This report presents a statistical summary of the vehicle and driver population in the Northwest Territories and presents a summary of revenue, driver testing activity, convictions and suspensions. This information can be used by Program Managers, Regional Superintendents and Senior Managers to assess Road Licensing and Safety activities and monitor trends. The information in this report is derived from data maintained on the Road Licensing and Safety Motor Vehicle Information System (MVIS). A series of reports are used to extract the statistical information from MVIS.

The Northwest Territories Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (1990) came into effect on August 1, 1991. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act is the territorial complement of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations were rewritten on August 15, 2002 to meet the clear language requirements and further amended in 2008. Highway Transport Officers were trained on the new amendments in October 2008. Where the federal legislation applies to the transportation modes subject to its jurisdiction (i.e., air, marine, rail and road transport), the territorial Act applies to road transport operations. In the interests of consistency and national uniformity, the territorial Act references the federal regulations pursuant to the federal Act. In this way, dangerous goods moving in Canada from one mode of transportation to another and/or between jurisdictions are always subject to the same regulations.

This report presents traffic data collected by the Department of Transportation on the territorial highway network from 1993 to 2007. This report includes traffic information collected on major highways, access roads, winter roads and associated ferry crossings. The report also contains information on vehicle classifications.

This publication contains useful information on issues (such as drinking and driving, unsafe speed, young and old drivers, and use of occupant restraints) that affect crashes and their severities. This report is organized in twelve sections. The contents of each section are described below.

The Northwest Territories Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (1990) came into effect on August 1, 1991. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act is the territorial complement of the federal Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. The Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations were amended on August 15, 2002 to meet the clear language requirements. Where the federal legislation applies to the transportation modes subject to its jurisdiction (i.e., air, marine, rail and road transport), the territorial Act applies to road transport operations. In the interests of consistency and national uniformity, the territorial Act references the federal regulations pursuant to the federal Act. In this way, dangerous goods moving in Canada from one mode of transportation to another and/or between jurisdictions are always subject to the same regulations.

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