Minister responsible Joe Hargrave says he feels that people are starting to pay attention to traffic safety. But he believes there is still lots of work to be done in order to bring those numbers even lower and issues such as distracted driving may even see harsher penalties in the future.

SGI is seeing progress when it comes to the number of injuries and fatalities on Saskatchewan’s roadways.

In 2018, there were over 4,200 people injured and 129 that were killed in vehicle collisions, a 34 per cent decrease when looking at 2008’s stats of over 6,300 injuries and 142 deaths.

Vice President of Traffic Safety Kwei Quaye says that a report from 2017 also shows that Saskatchewan has the 3rd-lowest injury count when compared to the other provinces.

There were fewer total injuries and casualties in 2018 across SGI’s “big four” categories: impairment, distracted driving, speeding or aggressive driving and seatbelts.