Canada Ministry of Pedestrians

they can definitely do more than parrot incorrect police wording

Lack of safety for those who need it the most and the horrific outcomes are often understated or obscured by media & police.
Not @citynewscalgary.bsky.social, reporting here how an elderly pedestrian was "struck by a motorist", not a "collision with a vehicle"
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today we can add our "demon of the streets" person crossing the road, terrifying distracted and obscured-vision drivers

Pedestrian dies after traffic pole falls on them following two-vehicle crash in North York | Watch News Videos Online Watch Pedestrian dies after traffic pole falls on them following two-vehicle crash in North York Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Perhaps media, here @globalnews.ca, should centre key wording around witness and local resident statements - "a tragedy" - vs police statements which incorrectly use the English language to obscure the role of drivers, one of whom fled the scene
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every darn time we cross

Pedestrian killed after vehicle crashes into Ottawa building | Across Canada for Feb.26, 2026 YouTube video by CTV News

Horrific incident in Ottawa last week resulting in one fatality, multiple severe injuries
How often do we hear of an investigation, yet no news of charges
City speed limits should be 30km/h
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Opinion: Right turns on red — it’s time for a change Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians or cyclists have been killed in vehicle collisions. More than one per month. On average, every second day in our city, a pedestrian or cyclist is st...

this is an excellent overview of the research, by @brentbellamy.bsky.social . The SF study is a good one

www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Calgary councillors debate whether a 'war' on cars is brewing in the city | CBC News A debate on city hall last week stemmed from a new development with few parking spots, as Ward 13 Coun. Dan McLean argued the competition for few parking spots in some Calgary communities is leading t...

Right. "War on Cars" in Calgary. sigh. A toddler in a stroller killed in a marked crosswalk. A 70-year old man killed in a marked crosswalk. Reframing as "attack on cars" doesn't make it any more real. Just effin' disgusting and irresponsible.
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if the children of decision-makers relied on walking, we'd have very different decisions made

Ok but also let's bring the death of street hockey into the conversation.

Cars cost us the gold medal.

somehow we have developed and normalized an infrastructure-caused deathtrap for pedestrians, then claim measures which address it have "potential safety impacts"

Nothing could be worse than the status quo - many dozens of serious crashes per year resulting from this trap

Pedestrian crashes in Ottawa

Those safer signals could be used effectively with no right on reds (spreadsheet from Ottawa open data)

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City-wide red light right turn ban creates ‘potential safety impacts’: Ottawa staff A blanket ban on right turns at red lights at intersections across the City of Ottawa could create “potential safety impacts, concerns and increased traffic congestion” and should be assessed on a cas...

A whopping and hugely disturbing 56% of pedestrian crashes occurred at Ottawa's signalized intersections since 2017: 1,021 of 1,831 crashes.

There is an obligation to assess an implement safe traffic signals used widely elsewhere in Canada, e.g. Montreal and QC

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But did it remember to press the beg button
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A toddler is dead in Calgary because we allow these jacked up SUVs with very minimal forward visibility. The drivers of these can’t see people in the crosswalk.

When will these be banned?
#Calgary

"“Of course, people go, ‘Wow, a ticket for killing somebody.’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, but it’s not murder. So quit clutching your pearls.’ ” - a retired police officer.
Wow.

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Elderly man killed in collision between motorized scooter and Ford F-150 Calgary police say a senior has died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road on a motorized scooter.

Elderly person using mobility scooter struck and killed while using a crosswalk.
Nothing noted from the police about an investigation, charges laid, or anything at all regarding the need to slow, look for and yield to vulnerable people using crosswalks
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit: Statement from VicPD on the recent spike in drivers hitting pedestrians and cyclists Explore this post and more from the VictoriaBC community

Yes I saw, great message!
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B.C. driver tells tribunal pedestrian who failed to ‘take steps to increase their visibility’ caused collision A driver who hit a person in a crosswalk on a wet, dark morning has failed to convince a B.C. tribunal that “unsafe pedestrian acts” contributed to the collision.

Driver found 100% responsible.
But how often do we hear this argument about "shared responsibility" from police and authorities?
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Alberta pedestrians might want to contact their councillor and request this incorrect, highly dangerous advice is removed asap:
"When pedestrians are crossing the intersection, you may proceed only when there is a safe gap between your vehicle and the pedestrians"
no such thing as a "safe gap"

Intersection rules How to safely navigate intersections.

Drivers must yield the right of way to pedestrians. Obviously, passing them while they are still in the intersection is not yielding. People accustomed to driving tend to normalise law breaching at intersections around pedestrians, and consider it harmless
www.alberta.ca/intersection...

From your webpage: "When pedestrians are crossing the intersection, you may proceed only when there is a safe gap between your vehicle and the pedestrians"
Seriously? How is a "safe gap" defined and enforced by the police?

Victoria Police Department: VicPD is urging the community to take extra care on our roads. Since January 1, our officers have responded to a cyclist or pedestrian being struck every single day. To date, this includes 8 pedestrians, 7 cyclists, and 1 person on a scooter. These are not statistics. These are people - your sister, mother, brother, aunts, kids, colleagues, uncles - all walking to work, cycling to school, crossing the street, or simply moving through our community. Each collision carries the potential for life-threatening injury or loss. Road safety is a shared responsibility. Drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians all a have a role to play, but those operating vehicles carry a heightened duty of care. A moment of distraction, speed, or impatience can have irreversible consequences. We are asking the public to slow down, stay alert, and make deliberate, cautious choices behind the wheel. Watch for cyclists. Yield to pedestrians. Put phones away. Take the extra second. Together, we can prevent these collisions. Together, we can keep people safe.

This from Victoria Police is how it should be put. Yes, it's a shared responsibility, BUT between a pedestrian and a car, only one of those has the capability to harm or kill the other

Surrey police have been involved in two recent pedestrian fatalities. Why isn't more revealed? Two female pedestrians have died less than two weeks apart after being struck by a Surrey police car, leaving the public with many concerns.

Questions raised after two female pedestrians struck and killed by Surrey Police last month
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Woman dead after being struck by 2 vehicles in midtown Toronto | CBC News A woman is dead after being struck by two vehicles in midtown Toronto Wednesday morning.

Horrific. RIP.
No mention of any driver involvement until some way through this article. Vehicles do not hit and kill pedestrians then flee the scene. Drivers do.
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@michaeljohnlo.bsky.social there are few to no examples of investigative journalism following vulnerable road user crashes of this calibre, thank you.

Skateboarder was in crosswalk when he was hit by truck: eyewitness The driver drove for another 20 feet before she slowed down enough for the young man to fall off the front of the Dodge Ram pickup, says a woman who saw the crash.

Tragic incident, truck driver striking a skateboarder on a crosswalk - yet police would not say if they are recommending charges.
Excellent journalism from Michael John Lo who interviews a witness also city engineering staff - who admit the design is dangerous
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/s...

Pedestrian, 67, who died after vehicle crashed into building Wednesday was inside a store: Toronto Police | CBC News Toronto police say the person who died after a vehicle crashed into a business in Toronto on Wednesday was a 67-year-old man.

You can be inside a store and classified by police as a "pedestrian".
6 people in the store were struck
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it would say if they were

Male pedestrian killed, 4 injured after vehicle crashes into Toronto store - Toronto | Globalnews.ca Toronto police and emergency crews are on scene after a vehicle went into a building, with one pedestrian killed and two pedestrians injured.

Four people struck, one killed. Driver not arrested, only comment is that he "remained at the scene"
Police and media never fail to construe the driver as an inactive participant who did the right thing
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