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Road Safety

Statistics

Every year, speeding offences represent more than 70% of all offences that result in demerit points. During the 1990s, approximately 490,000 speeding tickets were issued each year. Between 2001 and 2004, that number grew to almost 600,000 per year. Although the number of speeding tickets issued by peace officers fell in 2005 and 2006, it reached a 20-year high in 2007.

Number of Speeding Offences
Description of offence Year of offence
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Travelling 11 to 20 km/h over the speed limit 65 632 50 357 62 784 76 942 78 800 94 624 107 811
Travelling 21 to 30 km/h over the speed limit 303 365 223 059 303 894 414 390 412 315 416 854 392 395
Travelling 31 to 45 km/h over the speed limit 196 190 142 265 191 731 250 093 185 251 171 791 148 184
Travelling 45 km/h over the speed limit 28 283 16 987 24 292 31 680 20 372 15 044 11 061
Speeding in road work zones 12 853 3 695 6 780 10 711 15 036 12 835 13 285
Total 606 323 436 363 589 481 783 816 711 774 711 148 672 736
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Last Modification: 2012-04-26