Extra police will be targeting drink and drug drivers across the New Year’s long weekend as part of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign.
Officers have conducted more than 70,000 RBTs (Random Breath Tests) and charged 359 drink drivers in the first seven days of Festive Break.
Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating said impaired driving continued to be a serious issue on Queensland roads.
“All too often our officers attend traffic crashes caused by a drink driver whose terrible decision to get behind the wheel of a vehicle has ended in tragedy,” Assistant Commissioner Keating said.
“In fact, about one in five fatalities in Queensland are linked to drink driving.
“If you are planning on having a drink this New Year’s – we are urging you to arrange a safe way home from celebrations which doesn’t involve driving a vehicle.
“There will be extra police patrolling across the weekend as well as RBT and drug testing sites at various locations throughout the state.”
On day seven of Festive Break, 47 drink drivers were charged including a 40-year-old man who allegedly provided a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of 0.246 per cent in Fortitude Valley around 11.50pm last night.
In the past week, officers have intercepted speeding drivers travelling at 117km/h in a 60km/h zone, 157km/h in a 100km/h zone and 240km/h in a 100km/h zone across the state.
The Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign will continue until 11.59pm January 3, 2017.
Festive Break – Day 6 Statistics
For the 24 hour period to 11.59pm, 28 December 2016.
| 2016/17 Daily total | Progressive 2016/17 Total | 2015/16 Daily Total | Progressive 2015/16 Total | |
| Traffic Crashes | ||||
| Fatal Traffic Incidents | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Persons Killed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Injury Traffic Incidents | 13 | 158 | 22 | 157 |
| Persons Injured | 18 | 208 | 31 | 238 |
| Alcohol and Drug Testing | ||||
| Random Breath Tests Performed (RBT) | 4,619 | 71,665 | 11,656 | 96,434 |
| Roadside Drug Tests Performed (RDT) | 138 | 983 | 165 | 1,152 |
| Drink Driving | 47 | 359 | 30 | 350 |
| Drug Driving Roadside positive tests (yet to be analysed) | 10 | 156 | 14 | 212 |
| Traffic Offences | ||||
| * Speed Camera Detections | 2,065 | 14,786 | 2,975 | 20,925 |
| * Speeding (Other) | 378 | 3,785 | 561 | 4,040 |
| * Seat Belts | 22 | 164 | 32 | 205 |
| * Mobile Phone Offences | 25 | 179 | 34 | 249 |
| * Other Offences | 388 | 2,886 | 629 | 3,906 |
| Total Offences (infringements) | 813 | 7,014 | 1,256 | 8,400 |
Note 1: The statistics contained in this release are sourced from live databases maintained by QPS, are preliminary and subject to change on a daily basis. Any data extracted less than six weeks from the end of a reporting period is considered preliminary. |
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Speed Camera Detections Note for 2015/16 data: 1. Data is extracted from camera databases within the Queensland Police Service (Traffic Camera Office). These systems are live databases and the reported statistics may vary on a daily basis. 2. Detections from road safety cameras do not necessarily result in the issuing of an infringement notice. Detections from cameras are adjudicated by an accredited Traffic Camera Office staff member or filtered through system business rules. The adjudication process assesses whether there is sufficient evidence to meet legal requirements to issue an infringement notice. Detections include images and associated data files used for testing camera systems during scheduled maintenance periods and normal operation. Differences observed between detections and notices issued will be the result of camera testing and adjudication processes.3. Data for some cameras is not downloaded on a daily basis. It may take at least 72 hours for all data to be available.4. Figures include data for mobile speed cameras (overt, covert & portable), analogue fixed speed cameras, digital fixed speed cameras, digital combined speed/red light cameras and the average speed camera system. |
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Speed Camera Detections Note for 2016/17 data: 1. Data is extracted from camera databases within the Queensland Police Service (Traffic Camera Office). These systems are live databases and the reported statistics may vary on a daily basis. 2. Any data which is extracted less than six weeks from the end of a reporting period is considered preliminary.3. Detections from road safety cameras do not necessarily result in the issuing of an infringement notice. Detections from cameras are adjudicated by an accredited Traffic Camera Office staff member. The adjudication process assesses whether there is sufficient evidence to meet legal requirements to issue an infringement notice. Detections include images and associated data files used for testing camera systems during scheduled maintenance periods and normal operation. Differences observed between detections and notices issued will be the result of camera testing and adjudication processes.4. Data for some cameras is not downloaded on a daily basis. It may take at least 72 hours for all data to be available.5. Figures include data for mobile speed cameras (overt, covert & portable), analogue fixed speed cameras (where available), digital fixed speed cameras, digital combined speed/red light cameras (speed and red light detections) and the average speed camera system. |