🚓COLLISIONS


August: deer & coyote collisions.



Ottawa 32-year-old dead after Highway 417 rollover near Richardson Side Road
There was a terrible incident August 12 near Ottawa. The helicopter turned around. Not a good sign.


1 ATV death this year in Lanark County, as well as a horrid incident that put into the hospital (For the Love of Lodi).


News Apr 09, 2021

2 injured, driver charged in NAW Township ATV rollover

GoFundMe started for Carleton Place woman hit by motorized snow vehicle.

Fatal crashes up this year over last: OPP

32 fatal collisions during the first half of this year




We had a lock down mid-March due to COVID–19, and traffic incidents slowed things down. 
During the last week in April there was a lot more traffic. The local OPP sends out almost weekly reports. We're missing the first three weeks in September and October, plus December.
Oct. a bear was hit. I think it was my Booboo.

Car incident near Perth Sept.19

 

2020 Collisions in Ontario

Traffic was down quite a bit, due to lockdowns.

  •  20,000 few collisions than 2019
  • 26% fewer collisions than in 2019, but a 22% higher fatality rate
  • significant number attributed to careless and dangerous driving incidents
  • speed was the cause for 62 deaths
  • alcohol/drug use: 51 deaths
  • driver inattention: 45 deaths
  • lack of seatbelt use: 55 deaths
  • transport trucks/commercial vehicles involved in 6,145 of 2020 collisions

Marine fatalities 

  • They were the highest in 12 years. 
  • Almost double the 2019 incidents.
  • Boating incidents resulted in 32 deaths:
  • capsized vessels (17); falling overboard (12); paddlers were 50% of deaths; 29 of those dead were not wearing a life jacket

Motorcycles

  • increase in deaths from 2019 (27) to 2020 (42 deaths)
  • failing to yield, excessive speed were causes
  • in 37 incidents there were no other vehicles involved

Off-road Vehicles 

  •  Highest in 14 years
  • no helmet: 8 deaths, 4 didn't have chin straps fastened
  • Alcohol/drugs a factor in 1/3 deaths

Snow Machines

  • 2019/20 season 13 snowmoblies deaths
  • 2020/21 season = 15 deaths
  • speed a factor in 50% of deaths
  • falling through the ice into open water: 3 deaths



A recent development:
Jan. 6th –  The other driver charged with "failing to share the roadway while meeting oncoming traffic."


Global TV video of the fire 
The two-vehicle collision happened Nov. 10, just before 2 p.m., on Highway 7 between Drummond Concession 9A and Pauls Road in Drummond-North Elmsley Township.










Nov. 3 in Ottawa: first snow


Serious collision on Highway 15 near Smiths Falls















UPDATE: Smiths Falls man identified as victim in fatal vehicle vs. pedestrian collision on County Road 43

The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating a single vehicle collision involving a pedestrian on County Road 43 that occurred at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, Oct.19. The pedestrian suffered fatal injuries.





This is an awful situation. 

Someone with healthcare experience assisted at the scene.

READ MORE: 'I wanted to do what I could to help': Good Samaritan recounts fatal collision on Highway 7 west of Carleton Place




In Morton, 45 km south of us, a woman has died after a collision with a truck. Another vehicle ended up in a ditch. 





Victim identified in fatal Lanark Highlands collision

On Sept. 28, just after 3 p.m., officers from the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a serious, single vehicle collision on Galbraith Road, north of Wolf Grove Road, in Lanark Highlands Township. 

The driver, Nicholas Wark-Moulton, age 24, of Lanark Highlands Township, was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 22-year-old passenger, also from Lanark Highlands Township, was transported to hospital in critical condition.






June 18th




The news didn't look good. A scary report: power outage the previous night, due to a traffic incident. Lots without power!
The cause:
UPDATE: 'No trace of the driver': Driver flees on foot after collision near Almonte that left 2 injured and over 500 without power
  • March report tells of a deer and wolf hit by a vehicle.






December


November 





VEHICLE COLLISION - PERTH
Rideau Ferry Road & Bernice Crescent ( Drummond/North Elmsley )
- School bus vs. Car
- Unknown extrication
- at least three persons with reported injuries.#perth #Drummond #collision #ottnews pic.twitter.com/3xfISn1O68
— First Response Media (@FRM_YGK) November 7, 2019

October

Four people in hospital following a two vehicle collision collision on Highway 15 south of Smiths Falls OPP report Highway 15 near Blanchards Hill Road is closed due to a two vehicle collision.

COLLISION: #Hwy15 at Blanchard Hills Rd #Lombardy - Vehicles blocking roadway. Emergency services attending. ^jt
— OPPCommunicationsER (@OPP_COMM_ER) October 12, 2019

September


August


Drunk Driving | The driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal rollover south of Perth yesterday was charged with impaired driving. Crosby, ON. The single-vehicle rollover happened around 5:30 p.m. on Narrow Locks Road near Mark's Lane, north of Crosby, Ont.
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) August 28, 2019
Police have identified David Werry, 63, as the man who died in a single-vehicle roll over on Narrows Lock Road Tuesday, Aug. 27.
On August 27, 2019 at about 5:25 p.m. OPP officers from the Rideau Lakes office responded to a single vehicle rollover on Narrows Lock Road near Marks Lane, North Crosby Township. Investigation revealed there were three male occupants in the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Werry was a passenger who was transported to hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead. The other passenger, 23 years old was treated for minor injuries.


Article #02: Collision
 NEWS 
Multiple vehicle collision involving transport on Highway 7, outside Carleton Place
Emergency crews responded to a multiple vehicle collision on Highway 7 Thursday afternoon.

July

Up to 7 people injured in collision south of Smiths Falls: OPP

April 14 - 20

2) Section of Highway 15 closed at Smiths Falls due to collision
3) Collision on Highway 15 in Smiths Falls

April 9th


April 4, 2019

Mar. 29

Gas leak after a two-vehicle crash at 2:42 p.m.
Perth crash & damage

Nov. 2018



Oct. 8 – a rainy day

car in ditch from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Perth has spent thousands on crosswalks. Still, people do not press the buttons. They are difficult to spot, walking out from behind a car.
Crosswalk Perth from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Motor Vehicle Collisions reported by OPP in Lanark County 2018



May 14 it was a coyote collision, usually it is just deer. 
May 21 it was a cow.
June 4th report was for two weeks, I divided it in half. (June 4th: 72, 16, 15, 10)
June 11th – a bear and a turkey vulture as well as 8 deer.
July 2nd's report included 8 deer, a cow and a turkey vulture. (Reports for Jun 18 & 25 ?)
Sept. a moose
Oct. deer and a bear





Driver sustains major injuries in Highway 7 collision June 13 – major injuries following Wednesday morning's serious collision on Highway 7, and has been taken by air ambulance to a hospital in Ottawa.

Trip into hospital May 10: Our quarterly appointment

Trip into Ottawa May 11

SLow down, peeps, somebody loves your victim


















































































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Jennifer Jilks🇨🇦@jennjilks

Does anyone know anything about the incident that happened Friday afternoon, just outside Franktown? @lake88fm @InOttValley Grateful for @OPP_ER @PAC_Paramedic
11:41 AM - May 13, 2018

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