Perspective
The US-Canadian Road Safety Gap Is Getting Wider
Despite similar infrastructure and vehicle fleets, the US and Canada are going in very different directions when it comes to traffic safety. A new study breaks down the divergence.
Traffic on a highway in Toronto in 2024.
Photographer: Cole Burston/BloombergAutomobile crash deaths are far more common in the US than in Canada — and the divide is widening.
That is the striking conclusion of a new study produced through a collaboration between the US Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) and the Canadian Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF). Its findings raise new questions about why Canada’s progress saving lives is not being felt south of border.