Two More Preventable Deaths in under one week
Vision Zero Kjipuktuk/Halifax asks: Why do our streets continue to allow simple human mistakes to kill people?
Vision Zero Kjipuktuk/Halifax asks: Why do our streets continue to allow simple human mistakes to kill people?
2025 was the deadliest year on the roads of Kjipuktuk (Halifax) in a decade, with 20 people confirmed to have been killed as of August 2025. This is unacceptable. Our elected officials have a moral and legal imperative to act in the public interest with public money and prevent avoidable
We’ve launched a short public reporting form to document safety incidents experienced by people walking, rolling, cycling, or using micromobility in the Halifax Regional Municipality
Newly released records from Halifax Regional Police provide additional details about a February 27, 2026 crash at the intersection of Wyse Road and Boland Road in Dartmouth that resulted in the death of a pedestrian who was legally crossing.
Words matter. The language we use to describe traffic crashes shapes how the public understands road safety, who is held accountable, and what solutions are considered possible.
Two multi-vehicle crashes on Highway 102 show why the high cost of collisions must be considered when governments decide that road safety investments are too expensive.
Pickups, largely promoted and used for personal travel, along with SUVs and minivans, accounted for almost 88% of new vehicle sales in Canada in 2025.
On April 10, 2026, Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax launched an online incident safety report form for people who walk, cycle, roll or use other modes of micromobility or mobility aids to report any close calls or near misses they experience in the HRM. We did this because these road safety
Vision Zero Kjipuktuk/Halifax asks: Why do our streets continue to allow simple human mistakes to kill people?
Two serious crashes in two days are reported to have resulted in significant injury to pedestrians, one a child aged 14, the second a senior aged 72. Overall, 22% of fatal and injury crash victims in the HRM are vulnerable road users, despite being involved in only 4% of overall
2025 was the deadliest year on the roads of Kjipuktuk (Halifax) in a decade, with 20 people confirmed to have been killed as of August 2025. This is unacceptable. Our elected officials have a moral and legal imperative to act in the public interest with public money and prevent avoidable
We’ve launched a short public reporting form to document safety incidents experienced by people walking, rolling, cycling, or using micromobility in the Halifax Regional Municipality
Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax strongly supports improving transit reliability through enhanced parking enforcement on key corridors and the implementation of transit-priority street design measures. Such actions reflect a core principle of Vision Zero - that traffic deaths and serious injuries are preventable and are shaped by policy and design. The
Road Safety in the HRM is a moral imperative - we need more investment, not cuts Over 30 residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) have been killed or seriously injured on our roads since the current Council was elected in October 2024, based on publicly reported cases. Lives cut short,