OPP say data shows men between the ages of 25 and 34 are the most careless on the road, and as a result most likely to die in a crash.
Over the last 10 years, police have been called to a total of 3,091 fatal crash scenes where more than 3,500 people were killed.
Of the dead, 2,358 of them were men. Sixteen percent of them were between the ages of 25-34. That age group also has the highest number of people who died as a result of not wearing a seat belt.
Nearly 70% of those who died were driving at the time of the crash. Police say out of those 2,425 drivers, only 19% of them were reported as "driving properly."
Most of crashes can be attributed to either speeding, distracted driving, impaired driving or not buckling up.
“When you add it all up, the economic and social costs associated with road crashes in Ontario are in the billions of dollars every year, with fatalities being the largest single contributor to social costs," says Provincial Commander of Traffic Safety and Operational Support Brad Blair. "It is absolutely tragic to see so many drivers either under-estimate or not care about the role they can play in dramatically reducing this impact on society."
Investigators are also targeting transport truck drivers, urging them to be safe on the road. Of the 696 people who died in crashes involving a tractor trailer, 87% were travelling in another vehicle that collided with the transport. A total of 92 truck drivers lost their lives in these crashes, 70 of whom were reported as "not driving properly" at the time of the incident.
Police say the data, collected between 2005 and 2014, is being released in an effort to showcase the importance of following the rules of the road.
