Over the past several years, the City of Fredericton has prioritized road safety by incorporating both major and minor upgrades into ongoing infrastructure renewal projects, enhancing the overall efficiency of construction efforts. These upgrades have helped reduce serious collisions and underscore the municipality’s role in keeping road users safe.
City staff presented updated collision statistics to the Mobility Standing Committee on Thursday, September 25. The presentation outlined how collision data is collected and analyzed, and included the following key metrics:
- Total collisions since 2018
- Collisions resulting in injuries
- Pedestrian injury collisions
- Cyclist injury collisions
- Intersections with the highest frequency of injuries
- Intersections with the highest frequency of pedestrian injuries
- Intersections with the highest frequency of cyclist injuries
- Impact of upgrades to the Regent and Prospect intersection
- Impact of the Victoria Circle roundabout installation
- Impact of upgrades to the Brunswick and Westmorland intersection
- Breakdown of traffic offences
Since 2018, overall collisions, injury-related collisions, and pedestrian injuries have been decreasing. Intersections that received major upgrades have seen the steepest decline in incidents. However, total injury collisions and cyclist injuries rose slightly in 2024. This increase can be expected in growing and evolving patterns in traffic volume and active transportation trends that a growing city experiences. Staff are paying close attention to these developing trends and are actively working on solutions.
“By using data to guide our decisions and through making continued investments in critical road safety upgrades we are seeing a steady reduction in collision incidents” said Councillor Bruce Grandy, Chair of the Mobility Standing Committee. “We’re encouraged by the progress so far and remain committed to continuing this work to increase safety on our streets for motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.”
The City also continues to implement traffic calming measures on multiple streets each year, in accordance with its Traffic Calming Operating Procedure. In 2025, speed cushions and speed humps were installed on Fulton Avenue, MacLaren Avenue, and Montgomery Street.
The full presentation from the Mobility Standing Committee, along with details on traffic calming initiatives and ongoing construction projects, is available on the City’s website.