Last year, 56,789 new ATVs were sold across Canada, according to figures provided by the Canadian Off-Highway Vehicle Distributors Council, which represents manufacturers and distributors.Some injury prevention advocates are concerned about new, inexperienced riders on trails.

Despite the recommendations that came from the Horatio McLeod inquest, and despite the hundreds of lives lost in off-road vehicle crashes since the nine-year-old boy died 3 years ago, theres no sign yet that governments plan to make significant changes to try to increase safety.

The doorbell rang at Brian and Michelle Valardo's west Saint John home around12:30 a.m. on a February night in 2020. A police officer was there to tell Brian that his older brother and best friend, Pat, had gone into frigid open water on his ATV.