Police have detected close to 6,500 traffic offences during a major road safety blitz over the Labour Day long weekend in Victoria.
Operation Arid saw police targeting high-risk driving behaviour across the state over four days, in an effort to drive down road trauma.
Almost 45 per cent of all offences detected were speeding-related, with three quarters of those caught travelling between 10km/h and 25km/h over the speed limit.
The total 6,442 offences detected during Operation Arid included:
- 2,896 speeding offences
- 422 disqualified/suspended and unlicenced drivers
- 380 disobey signs/signals
- 250 drink driving offences from 118,427 preliminary breath tests
- 225 mobile phone offences
- 163 drug driving offences from 3,669 roadside drug tests
- 88 seat belt offences
- 67 vehicle impounds; and
- 512 unregistered vehicles
Police are reminding motorists they will continue to be out enforcing anywhere, anytime across the state’s roads this month, with March considered the most dangerous period on Victorian roads.
Injury collisions in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria have historically peaked during March, with more than 1,600 recorded in March 2025 – 23 of which were fatal.
Locally, 65 offences were detected including 46 drivers caught for speeding, 4 drink drivers and 1 drug driver, 3 unlicensed drivers and 1 driving while using their mobile phone.
Operation Arid ran from 12:01am on Friday 6 March until 11:59pm on Monday 9 March 2026.
