B.C. Highway Patrol is hoping to remind motorcyclists of safe driving behaviour after continued good fall weather and a surge of deaths in the summer.

While fatal motorcycle crashes are at a five-year low, there have been 27 in B.C. so far in 2025, according to a news release from police Tuesday (Oct. 14).

In 2024, there were 48 crashes in the same period and 54 in the whole year. In 2023, there were 35 crashes in the same period and 40 in the whole year. There were a total of 48 crashes in 2022, 39 in 2021 and 40 in 2020.

However, the release notes that a recent spike in dangerous driving is leading to B.C. Highway Patrol focusing enforcement to stop a deadly late-season surge. Police say late summer was "particularly deadly."

Highway patrol Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said July and Augus

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