Montreal road deaths down in 2025, but accidents and serious injuries up: SAAQ road report
Posted June 16, 2026 8:21 am.
Last Updated June 16, 2026 10:14 am.
The number of deaths on Montreal’s roads dropped last year compared to the previous five-year average, but the number of injuries went up.
That’s according to the 2025 road report released Tuesday by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
It shows 31 people died on Montreal’s roads last year – down 7.7 per cent compared to the average from 2020 to 2024.
But injuries shot up. There were 188 people seriously injured on Montreal’s roads in 2025, an increase of nine per cent. And 5,962 people sustained minor injuries, an increase of 6.7 per cent.
In Laval, there were five deaths, 31 people seriously injured — both significant decreases — and 1,264 people who received minor injuries — a slight increase.
“Individually and collectively, we all have a role to play in improving road safety,” said SAAQ president and CEO Serge Lamontagne, who described the statistics as “concerning.”
The total number of accidents was up 6.7 per cent in Montreal involving a total of 6,181 people.
Across Quebec, there was a slight increase in deaths compared to the previous five-year average (less than one per cent) but injuries were also up – 3.1 per cent for serious injuries, and 9.1 per cent for minor injuries.
That’s especially true among young people aged 15 to 24, as well as among those aged 75 and over.
Collisions involving heavy vehicles were on the rise, as were those involving pedestrians. Conversely, there was a decrease in accidents involving motorcyclists.
The report was released a week away from the beginning of what’s historically the deadliest time of year on Quebec’s roads – the 11 weeks between Saint-Jean (June 24) and Labour Day (Sept. 7).
–With files from La Presse Canadienne
