Emergency Visits
Hospitalizations
Deaths
This HealthSTATS page provides data on injuries to drivers and passengers of motorcycles. Injuries resulting from both traffic and non-traffic motorcycle collisions are included in this page.
Emergency Visits
According to the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), there were over 400 emergency visits for motorcyclists injured in transport accidents in Simcoe Muskoka in 2020. The age-standardized rate for motorcycle injury emergency visits in Simcoe Muskoka for all ages and sexes in 2020 was 71.3 (64.5, 78.7) visits per 100,000 population, which significantly higher than the Ontario rate of 37.0 (36.0, 38.0) visits per 100,000 population.
There were no discernible trends in the motorcycle injury emergency visit rates for neither Simcoe Muskoka nor Ontario from 2003 to 2020. The Simcoe Muskoka rates were significantly higher than the provincial rates since 2003.
The age-standardized rate for motorcycle injury emergency visits in Simcoe Muskoka among males in 2020 was 120.5 (108.0, 134.0) visits per 100,000, which was more than five times higher than the Simcoe Muskoka female rate of 20.5 (15.4, 26.5) visits per 100,000. There were no discernible trends in the motorcycle injury emergency visit rates for Simcoe Muskoka males from 2003 to 2020; however, there was a small but significant increasing trend in the Simcoe Muskoka female rates over this same period. The male and female motorcycle injury emergency visit rates were significantly higher than the comparable provincial rates since 2003.
The age-specific rate for motorcycle injury emergency visits between 2016 and 2020 (combined) in Simcoe Muskoka was highest among adults 20 to 44 years of age at 90.9 (84.8, 97.4) visits per 100,000. The age-specific Simcoe Muskoka rates were significantly higher than the comparable provincial rates for the population under 65 years of age; however, the local rates were not significantly different than the comparable provincial rates for seniors 65 years of age and older.
For the time period from 2016 to 2020 (combined) in Simcoe Muskoka, emergency visits for motorcycle injuries were highest among those living in areas with the least material deprivation (as measured by the 2016 Ontario Marginalization Index). This is a different pattern than most other causes of injury-related emergency visits.
Hospitalizations
On average, there were over 50 hospitalizations per year for motorcycle related injuries in Simcoe Muskoka between 2016 and 2020. The age-standardized rate for motorcycle injury hospitalizations in Simcoe Muskoka from 2016 to 2020 was 9.7 (8.6, 10.9) admissions per 100,000 population, which was significantly higher than the Ontario rate of 6.9 (6.7, 7.1) admissions per 100,000 population.
The motorcycle injury hospitalization rate in Simcoe Muskoka from 2016 to 2020 among males was 16.4 (14.4, 18.7) admissions per 100,000 population, which was more five-times the female rate of 2.8 (2.0, 3.9) admissions per 100,000 population. The local rates for both males and females were significantly higher than the comparable provincial rates for this same period.
The age-specific rate for motorcycle injury hospitalizations between 2016 and 2020 (combined) in Simcoe Muskoka was highest among adults 20-64 years of age. The age-specific Simcoe Muskoka rates were significantly higher than the comparable provincial rates for those under 65 years of age.
Deaths
Over the 16-year period between 2000 and 2015 44 Simcoe Muskoka residents died in motorcycle accidents. More than 90 per cent of the decedents were males and nearly 90 per cent were between the ages of 20 and 64 years. The motorcycle mortality rate in Simcoe Muskoka (0.55 (0.39, 0.71) deaths per 100,000) was not significantly different from the comparable provincial rate (0.39 (0.36, 0.41) deaths per 100,000) over this 16-year period. The death data come from the Vital Statistics database for Ontario.