Vehicle incidents were up but stayed relatively average in Agassiz-Harrison last year.
ICBC recently released their 2024 crash data for the province. In Agassiz-Harrison, numbers were overall a bit higher than average.
In Harrison Hot Springs, ICBC recorded 14 incidents overall in 2024,a bit higher than the five-year average of 12.4. There were only two crashes involving casualties in Harrison Hot Springs in 2024 – one at the Lillooet Avenue/Rockwell Drive intersection and one at Hot Springs Road and Pine Avenue. This is down by one from last year and below the five-year average of 3.4.
Casualty crashes do not necessarily involve death. "Casualties" is defined as involving injuries, fatalities or both.
ICBC recorded 12 property-only crashes in Harrison, a majority of which were along Hot Springs Road (four), Esplanade Avenue and Lillooet Avenue (two each). These numbers are down by one from last year but above the five-year average of about 10 per year.
In Agassiz, ICBC recorded 29 casualty crashes, up slightly last year with 27 and higher than the five-year average of just under 28 per year. The highest concentration of accidents remain along the local highways, with four crashes in 2024 at Agassiz's intersection of Highways 7 and 9 at Else Road. Other areas prone to crashes in Agassiz include Evergreen Drive, Cheam Avenue and Pioneer Avenue, which are all toward the downtown core of the townsite.
In property-only incidents, ICBC recorded 63 crashes across the Agassiz area. This is down considerably from 77 property-only crashes last year but still slightly above the approximate five-year average of 61.2 crashes.
Throughout the Lower Mainland, auto crime fell below the five-year average in stolen vehicles, break-ins and vandalism, hitting a five-year low in all three categories. More local data was not released by ICBC; however, according to data released earlier this year from the Agassiz RCMP, vehicle theft saw an increase from seven to 17 incidents between 2023 and 2024 in Harrison Hot Springs. This was slightly higher than the five-year average of 14.
