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Mounties in Saskatchewan responded to 77 fatal crashes last year, resulting in a total of 88 deaths.
According to the RCMP, 2024 saw the greatest number of fatalities on rural roads in the past six years. In 2023, Mounties responded to 72 fatal crashes leading to 80 deaths.
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(Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
Serious injuries due to collisions also jumped in 2024, the RCMP said. Officers responded to 271 collisions that resulted in serious injuries in 2024, up 43 per cent from 2023. The crashes last year led to 321 people suffering serious injuries, and the RCMP said that number is up by 48 per cent over 2023, when 189 crashes resulted in 217 serious injuries.
(Saskatchewan RCMP/Submitted)
“There were four primary factors in fatal and serious injury collisions in 2024: impaired driving; distracted driving; dangerous driving behaviour (primarily speeding); and failure to use a seatbelt,” the Saskatchewan RCMP said in a statement.
Male drivers are more likely to be at fault in serious and fatal collisions on Saskatchewan roads, the RCMP said, and people aged 16 to 25 are the most likely to be injured or killed in crashes.
More than 60 per cent of the serious and fatal crashes in RCMP jurisdiction in 2024 happened between noon and midnight, the police force noted, and most were single-vehicle crashes.
Numbers continue to trend upwards in 2025
The RCMP noted that the numbers are still trending upward, with Saskatchewan Mounties responding to 51 fatal collisions, leading to 54 deaths, so far this year.
“That’s 13 more lives lost than there were last year at the same time,” the RCMP noted. “Nearly 40 per cent of these deaths were related to someone not wearing their seatbelt.”
Superintendent Grant St. Germaine, the officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services, said every fatal crash is a tragedy.
“It’s important when we talk about statistics to remember that there are numerous lives that are changed forever behind each of these collisions. We all need to do our part to try to prevent every collision we can,” St. Germaine said in a statement.
“Remember, always obey posted speed limits, never drive impaired by alcohol or drugs, put the phone down and always remember to wear your seatbelt – it may keep you alive.”
