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By Liam Verster
Annual Car Crash Data

Southern Interior sees slight decline in crashes, casualties in 2024

Jun 6, 2025 | 6:00 AM

The Southern Interior saw motor vehicle incidents and severe crashes decline on an annual basis.

Newly released data from the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) showed there were 41,608 crashes in the Southern Interior in 2024. Of those, 5,699 were collisions that resulted in an injury or fatality.

Those figures were down from 2023 when there were 41,757 crashes and 5,845 casualty crashes.

The 2024 total crash number was up when compared to the five-year average of 40,495, though the severe collision figure was below the average that was recorded at 6,086. It was noted the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 may have impacted the five-year trends.

The data from the insurance corporation showed the Southern Interior had 3,945 collisions in July, which was the highest monthly total for the year.

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ICBC recorded a total of 303,593 crashes across B.C. in 2024, of which 49,850 were casualty crashes.

Those were both up from the previous year’s figures of 296,159 and 49,106, respectively.

ICBC did not distinguish between crashes that caused injury or fatalities in its casualty crash figures.

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