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 2016. Most common mode is driver, followed by passenger vehicle, public transit, and other transportation.

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

Source: Statistics Canada - 2016 Census Catalogue Number 98-400-X2016322.

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

  • Shown among gender and drivers age 16-85 years and older is the number of active and suspended drivers for 2019.

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: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 18.

  • 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 2020.

Active Drivers refers to those holding an active Manitoba Driver’s License of any License Class. It does not indicate whether an individual actually drives.
There are many reasons a driver may be suspended such as driving violations, medical conditions, administrative suspensions and others.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 18.

  • A vertical bar graph showing the percentage of total active licenced drivers for 2020 by age starting at age 16 to 85+.

Active Drivers refers to those holding an active Manitoba Driver’s License 1-5 Class. It does not indicate whether an individual actually drives. There are many reasons a driver may be suspended such as driving violations, medical conditions, administrative suspensions and others. 

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 18.

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 2020.

S = Data has been suppressed due to low number of responses.  

Note: Rounding has been applied by Manitoba Public Insurance   

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 20-21, 25.

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

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 20-21, 25.

  • 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 2020.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 20-21, 25.

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 2020.

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

Source:  2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 73, 76.

  • 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 2020.

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: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 76..

  • 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 2020 for drivers under 25 to age 65 years and older.

PDO = Property damage only

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

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 134.

Total Collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers

  • Eight line graphs representing drives from age groupsings of 16 to 19; to age 75 years and older compares the total collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers by age from 2010–2020.

Note: The increase in collisions starting in 2011 is due to amendments to the Highway Traffic Act that took effect in 2011 and changed the way collisions are reported. This resulted in an increase in minimal injury and property damage only (PDO) collisions that had previously been underreported.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 10..

  • In this vertical bar graph, eight bars represent the total number of collisions per 10,000 licensed drivers ages 16 to 75+ years for 2020.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 10.

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 2020.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 170-171.

  • 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 2020.

– Missing data

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 170-171.

Pedestrian related injuries

  • Shown in this vertical bar chart for those in five age categories reanging from age 25 and under to those 65 and older, are the percentage of pedestrians killed or injured in 2020.

Source: 2020 Traffic Collision Statistics Report, Manitoba Public Insurance, p. 111.

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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