West Region OPP launch Festive RIDE campaign

(LONDON, ON) - OPP officers across West Region's 13 detachments continue their efforts to get impaired drivers off our roads and highways this holiday season.

The 2025 Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign began Thursday (Nov. 20) across southwestern Ontario, and runs until Jan. 1, 2026.

Throughout this annual enforcement and education campaign, drivers can expect a heightened OPP presence on West Region roads and highways, as officers conduct RIDE checks 24 hours a day, seven days a week, throughout Ontario.

The OPP remains committed to ensuring Ontario roads are safe from alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers. Motorists are reminded to do their part during the campaign by never driving after consuming alcohol or drugs, and preventing others from driving if you know, or suspect, that they may be impaired.

Drivers are reminded that no amount of alcohol or drugs in your system is safe when driving. Young and novice drivers are reminded that if you are age 21 and under or have a G1, G2, M1 or M2 licence, you cannot have any drugs or alcohol in your system.

If you suspect an impaired driver, make that lifesaving call and dial 911.

For more information about the significant penalties associated with a criminal charge of impaired driving, click here: www.ontario.ca/page/impaired-driving.

2025 West Region OPP impaired-driving statistics (Jan. 1 to Oct. 31, 2025)

Snapshot of impaired driving in West Region: So far in 2025, 12 people have lost their lives in impaired-driving collisions in West Region, compared to 11 deaths over the same time in 2024. West Region OPP officers have laid 2,461 impaired-driving charges, to date, in 2025, which is a six-per-cent increase from the 2,313 impaired-driving charges laid over the same timeframe last year.