Study on Coquihalla crashes needs to be taken seriously
A NEW STUDY on the Coquihalla is enough to make you stay home or maybe take the old five-hour drive down the Fraser Canyon to get to the Coast.
The study, led by road safety researcher Dr. Jeff Brubacher and published in the journal Sustainability, claims there’s been a 118 per cent increase in fatalities since the speed limit on the Coq was boosted from 110 to 120 kmh in 2015.
It says there have also been more injuries and total crashes and declares “a marked deterioration in road safety.” All the pro-speed arguments used for increasing the speed limit have been disproven, it concludes.
This has some, like former transportation minister Todd Stone and the Sense BC speed advocacy group, skeptical to put it mildly.