pedestrian fatalities in 2010
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8/14/2019 Pedestrian fatalities in 2010
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1. Jan. 6: man, 80Struck by northbound car driven by43-year-old man, as he crossed
Harmony Rd. about 10:55 p.m.2. Jan. 8: woman, 69 Hit by a GO bus on Durham Collegecampus while crossing Commence-ment Cres. about 8:40 a.m.3. Jan. 12: student, 17Steven Seixeiro, struck on his way toSt. Joan of Arc Catholic High School,by a truck turning right.4. Jan. 12: woman, 80Nouhad-NicholasAl-Kassouf, struck by acar about 1 p.m. as shecrossed a Y intersection.Driver had the right of way.5. Jan. 12: woman, 28Marites Mendoza diedwhile pushing a strollerwith her 7-week-old sonacross Martin Grove Rd.about 12.45 p.m.; allegedlythe driver ran a red light.
6. Jan. 14: woman, 24Gurleen Thabal was struckby a Brampton Transit busturning into the Shoppers Worldbus loop about 6:30 a.m.7. Jan. 17: man, 54Man was struck by an eastboundtow truck turning left, while hewas crossing Hurontario St.
8. Jan. 18: woman, 60Struck by a TTC bus southbound onMount Pleasant Rd. about 7 a.m.,as it turned right on Eglinton Ave.9. Jan. 18: man, 75Charlie Woods was struck by anSUV on Lakeshore Rd. Driver fled;
a man was later arrested.10. Jan. 19: woman, 76Struck by van while crossingRutherford Rd. carrying groceries. 11. Jan. 20: woman, mid-30sStruck on Dufferin St. by aminivan just before dawn.
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Toronto
ACROSS CANADA: Calgary 0.81 , Montreal 1.17 , Ottawa 1.23(2008)
, Vancouver 1.73 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS PER 100,000 population in 2009
How regions compareThere have been 11 pedestrian fatalities so far in 2010. That represents 20 % of the total 56 GTA fatalities forlast year in just three weeks. The largest increase is in York, already one-third of last years total.
Population: 2.68 millionPedestrian deathsper 100,000 in 2009: 1.16
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OF LASTYEAR
Population: 975,830Pedestrian deathsper 100,000 in 2009: 0.62
Population: 856,290Pedestrian deathsper 100,000 in 2009: 0.82
Population: 479,092Pedestrian deathsper 100,000 in 2009: 0.42
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York Durham HaltonPopulation: 1.16 millionPedestrian deathsper 100,000 in 2009: 0.86
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33 %OF LAST
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29 %OF LAST
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SOURCES: Regional and Metropolitan police services COMPILED BY BRENDAN KENNEDY AND DENISE BALKISSOON TORONTO STAR GRAPHIC
Population: 6.15 million 2009 deaths: 56Pedestrian deaths per 100,000 in 2009: 0.91
GTA
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