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Police are asking for the public’s assistance following a motorcycle collision with an SUV.

On Saturday around 2:30 p.m. emergency crews responded to a collision between an SUV and a motorcycle on the intersection of St. Vital Road and Dunkirk Drive.

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Winnipeg Police said the driver of the motorcycle, a man in his mid-thirties was taken to hospital in critical condition. Police said he was upgraded to stable condition and remains in hospital. The driver of the SUV, a woman in her 50’s, was taken to hospital in stable condition.

In 2017, the most recent data available, Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) reported that there were over 72,000 licensed motorcycle drivers in the province. There were 12,659 victims (or casualties) of traffic collisions and 73 people killed in traffic collisions in 2017, with motorcyclists (including motorcycle and moped riders, combined) accounting for 7% of people killed and nearly 6% of people seriously injured.

Four motorcyclists have been killed in collisions this year, MPI reported, adding from 2013-2017, an average of five motorcyclists were killed per year. MPI reports over the past five years, 22 motorcyclists have been killed, and another 7,000 have been injured.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the collision or have information concerning the incident, to contact the Traffic Division at (204) 986-7085 or Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-TIPS (8477).