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Show me the numbers! View statistics on learner licences issued, instructor designations issued, drivers taking ICBC-approved training, crash, violation and road tests pass rate stats for drivers completing ICBC-approved training, and the number of driving schools operating in B.C.

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Learner licences issued

Number of learner licences issued in 2017 by month

Month	Class 1	Class 2	Class 3	Class 4	Class 5	Class 6	Class 7	Class 8
January	334	84	135	277	1,188	400	4,457	79
February	295	93	114	288	1,071	621	4,200	99
March	426	105	149	356	1,432	1,278	6,347	178
April	318	104	135	311	1,213	1,898	4,431	231
May	333	103	132	365	1,491	2,575	5,423	317
June	312	92	148	412	1,477	2,526	5,447	310
July	255	97	117	265	1,448	2,074	6,092	282
August	330	81	90	276	1,558	1,668	7,124	223
September	313	81	145	263	1,418	873	5,068	141
October	308	78	136	290	1,344	368	4,435	83
November	291	82	112	309	1,249	204	4,106	66
December	232	50	86	217	1,121	168	3,984	42
Total	3,747	1,050	1,499	3,629	16,010	14,653	61,114	2,051

Source: ICBC's Business Information Warehouse | January 9, 2018

Number of learner licences issued from 2009–2017

Class	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
1	3,546	3,486	4,132	4,867	5,185	5,100	4,462	3,819	3,747
2	1,219	632	810	697	803	786	692	796	1,050
3	1,712	1,669	1,900	1,853	1,761	1,677	1,627	1,525	1,499
4	4,106	3,648	3,809	3,595	3,847	3,614	3,603	3,654	3,629
5	13,159	12,991	12,526	12,430	12,686	13,355	13,696	14,766	16,010
6	14,542	14,162	13,938	15,544	15,201	14,879	15,145	15,032	14,653
7	66,139	64,344	61,527	62,742	62,045	64,265	62,228	61,587	61,114
8	2,413	2,218	2,459	2,575	2,485	2,293	2,363	2,240	2,051
Total	106,836	103,150	101,101	104,303	104,013	105,969	103,816	103,419	103,753

Source: ICBC's Business Information Warehouse | January 9, 2018

Number of instructor designations issued

Number of instructor designations issued from 2011–2017

Designation	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total issued
Class 1 – 4	52	118	185	181	59	146	123	864
Class 5/7	174	174	199	169	154	119	166	1155
Class 6/8	18	17	23	18	15	29	15	135
Air brake	14	13	26	41	18	28	25	165
GLP	60	41	44	41	54	120	110	470
Total	318	363	477	450	300	442	439	2789

Source: Data extract (did_p020) from ICBC's mainframe system | January 10, 2018

Number of ICBC-approved courses taken

Number of ICBC-approved driver education course | Declaration of Completion forms received from January–December 2017

Month	Number of forms received
January	324
February	344
March	393
April	364
May	426
June	432
July	437
August	488
September	330
October	308
November	352
December	284
Total	4,482

Source: ICBC's Business Information Warehouse | January 9, 2018

Number of drivers who took a Class 7 road test and percentage of those who took an
ICBC (GLP)–approved driver education course from 2012–2017

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Number of drivers who took a Class 7 road test	65,613	65,717	69,879	70,163	69,189	67,359
Number of drivers who took a Class 7 road test (taken GLP course)	5,722	5,489	5,586	5,466	5,265	4,835
Percentage of Class 7 drivers who took a GLP course	9%	8%	8%	8%	8%	7%

This report only includes the number of drivers who have taken ICBC-approved training. It does not include other forms of Class 7 driver training taken at driver training schools.

Source: ICBC's Business Information Warehouse | January 9, 2018

Class 7 road test pass rate

GLP drivers who completed an ICBC-approved driver education course, had a 19% higher first-attempt pass rate on their Class 7 road test.

Number of 1st attempt passes and fails for Class 7 road test from 2012–2016

	GLP drivers who took an ICBC-approved course		GLP drivers who didn't take an ICBC-approved course
Year	Fail	Pass	Sub-total	Fail	Pass	Sub-total	Grand total
2012	1,583	3,348	4,931	24,436	25,633	50,069	55,000
2013	1,488	3,244	4,732	24,617	25,340	49,957	54,689
2014	1,489	3,250	4,739	26,812	26,046	52,858	57,597
2015	1,470	3,153	4,623	27,759	24,772	52,531	57,154
2016	1,419	3,002	4,421	27,897	23,535	51,432	55,853

Pass rate for Class 7 road test on first attempt

Year	Course taken	Course not taken	Difference
2012	68%	51%	17%
2013	69%	51%	18%
2014	69%	49%	19%
2015	68%	47%	21%
2016	68%	46%	22%
Average	68%	49%	19%*

GLP drivers who completed an ICBC-approved driver education course, had a 19% higher first-attempt pass rate on their Class 7 road test.

*Averages and totals may be affected by rounding.

Source: ICBC's Corporate Data Warehouse and Enterprise Data Warehouse | March 19, 2017

At-fault crashes

At-fault crash difference between drivers who have taken/not taken an ICBC-approved driver education course

Year	Difference
2012	13%
2013	13%
2014	10%
2015	9%
2016	9%

An at-fault crash is defined as being at least 50% responsible for the crash.

GLP drivers who completed an ICBC-approved driver education course, were between 9% and 13% less likely to be at fault in a crash while in B.C.s Graduated Licensing Program.

Notes

Counts include incidents that occurred in parking lots or involved parked vehicles. Data also includes out of province crashes.
GLP drivers who have taken an ICBC-approved course are defined as drivers issued Declaration of Completion forms for Class 7 and 8 before the crash date.
ICBC implemented a new claims system. As a result, the way ICBC collects and reports crash data has changed. Data from 2013 or earlier may not be directly comparable to 2014 data and crime data has changed.

Source: ICBC's Corporate Data Warehouse and Enterprise Data Warehouse | January 31, 2018

Violations

GLP drivers who completed an ICBC-approved driver education course between 2012 and 2015 were 4% less likely to receive a a violation in the first year following their road test.

Number of violations from 2012–2016*

	GLP drivers who took an ICBC-approved course			GLP drivers who didn't take an ICBC-approved course
Year	Violations	No violations	Total	Violations	No violations	Total
2012	487	2,861	3,348	4,945	20,685	25,630
2013	428	2,815	3,243	4,444	20,892	25,336
2014	431	2,818	3,249	4,404	21,633	26,037
2015	349	2,802	3,151	3,822	20,946	24,768
2016**	162	2,840	3,002	1,604	21,923	23,527

*Includes all guilty violations within one year of Class 7 road test.

**2016 data is incomplete as report is within scan period.

Percentage of violations for GLP drivers who have taken/not taken an ICBC-approved driver education course

	GLP drivers who took an ICBC-approved course		GLP drivers who didn't take an ICBC-approved course
Year	Violation	No violation	Violation	No violation
2012	15%	85%	19%	81%
2013	13%	87%	18%	82%
2014	13%	87%	17%	83%
2015	11%	89%	15%	85%
Average	13%		17%

GLP drivers who completed an ICBC-approved driver education course between 2012 and 2015 were about 4% less likely to receive a violation.

Source: Contraventions database | March 19, 2017

Number of driver training schools by month

Number of driver training schools in 2020

Month	Total
January	665
February	667
March	671
April	671
May	664
June	661
July	672
August	675
September	684
October	689
November	696
December	697

Source: Report DTSSP010 from ICBC's mainframe system

Number of driver training schools by year

Number of licensed driving schools for the period 2010–2020

School type	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All schools	544	573	590	613	636	645	670	697	711	767	846
GLP schools	76	69	66	60	59	54	53	52	48	47	44
GLP locations*	119	228	158	158	152	151	181	150	136	135	134

* Includes the number of all GLP school head offices and any branch offices and classroom locations.

Source: Report DTSSP010 from ICBC's mainframe system

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