What percentage of crashes happens at intersections?
- All of them
- 60% ✓
- 20%
- None of the above
Answer: B. 60%
Sixty per cent of crashes in B.C. happen at intersections.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's section on observing at intersections says plainly that 60 per cent of crashes in B.C. occur at intersections, based on ICBC's five-year average collision statistics. That is why the handbook tells you to look well ahead as you approach one and to check for signs, signals and other clues about whether you will need to stop. So the figure to remember is 60 per cent, not every crash and not a small fraction.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. All of them — The handbook gives a specific 60 per cent figure, so it does not say that every crash happens at intersections.
- C. 20% — Twenty per cent is far below the share the handbook reports for intersections.
- D. None of the above — A stated figure does exist in the handbook, so dismissing all the choices is wrong.
Remember it
Picture approaching a crossing: look well ahead, and remember 60 per cent — intersections are where most B.C. crashes happen.
Official handbook: ICBC Learn to Ride Smart, Chapter 6: see-think-do – see, p. 70