Road safety is at the top of mind in the City of Waterloo.
A new report by city staff shows new data on what streets in the city see the most collisions.
According to that report, there have been 2,808 collisions on city streets over a five-year period.
This included 71 collisions involving pedestrians and 54 collisions involving cyclists.
The data was collected during 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The report notes that 2020 and 2021 were not included because of “anomalies observed in collision data during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Several streets have been highlighted for new road safety measures, including by collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists, as well as driver speed.
Collisions involving other vehicles
- Lexington Road at Dearborn Boulevard
- University Avenue between Bridge Street West and Auburn Drive
- Seagram Drive between Lester Street and University Avenue
- Columbia Street West between Holly Street and Hazel Street
- Hazel Street at Austin Drive
Collisions involving pedestrians
- Union Street at Moore Avenue
- Union Street at Herbert Street
- Columbia Street East at Lester Street
Collisions involving cyclists
- Columbia Street East at Regina Street
- Seagram Drive between Lester Street and University Avenue
- Columbia Street at Gatestone Boulevard
- Country Squire Road between Millstream Drive & Charing Cross
Driver speed
- Erbsville Court between Rummelhardt Drive and Erb Street West
- Glen Forrest Boulevard between Twin Oaks Crescent and Northgate Avenue
- Auburn Drive between Allenby Court and Dayna Crescent
The new data comes from the city’s Road Safety Countermeasures and Traffic Calming Implementation Plan.
It is meant to highlight some of the city’s planned action to identify locations that need more road safety measures to reduce collisions.
The report will be shared with Waterloo City Council during their meeting on Monday Nov. 24, starting at 2 p.m.
