Ontario Provincial Police have released data on the most dangerous stretches of highway in the GTA.

According to the OPP, the deadliest stretch of highway is on Highway 48 between Bloomington Road and Smith Boulevard, with 67 per cent of all fatal crashes occurring in the area.

Police also say motorists are more likely to get into an accident on Highway 401 between Whites Road and Courtice Road in the Durham region.

Sixty-five per cent of total collisions occur on this stretch of road.

Across the GTA, eight OPP detachments were responsible for collecting the data.

"Each was asked to identify a hot spot. What they did was go back over five year's worth of crash data," Bill Grodzinski, chief superintendent and commander of the OPP's Highway Safety Division, told CTV News on Tuesday.

Other hot spots include:

  • Queen Elizabeth Way between Burloak Drive and Winston Churchill Boulevard
  • Highway 401 Westbound from Keele Street to Highway 400
  • Queen Elizabeth Way between Mountain Road and Niagara Street
  • Highway 403 between Erin Mills Parkway and Mavis Road
  • Highway 407 between Highway 427 and Pine Valley Drive
  • Highway 401 from Highway 8 to Highway 6

The OPP have since formulated a plan to address each of the hotspots including an increased patrol presence and check points.

"OPP members are being asked to focus on those hot spots, increase their levels of visibility, both in terms of a pro-active approach that motorists see that we're out there and taking enforcement action to deal with those drivers who just don't get it," Grodzinski said.

Collisions happen daily on GTA highways, often causing headaches for motorists.

Provincial police descended on Peel Street Tuesday on the lookout for bull nosers -- impatient drivers who cut across the solid line to butt into traffic via an access ramp.

OPP Const. Marilyn Reynolds says enforcement is helping to reduce incidents of road rage and dangerous driving.

"We've seen a huge improvement. There are no fist-to-cuffs in the live lane, there are less rear-enders and there are less people following too closely," Reynolds told CTV News.

"People seem to be driving in a happier mood and when we do enforce, people driving by cheer us."