Evelyn Vingilis of Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has co-authored a study that shows people who admit to street racing are also five times more likely have crashed their vehicle in the previous year.

Study shows collisions five times more likely for street racers

Evelyn Vingilis of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has co-authored a study that shows people who admit to street racing are also five times more likely have crashed their vehicle in the previous year. Credit: Paul Mayne/Western University

Ontarians who have street-raced at least once in the past year are five times more likely than other drivers to have crashed their vehicle at some point during those 12 months.

Researchers from Western University and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have produced the first Canadian survey that looks systematically at the demographics and crash rates of adult street racers in Ontario.

The data show one per cent of drivers – potentially as many as 86,000 people – admit to street racing at least once in the previous year. They are more likely to be single, young and men. They are also more likely than the Ontario average to drive after using alcohol or marijuana.

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