Whereas local governments require baseline and consistent data to inform policy design, implementation, and evaluation, and to measure progress towards achieving greenhouse gas and vehicle kilometers travelled reductions targets; And whereas the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ICBC is now committed to usagedistance-based insurance discounts that require odometer data: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the Province mandate ICBC to collect odometer readings for all licensed vehicles annually and provide greenhouse gas and vehicle kilometers travelled data sets to local governments to help inform their climate policy decisions.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Government and ICBC support measures that protect a healthy environment and promote the reduction of greenhouse gas GHG emissions and vehicle kilometers travelled. In keeping with governments commitment to transparency, ICBC provides useful vehicle population data on its website that can be sorted by municipality, vehicle type, or area based on the first three characters of the postal code. The data is public in a customizable, convenient format that makes it available in a timely manner and can be found online: https:www.icbc.comabout-icbcnewsroomPagesStatistics.aspx. Data requests including full postal codes and detailed vehicle information require information sharing agreements between ICBC and municipalities to ensure customer privacy is maintained. More detailed information, including odometer readings currently collected, are shared through an information sharing agreement with the Ministry of Environments Climate Action Secretariat to help inform CleanBC initiatives and help GHG emissions targets. Since 2019, ICBC has been collecting odometer readings from customers which are provided on a voluntary basis. This is primarily for customers seeking low-kilometre discounts, which begin at less than 10,000 kilometres per year, for their automobile insurance. ICBC is working towards expanding the tiers for distance-based discounts which will increase the proportion of customers that voluntarily provide their odometer readings. Government has directed ICBC to work with ministry partners to explore odometer disclosure requirements for licensed motor vehicles, including the ability to share non-personal information including vehicle kilometers travelled data sets to help inform climate policy decisions.