Abstract
This paper examines the impact of winter weather conditions and the state of the road surface on the frequency of road traffic accidents in Quebec (1989–1996). While 60.5% of all accidents occurred during the winter, the majority of fatal accidents occurred outside this period (88 per month in winter as opposed to 124 per month on average in the rest of the year), and the same applies for severe injuries (47 per month in winter, 691 in the rest of the year). However, damage-only accidents were more frequent in winter (15,281 per month during the winter as opposed to 12,665 per month in the rest of the year). Half the winter accidents which occurred during the winter period occurred during clear weather and two-thirds of the fatal accidents occurred on a pavement with low skidding resistance. In both cases, the accidents were caused more by driver behaviour than road conditions, which encourages us to take steps to improve accident prevention campaigns.
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