ICBC crash statistics data from 2020 to 2024 highlights the intersections in cities across BC that saw the most collisions over the five-year span.
In Victoria, as many may be able to guess, the intersection where Gorge Road East, Government Street, Hillside Avenue and Douglas Street converge saw the most collisions, with 263 recorded since 2020.
The second worst intersection for crashes over the last five years was Douglas and Finlayson Street with 207 collisions, and tied for third with 195 incidents was Blanshard Street and Douglas, as well as Blanshard and Bay Street.
In Saanich, the worst intersection was determined to be Douglas and McKenzie Avenue, with 373 collisions since 2020. This intersection also proved to be the worst intersection on Vancouver Island as a whole with 87 incidents happening in 2024 alone.
The intersection with the second most incidents was Blanshard and Saanich Road at 264 and the third worst was where the Patricia Bay Highway meets Sayward Road at 237.
Langford’s worst intersection involves all turning ramps connected to the Trans-Canada Highway, Veteran’s Memorial Highway and Millstream Road where there were 286 collisions.
Goldstream Avenue and Veteran’s Memorial HIghway was also up there with 218 crashes and the intersection of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, Kelly Road and Goldstream saw 197 incidents.
In one-year’s time, there were 11,612 crashes on Vancouver Island as a whole. Of those, 5,365 incidents involved injuries.
ICBC has detailed information and interactive maps available for all municipalities of Greater Victoria and beyond. Click here to see the web portal.
The organization also shared statistics on fatalities resulting from collisions over the last five years ending in June 2025.
Through the last full year of statistics, 2024, BC saw a total of 265 fatalities as a result of vehicular collisions, and 31 of those occurred on Vancouver Island.
The leading cause in all collisions in 2024 was determined to have been speed, which was found to be a factor in 32% of the incidents.
ICBC also found that 28% of the incidents involved distractions and 23% involved impairment of some kind.
When it comes to vehicular collisions with cyclists on Vancouver Island, there were 523 incidents in 2024, with 336 of those involving injured victims and just one ending in a death.
More statistics are available online, here.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article stated the data included 2025. The ICBC statistics referenced cover from 2020 to 2024.
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