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The Saskatchewan RCMP is expressing concern after seeing eight fatal crashes on Saskatchewan roads claiming 11 lives between the start of 2025 and Wednesday. According to the RCMP, over the same time period in 2024, Saskatchewan Mounties responded to just two fatal collisions.
On Friday, a crash involving two SUVs on Highway 41 left three people dead and one person injured. The same day, a 48-year-old man was killed in a rollover on Highway 1, and a crash on a rural road northeast of Carievale left a 33-year-old man dead.
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“These numbers are extremely concerning to see,” RCMP superintendent Grant St. Germaine, who leads Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services, said in a statement.
“We must all do our part and ask ourselves, ‘What can be done to make Saskatchewan roads safer?’ We all have a part to play in reversing this tragic trend.”
According to the RCMP, poor weather conditions were a factor in five out of the eight fatal crashes so far in 2025. The Mounties encouraged all drivers to slow down on icy or snow-covered roads, and to always check road conditions using Saskatchewan’s Highway Hotline before heading out.
“I may sound like a broken record, but I’ll keep repeating myself,” St. Germaine added.
“Please remember the basics, drive to road conditions, obey speed limits, never drive while distracted or impaired by alcohol or drugs and always wear your seatbelt, because choosing to wear one can make the difference between life and death in a collision.”
St. Germaine said fatal crashes have a huge impact on the victim’s family and friends, but also affect the police and other first responders who are called to the scene of the crash.
“These incidents can be traumatic and nothing can prepare you for these types of calls where loss of life occurs,” he said.