Fatal collisions in Windsor prompt tough considerations of road safety [Video]

The president of the Ontario Safety League is urging Windsor to speed up the adoption of road safety measures used in other municipalities following a string of fatal collisions across the city in recent weeks.

Four people have died in as many weeks – the most recent collision occurred early Saturday afternoon, when a 43-year-old woman crossing the street at Forest Glade Drive and Lauzon Parkway was struck and killed by a vehicle.

One week earlier, a vehicle crashed into a home on Riveria Drive in South Windsor, killing a 73-year-old woman inside.

On Nov. 18, two people – a man and woman in their 60s – died after what police described as a pedestrian-vehicle collision on Walker Road near Niagara Street.

“In my 20 years as a road safety advocate, 90 per cent [of collisions] are preventable and could have been avoided or significantly reduced by either education, enforcement …