Michael PorterFeb 26

I remember hearing, a while ago, that #Ottawa averaged 30 automobile accidents a day in the summer, 50 in the winter. Given what I see of people's driving habits these days, and the likelihood of COVID-induced brain damage, I assumed those numbers were low. Yeppppp…

According to stats in the article below, in the first 45 days of 2026, we averaged 70 collisions per day. In 2025 for the same period it was 66 per day.

For the entire year of 2025, we averaged 56.6 per day, higher than the old *winter* stat.

But please, tell me again why car transportation should be prioritized.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/6-jump-in-collisions-on-ottawa-roads-so-far-this-year

#Autowa #CarCulture

6% jump in collisions on Ottawa roads so far this year

The service’s Traffic Collisions Snapshot shows there were 3,153 collisions reported to police between Jan. 1 and Feb. 14, up from 2,964 collisions during the same period in 2025.

CTVNews
Eric GoodwinFeb 21
I don’t want to alarm anyone but people were driving to the conditions out there in the snowy apocalypse. #ottcity #autowa
WTLFeb 4

Well damn; I run this section of Rideau Street nearly daily. Driver hits pedestrian on Rideau Street. #Ottawa #autowa

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/pedestrian-struck-by-a-vehicle-on-rideau-street-in-ottawa/

Pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Rideau Street in Ottawa

The Ottawa Police Service says police and paramedics responded to a call for a collision involving a pedestrian on Rideau Street, between Charlotte Street and Wurtemburg Street, just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.

CTVNews
Dianora (Diane Bruce)Feb 3

How are people supposed to pick these up if they have to use transit?

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-recycling-bins

#Ottawa #AutoWa

Ottawa residents must now pick up new recycling bins

Residents are being directed to pick up new blue bins from one of two Miller Waste Services locations in Ottawa.

ottawacitizen
Jag VillaniJan 8
Odds that it's the same school/car/instructor? I mean, I know there's more than one gray Corolla out there, but it could well be ... #autowa ottawacitizen.com/news/driving...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:p5zm3fkcpzbzu7cgc2wgl3r6/post/3lvgjtuzhn224

Driving instructor taught less...
Show threadMartin SettleDec 29

@cbcottawa_mirror this is a ridiculous headline.

Pedestrians don't have fatal collisions.

This person was struck and killed by a motor vehicle which was ostensibly under the "control" of another person.

#ottwalk #autowa #warOnCars #ottawa

Matt Rose  Nov 9
#Autowa drivers be careful out there. Coming down the hill on Bronson towards Albert there was a car facing the wrong way on the sidewalk, I myself lost traction briefly while braking, and the car behind me also spun out.
bikeview.caOct 30
@thewaroncars.bsky.social Now look what you’ve done… though I might call it Life After #autowa
bikeview.caOct 17
Another live example of this @tomflood.bsky.social poster on #DistractedDriving. “They came out of nowhere” except this is in a giant pickup and not a convertible. #autowa

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ffwvamr44uffpkgsgy5zkazd/post/3loqxicdtlc23
garthoid (he/him)Sep 18

Hey #ottawa

Lets be careful out there.

I was almost hit by a car making a left turn into my crosswalk. I was crossing at an intersection, in a crosswalk, on my light.

If I had not been watching the vehicle travelling at speed making a left hand turn into my crosswalk I would be either dead or in an ambulance

I had to JUMP to get out of the way.

The driver, too late,realized and looked shocked.

#Autowa #ottwalk