The Clearbook Road off-ramp has once again been ranked as the most frequent crash location in Abbotsford and there was also an eight per cent increase year-over-year at the collision hot spot.
Data from 2024 crashes was released on June 5 by ICBC and 199 crashes were recorded at the Clearbrook Road off-ramp. ICBC data from 2023 reported 184 crashes at that location.
The Clearbrook Road off-ramp is located in central Abbotsford and connects to Highway 1 and Marshall Road. It was also ranked number one in 2022 with 188. That location has now recorded 995 crashes from 2019 to 2024. On any given day over the past six years there is a 45 per cent chance of an accident.
Coming in at second place was the Sumas Way off-ramp, which had a significant increase of 44 per cent from 2023 numbers. Data from 2024 recorded 170 crashes, up from 118 in 2023. The Sumas Way off-ramp connects to Lonzo Road and Highway 11 on the north and eventually leads to the American border on the south.
Earning the bronze medal was the McCallum Road off-ramp, which actually had a slight dip to 129 crashes – down from 132 in 2023. McCallum and Sumas Way swapped spots from 2023 to 2024.
Rounding out the top-five were two locations on Mt. Lehman Road. Fourth place was the Highstreet Access Road and Highway 1 off-ramp, which increased from 99 in 2023 to 113 in 2024. Fifth place and taking a big jump was the Fraser Highway-Mt. Lehman Road turning lane – which was seventh in 2023. That location had 83 crashes in 2023, but recorded 102 in 2024 for a increase of nearly 23 per cent.
The first area not related to Highway 1 to make the list is the Blue Jay Street-Fraser Highway intersection in sixth at 83 (down from 84 in 2023).
Rounding out the top-10 is Whatcom Road-Highway 1 off-ramp (79), Marshall Road-McCallum Road (75), Maclure Road-Townline Road (66) and South Fraser Way-Sumas Way (64).
Dropping out of the top for 2024 were: Gladwin Road-South Fraser Way, Clearbook Road-South Fraser Way and Clearbrook Road-Peardonville Road.
The most dangerous Abbotsford intersection to be a pedestrian in 2024 was Maclure Road and Trethewey Street, which recorded four crashes involving a pedestrian. That particular intersection is located adjacent to W.J. Mouat Secondary School and Rotary Stadium. There were 13 other intersections that had two crashes involving pedestrians last year. The Clearbook Road-George Ferguson intersection has been the most dangerous for pedestrians this decade, with eight crashes since 2020.
The Clearbook Road off-ramp also ranked as the most treacherous intersection for cyclists, with three reported crashes in 2024. Six other intersections recorded two crashes last year. Gladwin Road-South Fraser Way has recorded the most cyclist-involved crashes with eight since 2020.
ICBC shared that crashes in B.C. have steadily increased over the last five years to 303,593 in 2024 since the significant reduction in crashes that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. The average annual rate of casualty crashes when adjusted for the population in B.C. (per 1,000 people) decreased to 8.8 in 2024 from 8.9 in 2023.
The latest data on vehicle population in B.C. shows that the number of actively insured vehicles in B.C. has increased year-over-year for the last five years, and most recently, from 3.6 million in 2023 to 3.7 million vehicles in 2024. In addition, the number of actively licensed drivers in B.C. has followed a similar pattern with 3.89 million licensed drivers in 2023, which increased to 3.99 million drivers in 2024.
For more details from the data released, visit icbc.com/about-icbc/newsroom/2025-06-04-data-update.
