Police Release Weekend Crackdown Stats

By 250 News

Prince George, B.C- North District Traffic Services  said there would be an extra police presence on the roads over the long weekend, and the results are in.

The Labour Day Long Weekend is one of the worst for fatal and injury collisions and police enforcement units noticed lower average speeds on the highways and fewer complaints of aggressive driving. An increased police visibility on the roadways and the less than desirable weather conditions are believed to have played a part in making the roadways safer.

The Labour Day Long Weekend ended with NO fatal motor vehicle collisions and No serious injury collisions in the Prince George Regional area however,  there was one fatal collision reported in the Dawson Creek area on Saturday September 4th.

A total of 10 Criminal Code charges and 283 provincial charges were processed by the Provincial Traffic Services Unit. The statistical information was gathered from 12:00 am Friday morning and ended Monday night at 11:59 pm.

• Speeding Violations - 220
• Seat Belt Violations - 19
• Moving Violations - 12
• Vehicle Defect charges - 2
• Non-moving Violations - 16
• Commercial Vehicle Charges - 3
• No Driver's Licence - 4
• 24-Hour Licence Suspension (alcohol) - 3
• 24-Hour Licence Suspension (drug) - 4
• Impaired Driving Charges - 3
• Administrative Driving Prohibitions - 3
• Other Criminal Code charges - 7
• Property seizures - 1
• Drug seizures - 6
• Liquor Seizures - 2
• Vehicle removed from the road for defects - 4
• Warnings (variety defects/moving violations) - 55

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