2017 will go down as a very deadly year on roads and highways patrolled by Essex County OPP.
There have been 14 fatal motor vehicle collisions, including five involving motorcyclists, and there is still four months left in the year.That figure equals the total number of fatal crashes investigated by Essex County OPP in all of 2016
Constable Karen Sinnaeve says the number of fatalities so far this year has already equalled all of 2016.
"The OPP has seen 14 fatalities on our highways. Five of which have been motorcyclists who have been killed in these collisions."
Sinnaeve says it has been a very deadly year on roads and highways across Essex County.
"For 12 months last year we had 14 fatalities on our highways and five were involving motorcycles. For this year, and we still have four months left, we are already at those figures."
The two big issues, explains Sinnaeve, are distracted drivers and impaired drivers.
"They may be only thinking about themselves but their actions result in affecting the live of family and friends of the ones they've killed in those collisions."
The consitible says they're reminding everyone to keep their eyes on the road.
"Some of them are errors on both parts of the drivers. Some of them are because of impaired driving. Some are because of distracted driving. So that's why we say to people take that extra time, keep your eyes focused on the road."
Provincial police are reminding everyone to keep their eyes on the road, take extra time to make sure the road is safe before pulling away from stop signs, making lane changes or taking a turn.