Official contest rules, Canada's Safest Driver

 Official Rules The Canada’s Safest Driver Contest (hereinafter “Contest”) is designed to (i) promote safe driving; (ii) improve road safety; (iii) provide insight into how telematics can improve driver safety; and (iv) increase awareness of and participation in Parachute Vision Zero initiatives. The Contest is a contest of skill that measures the driving habits of […]

Horseback riding

Horses can reach speeds up to 60 km/h (37 mph), resulting in more injuries per hour in the saddle than during motorcycle or auto racing. Due to these potential high speeds, the unpredictable behaviour of horses and the distance of the rider from the ground, equestrian athletes are at risk for head and spinal injuries. […]

Videos and webinars

Takeaways from the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety Join Moderator Valerie Smith, Director of Programs at Parachute, as we dive into key takeaways from the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety held in February in Marrakech, Morocco. As 2025 marks the halfway point of the Global Decade of Action for Road Safety […]

Infographics

Safe Mobility infographic series Road safety measures have a broad impact on urban communities, with a wide range of benefits ranging from environmental to health. Parachute has created these infographics to explore the intersections among equity, health and wellbeing and the environment and their connections to road safety.   We encourage our road safety partners to […]

Supersized vehicles, supersized safety risk (2024)

Large SUVs and pick-up trucks pose a safety threat to all road users. The collisions where a light truck is involved is both more likely to occur, and to cause fatal or serious injury to the involved vulnerable road user. Join panelists from Transport Canada, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Équiterre, Piétons Québec and the Coalition to Reduce Auto Size Hazards (CRASH) to learn more about the evidence and discuss how to mobilize and promote use of safer vehicles within Vision Zero.

PANEL:

Samuel Monfort is a Senior Statistician at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) with a PhD in Human Factors Psychology. His research interests include vulnerable road users, crash compatibility, and the use and misuse of automation.

Dominique Charlebois works at Transport Canada as a Senior Project Manager, Engineering.

Albert Koehl is an Environment Lawyer and Coordinator of CRASH, a Toronto cycling and pedestrian advocate and author of editorials and other publications.

Anne-Catherine Pilon, Sustainable Mobility Analyst at Équiterre advocates for cities and vehicles that are at a human scale and for competitive alternatives to solo cars, through public transit funding.

Francis Garnier is a Public Affairs Analyst at Piétons Québec advocating for pedestrian road safety and transit funding in Québec based in Montréal.

Calling on teen drivers to prevent drugged driving and save lives

Parachute’s National Teen Driver Safety Week wants teens to #GetHomeSafe

Iza Parker 

Iza is a Senior VP Human Resources enterprise strategist with Button Inc, an international award-winning technological organization that provides accessible and reliable tech solutions to maximize citizen impact. She has more than19 years of proven experience charting strategic corporate plans and leading decisions on various topics including people operations, succession planning, change management, organizational and performance management, […]