Victoria Police has detected more than 19,000 traffic offences during an 18-day road safety operation over the Christmas and New Year period.
The total 19,386 traffic offences detected during Operation Roadwise include:
• 7,631 speeding offences (5,854 for between 10km/h and 25km/h over speed limit)
• 704 unlicensed drivers
• 644 disqualified/suspended drivers
• 921 mobile phone offences
• 828 disobey signs/signals
• 374 seatbelt offences
• 668 drink driving offences from 310,146 preliminary breath tests
• 535 drug driving offences from 8,944 roadside drug tests
• 438 vehicle impoundments
• 1,728 unregistered vehicles
NSW Police – Operation Christmas/New Year 2023 commenced at 12.01am Friday (22 December 2023) and concluded at 11.59pm yesterday (Monday 1 January 2024).
Western Region:
Restraint Infringements – 73
Mobile phone infringements – 14
Speed infringements – 846
Breath Tests – 33,597
PCA charges – 73
Drug-driving charges – 154
Fatal Crashes – 1
Lives Lost – 2
Reported major crashes – 53
People injured – 44
South Australia also had issues with behaviour on the roads, with three drink drivers caught in 18 hours in the Riverland on New Year’s Day.
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