ICBC: Data from 2024 on crashes, auto crime, violation tickets and more now available

June 04, 2025

Data from 2024 on vehicle-related crashes and injuries, auto crime, vehicle population, driver licences, and violation tickets and contraventions is now available on icbc.com. This update is the first of two scheduled updates to ICBC’s online statistics for the year and includes data on injured pedestrians and cyclists, top crash locations by region, and crashes involving heavy vehicles, youth, motorcyclists, and hit-and-runs.

The next update is scheduled for this fall when 2024 data on fatalities and police-reported crashes will be published after a data reconciliation process between ICBC, BC Coroner’s Service, BC RCMP, and RoadSafetyBC. Contravention and violation ticket data will be updated again at that time.

We oversee extensive provincial data which helps inform road safety strategies and initiatives, research, engineering, and police enforcement. We also provide data to municipalities, the provincial government, and other partners to support research and initiatives, many of which focus on reducing crashes and vehicle emissions. We’re committed to sharing comprehensive data including self-serve open data tools on icbc.com to increase transparency and accessibility which benefits the public, media and our partners.

More information on sources and data availability is on icbc.com.

Crash and vehicle population trends

Crashes in B.C. have steadily increased over the last five years to 303,593 in 2024 since the significant reduction in crashes that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. We forecast the frequency of crashes in B.C., which is based on crash counts and the number of insured vehicles, to continue to increase in 2025 and then level off.

In terms of casualty crashes, where at least one person is injured or killed in a crash, the average annual rate of these casualty crashes when adjusted for the population in B.C. (per 1,000 people) decreased to 8.8 in 2024 from 8.9 in 2023 and is forecast to remain at that level. Note that the casualty crash rate decreased significantly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic when there were fewer crashes including casualty crashes as people were driving less, and this figure rebounded in 2021 when people began driving more.

As our province continues to experience record population growth, this means there are more vehicles on our roads, which can lead to greater road congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, and ultimately, more crashes. The latest data on vehicle population in B.C. shows that the number of actively insured vehicles in B.C. has increased year-over-year for the last five years, and most recently, from 3.6 million in 2023 to 3.7 million vehicles in 2024. In addition, the number of actively licensed drivers in B.C. has followed a similar pattern with 3.89 million licensed drivers in 2023, which increased to 3.99 million drivers in 2024.

At the same time, the way people travel is also changing. People in urban areas are using more varieties and methods of transportation including ridesharing services and micromobility devices such as scooters, mopeds and e-bikes. These road users can be more vulnerable in a crash without road infrastructure and other safety mechanisms to help keep them safe.

We’re committed to making B.C.’s roads safer and more sustainable, and we’re both leading and supporting initiatives like the road improvement program that contribute to reducing the severity and frequency of crashes for all road users. We’re also working to encourage people to drive less by supporting alternative transportation options and expanding the products we offer like our usage-based insurance discounts.

Auto crime trends

The number of auto crime incidents in B.C. – vehicles stolen, thefts from vehicles and vandalism – decreased in 2024 compared to the previous year and compared to the increase that occurred in 2022.

Our commitment to improving road safety

We’re working to make our roads safer for all road users through investments and collaboration with communities, law enforcement, the provincial government and a wide variety of organizations who share our goal of reducing crashes.

We invested $51 million in road safety initiatives and loss management programs in 2023/24. We focus our investments on major crash risks, including distracted driving, high-risk driving, speeding, and impaired driving. We work with our partners to deliver programs that prevent crashes by influencing road user behaviour, improving road design, and encouraging drivers to travel at safe speeds.

We increased our annual investment in road improvement projects to $10 million in 2023 and share engineering and data expertise with municipalities and the provincial government to improve road design and reduce the risk of crashing throughout the province.