Quebec police chiefs calling for increased caution in school zones as accidents rise
MONTREAL — An association representing Quebec’s police chiefs is sounding the alarm that the number of collisions involving children transported by school bus has climbed back to levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officials say that in 2023, 320 children in the province were involved in collisions related to school transportation — the equivalent of two per day during the school year.
The total includes collisions with buses and also when children are struck getting on or off a bus, and the 2023 figure represents a sharp rise after declines were recorded between 2020 and 2022.
As they launched a campaign today to curtail dangerous driving, the police chiefs’ association said half the drivers involved in the accidents were aged 25 to 44.
