Preliminary numbers released on Wednesday by Saskatchewan Government Insurance indicate 21 people died in 2019 as a result of motor vehicle collisions involving impaired drivers, and there were 332 injuries resulting from impaired driving. Both the number of deaths and injuries are record lows since SGI began compiling reliable data in 1988, according to a news release. In the release, the previous low for impaired driving fatalities in a year was 39 in 2017, and the lowest number of impaired driving injuries was 360 in 2018. Education, awareness campaigns and the addition of ride sharing are factors in reducing the number of people dying by impaired driving. Hargrave said those officers are part of the solution when it comes to enforcing the rules because "it's not only impaired driving, but it's distracted driving."

Source: CBC News June 22, 2020 02:26 UTC