2022 Was ‘Deadly’ for Vehicle, Boating Accidents, Say Ontario Police

2022 Was ‘Deadly’ for Vehicle, Boating Accidents, Say Ontario Police
Vehicles on Highway 401 westbound in Kingston, Ont., on Jan. 11, 2019. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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The year 2022 was deadly for car and marine accidents in Ontario, with 423 people dying in car, snowmobile, and boat crashes, which worked out to at least one death per day, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

This was higher than the 2021 total of 315 people dying on roads, which was a 3 percent increase from 2020.