tires, lights, engine controls, trailer hitches, suspension, as well as

obscured vision.

The Safer Roads Ottawa Program is a leading community partnership between Ottawa Fire

Services, Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa Police Service, Ottawa Public Health and the Public

Works Department committed to preventing or eliminating road deaths and serious injuries for

all people in the City of Ottawa, through culture change, community engagement, and

development of a sustainable safe transportation environment.

Also participating in the Safer Roads Ottawa Program are the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

(RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Sureté du Québec, Department of National Defence’s

Military Police and Gatineau Police Service to improve road safety for all residents of the

national capital region.

Ottawa residents have identified traffic safety as a top priority. The Safer Roads Ottawa Program

is committed to using available resources to make Ottawa roads safer for residents.