The Vancouver Sun has undertaken an impressive investigative reporting effort to raise awareness about traffic safety in the province. The obtained crash data from the Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) that documents 450,000 crashes over the past five years, of which about 175,000 caused injuries. They took the data from the reports, and created maps of the worst intersections using GeoCommons. In one of the worst locations, the Willingdon interchange in Burnaby, there have been 2,200 collisions, and almost 900 were severe enough to cause injuries, which begs the question why nothing has been done.
You can view statistics and maps here.
