Transportation

In this section, we review the status of licensed drivers in Manitoba, look at what class of vehicle older drivers are using and modes of transportation, compare driving speed by age groups, and driver and pedestrian collisions.

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Transportation used

  • This vertical bar chart shows the most frequent used mode of transportation by Manitobans age 55 years and older in 2021. Most common mode is driver, followed by passenger vehicle, public transit, active transport, and other transportation.

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Transportation used most often (PowerPoint)  |  Transportation used most often (Excel)

Note: Due to rounding by Statistics Canada, the total of people calculated for each transportation type slightly differs from the number of people in the selected age groups.

*Active transport includes walking and bicycle
**Other includes motorcycle, scooter, moped, and any other type of transportation

Source: Statistics Canada. Table 98-10-0462-01  Commuting destination by main mode of commuting, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions

Comparison of driving speed by age

  • This vertical bar chart shows driving speed of Manitobans age 55-64 to 75 years and older as a little faster, same, or a little slower.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2014. Canadian Community Health Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

  • Compared in this table is the driving speed (a little faster, same, or a little slower) among drivers under 25 to those age 75 years and older.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2014. Canadian Community Health Survey, Public Use Microdata File.

Licensed drivers

  • A table showing the number of licensed drivers by age groups from 16 to 17 up to 75 to 84, and drivers age 85 and over, compared by gender, and categorized by active and suspended drivers in Manitoba for 2022.

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Licensed drivers (PowerPoint)

1Active drivers refers to those holding an active Manitoba driver’s license of any license Class. It does not indicate whether an individual actually drives.    
2There are many reasons a driver may be suspended such as driving violations, medical conditions, administrative suspensions and others.      
    
Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 7    
TCSR2022.pdf    

 

  • In this vertical bar graph, shown is the percentage of licensed active and suspended driver by gender and those aged 45–54 to age 85 years and older for 2022.

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Licensed drivers by driver status (PowerPoint)  |  Licensed drivers  by driver status (Excel)

1Active drivers refers to those holding an active Manitoba driver’s license of any license class. It does not indicate whether an individual actually drives.
2There are many reasons a driver may be suspended such as driving violations, medical conditions, administrative suspensions and others.
Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 7

  • A pie chart showing the percentage of total active licensed in Manitoba for 2022 by age group. The highest percentage are drivers aged 25–34 years (17.4%) and the lowest percentage are drivers aged 85 years and older (1.5%).

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Total active license drivers by age group (PowerPoint)  |  Total active license drivers by age group (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 7

Active drivers by driving class

  • Shown in this table are the number of licensed drivers age 16 to 85 years and older by the six driver license classes in 2022.

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Licensed drivers by driving class (PowerPoint) 

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report (PDF), Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 9–11.

  • Using six categories of driving class types, this vertical bar graph shows the percent of total active drivers in Manitoba aged 55-64 (light blue), 65–74 (dark blue) to age 75 years and older (yellow) in 2022.

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Active drivers by driving class (PowerPoint)  |  Active drivers by driving class (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 9–11.

  • These two graphs compares the percentage of active male (top graph) and female (bottom graph) drivers by driving class and age 55-64 to 75 years and over for 2022.

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Active Male and female drivers by driving class (PowerPoint)  |  Active Male and female drivers by driving class (PowerPoint) class (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 9–11.

Driving collisions

  • The vertical bar graph shows the percentage of total collision victims by casualty type for those men and women aged 55–64 to 65 years and over in 2022.

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Total collision victims by casualty type, gender and age (PowerPoint)  |  Total collision victims by casualty type, gender and age  (Excel)
Source:  2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 39

  • Shown in these graphs are five categories identifying the percentage of collision victims by casualty type, killed or injured for Manitobans aged 55-64 and 65 years and older in 2022.

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Collision victims by casualty type (PowerPoint) | Collision victims by casualty type (Excel)

Note: Person in collision refers to anyone injured or killed in a traffic accident including driver, passenger, pedestrian etc. Other Injury includes sustained injuries that are undefined in terms of severity. 

Source:  2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 39

  • Shown in this vertical bar graph are five age categories showing the percentage of drivers that were involved in traffic collisions that were fatal, injury, or property damage only for 2022 for drivers under 25 to age 65 years and older.

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Drivers involved in traffic collisions and severity (PowerPoint) | Drivers involved in traffic collisions and severity (Excel)

¹ PDO = Property damage only  

Note: Person in collision refers to anyone injured or killed in a traffic accident including driver, passenger, pedestrian etc.   

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 75.  

Total Collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers

  • Eight line graphs representing drives from age groupings of 16 to 19; to age 75 years and older compares the total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers by age from 2012–2022.

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Total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers (PowerPoint) | Total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 3.

  • In this vertical bar graph, eight bars represent the total number of collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers ages 16 to 75+ years for 2022.

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Total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers (PowerPoint) | Total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 3.

Driver involvement rate per 10,000 licensed drivers in collisions

  • This table shows the number of licensed drivers per 10,000 involved in a collision due to driver action, environment, human condition, and vehicle defect from age 16 to 65 years and over for 2022.

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Licensed driver involvement in collisions by contributing factor (PowerPoint) 

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 94–95.

  • This table shows the licensed driver involvement rate per 10,000 drivers and the specific factors for collisions by age starting at 16–19 to 65 years and over in 2022.

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Licensed drivers involved in collisions per 10,000 drivers by factor and age (PowerPoint)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 94-95

Pedestrian related injuries

  • Shown in this vertical bar chart for those in five age categories ranging from age 25 and under to those 65 and older, are the percentage of pedestrians killed or injured in 2022.

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Pedestrians killed or injured by age (PowerPoint) | Pedestrians killed or injured by age (Excel)

Source: 2022 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 64.

Resources

Ensuring older Canadians have access to inclusive transportation options

A report that addresses the issues and problems that older Canadians face in the Transportation sector
 

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