Fatal collision under investigation on Highway 1

Police are investigating a two-vehicle fatal collision on Highway 1 near Whittaker Rd near the Malahat summit.

On August 14, 2025 just before 4:00 p.m., Shawnigan Lake RCMP responded to the area of Highway 1 near Whittaker Rd after receiving a report a collision between two vehicles.

Preliminary information gathered at the scene indicated that a white Toyota Corolla was travelling southbound on Highway 1 when it collided with a black Dodge Ram around that intersection. The driver and passenger of the Dodge Ram suffered minor injuries and were transported to hospital. The four occupants of the Toyota suffered varying degrees of injuries and sadly one passenger did not survive.

Highway 1 was partially closed for approximately 4 hours as an RCMP Collision Analyst and BC Coroners investigator attended the scene to conduct a fulsome investigation and collect evidence to determine how the collision occurred and what led to it.

The file remains under investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Shawnigan Lake RCMP at 250-743-5514.