The intersection of Domano Boulevard, Tyner Boulevard and Highway 16 near College Heights had the most vehicle crashes of any intersection in Prince George, according to data released by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) on Tuesday, June 3.
The online data provides information on the location, date, severity and type of crash as well as a map showing where the most frequent crash locations were.
In the North Central Region — which extends as far north as the Yukon border, as far west as Haida Gwaii, as far east as the Alberta border and as far south as Clinton — Prince George had by far the highest number of total crashes in 2024 with 4,687.
That’s down from the 5,120 Prince George saw in 2023 and the 4,836 it saw in 2022.
By comparison, Williams Lake was second in 2024 with 1,216 crashes, Quesnel was third with 1,118 crashes, Fort St. John was fourth with 1,099 crashes, and Terrace was fourth with 790 crashes.
Of that total, 571 of the crashes were deemed casualty crashes, meaning they resulted in either injury or death. The other 4,116 resulted in property damage only.
A little more than a third of the crashes, 1,761, are listed as having taken place inside a parking lot. Parked vehicles were involved in 1,560 of the crashes.
Just 36 of the crashes involved a pedestrian, 14 involved a cyclist, 27 involved a motorcycle, 368 involved an animal and 199 involved a heavy vehicle.
The data also shows that 750 victims were involved in the 2024 crashes.
ICBC’s data allows the user to see what days of the week crashes occurred on, which shows that in 2024, Thursday was the most common day for crashes with 769.
The month with the most crashes in 2024 was January, with 509.
The 10 intersections with the most crashes were:
- Domano Boulevard, Highway 16 and Tyner Boulevard: 51
- Ferry Avenue and Highway 16: 47
- Highway 16 and Highway 97: 45
- 15th Avenue and Central Street: 36
- Fifth Avenue and Central Street: 35
- Highway 16, Konrath Road and Westgate Avenue: 28
- Massey Drive and Ospika Boulevard: 26
- Massey Drive and Westwood Drive: 24
- Highway 97 and Massey Drive and Pine Centre Road: 23
- Cowart Road, Highway 16 and Vance Road: 22
Just two of those intersections, both along Massey Drive, are the only ones that are not along a highway.
Between 2020 and 2024, these were the 10 intersections with the most crashes:
- Domano Boulevard, Highway 16 and Tyner Boulevard: 241
- Highway 16 and Highway 97: 224
- 15th Avenue and Central Street: 202
- Ferry Avenue and Highway 16: 187
- Fifth Avenue and Central Street: 140
- Cowart Road, Highway 16 and Vance Road: 117
- 10th Avenue and Central Street: 116
- 20th Avenue, Redwood Street and Victoria Street: 101
- Massey Drive and Westwood Drive: 100
- Massey Drive and Ospika Drive: 94
Again, just the two Massey Drive intersections are the only ones not on a highway.
ICBC’s data allows the user to see what days of the week crashes occurred on, which shows that in 2024, Thursday was the most common day for crashes with 769.
