Top ten worst intersections in Ottawa

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Chart from the City of Ottawa’s 2011 Ottawa Road Safety Report :

Top 10 signalized intersection collision locations

<tr >
 
  Rank
 
 
  Location
 
 
  No. of collisions
 
 
  Minimal
 
 
  Minor
 
 
  Major
 
 
  Fatal
 
 
  Total
 
</tr>
1Hunt Club Road and Riverside Drive53570012
2Belfast Road and St. Laurent Boulevard327161024
3Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue3133006
4Catherine Street and Kent Street3032005
4Hawthorne Road and Walkley Road3052007
4Prince of Wales Drive and West Hunt Club Road30380011
7Blair Road and Blair Road Ramp 362924006
7Clyde Avenue and Merivale Road29640010
7Industrial Avenue and St. Laurent Boulevard29570012
10Baseline Road and Greenbank Road2871008
10Beechwood Avenue and Crichton Street2832106

**

** Minimal - Person did not go to hospital when leaving the scene of the collisions; includes minor abrasions, bruises and complaints of pain

Minor - Person went to hospital and was treated in the emergency room but not admitted to the hospital

Major - Person admitted to the hospital. Includes person admitted for observation. This could be either life-threatening or non-life threatening

Fatal - Person killed immediately or within 30 days of the motor vehicle collision

** Other stats from the report: **

 * 
515,784 - Registered vehicles (1.5% increase from 2010)

 * 
653,324 - Licensed drivers (2.8% increase from 2010)

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15,295 - Total collisions on all federal, provincial and municipal roadways within city limits (2.3% increase from 2010)

 * 
25 - Deaths from collisions in Ottawa: 9 drivers, 7 passengers, 1 motorcycle driver, 1 cyclist and 7 pedestrians

 * 
3,690 - People injured in collisions:

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2,152 drivers, 814 passengers, 339 pedestrians, 242 cyclists, 130 motorcycle drivers and 13 motorcycle passengers

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4,137 - Traffic collisions responded to by paramedics (1,793 patients treated and transported to hospital)

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9,190 - Number of red light camera violations

** See also: ** Ottawa Traffic Guide

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