ALBERTA'S
BEST DRIVERS
DURING 2025
This website is designed for viewing on laptop and desktop computers.
The website objective is to determine who Alberta's best drivers are.
The Scoreboard (Table 1A) below compares the performance of drivers in the six collision zones of Alberta in reducing avoidable roadway harm. Fig. 1 through Fig. 6 displays Table 1A results in graphical form. They reveal Alberta's best drivers.
Table 1B shows provincial results for years 2017 to 2023.
Fig. 8 compares the performance of Alberta drivers with the better half of Canadian drivers.
The 120 KM/H CANDIDATES page has collision numbers for several highways being considered for a posted speed of 120 km/h.
The Table 1A Scoreboard provides recent collision rates for the six Alberta collision zones:
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four (1, 2 and 3, 4) are served by RCMP detachments,
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two (5, 6) have municipal police services.
Table 1B below shows provincial collision rate results for years 2017 to 2023.
Collision zone communities and locations can be found on the ZONE INFORMATION page.
Fig. 1 through Fig. 6 below graphically compare recent casualty collision rates and total reportable collision rates for the three pairs of collision zones.
During 2025, Alberta's best drivers were in Collision Zone 4. Do you agree?
DRIVER ERRORS
Fig. 7 shows the pattern of driver actions that have led to fatal and injury collisions.
A Complication
Alberta Transportation discontinued reporting minor and minimal injury statistics that occurred after 2021; consequently, the pattern to the left of the starred vertical line is for actions up to 2022 that led to casualty collisions (fatal collisions plus major, minor and minimal injury collisions) whereas the pattern to the right of the starred vertical line is for actions after 2021 that led to fatal and major injury collisions.
Review of the data from 2012 to 2023 shows that the three most common driver errors that led to a casualty collision on a non-intersection roadway were
Ran Off Road
Left of Centre
Followed Too Closely.
The three most common driver errors that led to a casualty collision at an intersection were
Disobey Traffic Sign or Signal
Left Turn Across Path
Followed Too Closely.
The above driver errors also led to reportable property damage only collisions.
Fig. 7 will be updated annually following release of Alberta Transportation’s Alberta Traffic Collision Statistics report.
COLLISIONS WITH ANIMALS
In contrast to the other western provinces, Alberta Transportation does not include collisions with wild and domestic animals in its annual collision report. Alberta collisions with animals amount to about 2% of fatal collisions, about 4% of non-fatal injury collisions, and about 10% of reportable property damage only collisions each year.
According to a November 2023 report, Alberta averages more annual wildlife collision fatalities than any other province or territory (Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Canada: 2000 - 2020; Barrett, Vanlaar and Robertson, Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Ottawa, ON).
The Alberta Wildlife Watch Program Alberta Wildlife Watch (https://albertawildlifewatch.ca/) provides recent statistics and maps about roadway collisions involving large bodied animals.
CANADA AND ALBERTA COLLISION FATALITY RATES
As shown in Fig. 8, the Alberta collision fatality rate has improved considerably but still exceeds the average for Canada. (The 2019 dip is due to the pandemic.)
Fig. 8 will be updated annually as data becomes available from the Transport Canada publication Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics.
Fig. 9 below shows a path to an possible target – that of reducing the Alberta collision fatality rate to less than the average for Canada. The 2035 target corresponds to an annual provincial average of less than 175 casualty collisions per 100,000 residents.
Achieving the improvement as shown means that Albertans will have avoided an average of 8 fatalities, 70 major injuries, 400 minor injuries and 3,300 reportable collisions each year of the indicated transition period.
Additional benefits of decreasing collisions by one-third include lower collision insurance cost, smoother traffic flow, reduced demands on expensive public services, and increased ability to withstand the effect of tariffs on trade to the U.S.