​West Region OPP officers issue hundreds of charges during Civic Holiday traffic campaign

(LONDON, ON) - West Region OPP officers issued 1,425 charges across the region during the Civic Holiday long weekend traffic campaign which ran Aug. 1-4.

This campaign targeted the negative driving behaviours that contribute to traffic collision deaths, injuries and property damage on our roadways (speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, distracted driving and impaired driving).

Police also enforced Ontario's “Move-Over” law which requires all drivers to slow down when approaching emergency vehicles with their emergency lights activated and, on highways/roads with more than one lane, move over a lane if safe to do so. The law is designed to give emergency personnel the safe space needed to assist motorists and conduct other work on the roadside.

West Region officers conducted 1,801 traffic stops during the campaign.

Campaign results are below, with 2024 figures in parentheses for comparison:
 

• 625 (699) speeding charges
• 148 (108) failure-to-wear-a-seatbelt charges
• 10 (16) distracted-driving charges
• 47 (45) impaired-driving charges
• 19 (12) fail-to-move-over-for-emergency-vehicles charges

Detachment-specific figures can be found below:



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