On Wednesday, a 52-year-old man was seriously injured in Waverley area after his bike left the road and hit a tree.
The initial probe by RCMP suggests that the rider lost control over his bike running in the 900 block of Waverley Road. The machine left the road and hit a tree.
The man was seriously injured and was taken to hospital. The police closed the road for some time, and was opened only after a traffic analyst worked at the scene.
The police is investigating the cause of the crash.
The accident occurred just seven hours after a man was killed in a bike crash on Rocky Lake Drive. The accident occurred at 10 a.m. Wednesday, in which a 42-year-old motorcyclist died soon after his bike collided with a pickup truck coming from the opposite direction on Rocky Lake Drive. The truck driver was not injured in the accident.
In Canada, road accidents are a major cause of death for those aged 5 to 34. The injuries sustained in such accidents by all Canadians are a major burden on the country’s health care system in terms of emergency treatment, chronic care, and rehabilitation.
Research suggests that 1% reduction in speed can reduce the likelihood of a fatal collision by 5%. Therefore, a downward shift in the distribution of driving speeds for all drivers would be beneficial to reduce number of accidents. Though the police in Canada uses radar units to detect speeders, this approach is very labour-intensive. It is essential that authorities install automated speed enforcement that are able to detect speeding drivers using radar and a camera. The radar measures vehicle speeds, and for vehicles traveling over a preset threshold, the camera records the licence plate number with vehicle owners receiving a summons in the mail.
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