More than 15,300 traffic offences have been detected on Victorian roads during a 15-day road policing operation over the Christmas and New Year period.
Operation Roadwise, which ran from 18 December to 1 January, saw police highly visible and enforcing across the state’s roads, in an effort to reduce road trauma over the high-risk period.
There was a significant focus on impaired drivers, with 328,164preliminary breath tests and 9,035 roadside drug tests conducted during the operation.
Police detected 659 drink drivers and caught 434 drug drivers.
The majority of offences detected were for speeding, with 6,820 motorists detected over the speed limit.
Locally, there were eight drink drivers and eight drug drivers detected on Mildura Roads, while there also 59 speeding offences detected.
Other offences picked up by Mildura Police included four unregistered vehicles and disqualified and unlicensed drivers.
The total 15,316 traffic offences detected across the state during Operation Roadwise includes:
- 6,820 speeding offences
- 1,131 disqualified/suspended and unlicenced drivers
- 513 mobile phone offences
- 835 disobey signs/signals
- 221 seatbelt offences
- 659 drink driving offences from 328,164 preliminary breath tests
- 434 drug driving offences from 9,035 roadside drug tests
- 279 vehicle impoundments
- 1,422 unregistered vehicles
Victorian Policing Assistant Commissioner, Glenn Weir said: “While the majority of road users have behaved responsibly on the roads over the Christmas and New Year period, the fact we’ve detected more than 15,300 offences in 15 days is unacceptable.”
“We will continue to have a major focus on impaired drivers in 2026, so expect to be tested and face the consequences when you’re caught – we make no apologies for this.”
