Figure 4.4.8: Motor vehicle collisions causing personal injury or death involving alcohol
Rates per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London and Ontario, 2008 to 2015
Source:
Ministry of Transportation Collision Database, Released: Feb 1, 2019; Population Estimates, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH Ontario, Date Extracted: May 22, 2018There was a significant and substantial decrease in the rate of motor vehicle collisions causing injury or death that involved alcohol between 2008 (25.8 per 100,000) and 2015 (13.4).
The 2015 rate is seven time lower than it was in 1988 (data not shown).
Middlesex-London rates of alcohol involvement in MVCs causing injury or death were consistently higher than those of the province.