The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) launched its 2023 Annual Report which exhibits that impaired driving {charges} rose in 2023 to 11,142 situations. That may be a 9 per cent improve from 2022 and a 17 per cent improve since 2021.
Impaired driving {charges} made up six per cent of all roadway {charges} laid final 12 months.
Alcohol and drug-related fatalities decreased in 2023 with 67 fatalities in comparison with 84 in 2022. Nonetheless, it’s a stark improve from the 42 fatalities in 2021.
Twenty-seven per cent of all alcohol and drug-related fatalities occurred within the OPP West Area which covers from Hamilton and Dufferin counties within the east, right down to Windsor/Essex.
In Could, the Ontario Authorities launched laws that might lead to a everlasting lack of licence if an incident leading to demise concerned an impaired driver.
The identical month, the OPP introduced it could be conducting Necessary Alcohol Screening (MAS) “as part of every traffic stop.”
