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4-The Canadian Champion, Ffiday, August 7, 1998 Brian's Auto Repairs & Tire Centre is pleased to announce that we are now the authorized dealer of G.oooffrA R Tires for the surrounding area. As time passes please stay tuned for more announcements. Halton's riskiest place to drive is in Milton By KAREN SMITH The Champion Milton motorists are at more risk of being involved in a serious car crash than drivers in Halton's three other municipali- ties, police statistics show. The town's rate of fatal collisions based on 100,(0 citizens was 18.6 last year - more than doubling Halton Hills, which had a rate of 6.8. Burlington had a rate of 4.3 crashes in which people died per 100,000 residents while Oakville had the lowest rating of 1.5. None of the figures include fatalities on highways. Police concerned Halton Regional Police are seriously concerned about Milton's numbers, said Staff Sgt. Roy Smith. "That's a disturbing number of fatalities for such a small area," he said. "Halton is higher than the national average." A chart outlining 29 fatal crashes in north Halton from 1993 to 1997 shows collisions occurred primarily on rural roads, where speed is usually a factor, said Halton police spokesperson Sgt. Frank Phillips. Staff Sgt. Smith said it's hard to nail down the reason for Milton's high acci- dent rate per population. Some intersections have been the site of repeat collisions, Staff Sgt. Smith said, but "just because you put a traffic light there it doesn't make it a safer place." • see NUMBER on page 17 Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Halton Regional Police Constable Bill Glennie operates a hand held radar unit in Milton, which has been targeted as a trouble spot for fatal car crashes. Speeding on rural roads has a lot to due with the deaths, police say. r - - - , - - - 1