Over 50 impaired driving charges laid over New Year’s weekend

Ontario Provincial Police laid 56 impaired driving charges over the weekend as a result of their festive impaired driving campaign.

The impaired driving results were released on Twitter by OPP on Sunday, where police urged drivers to be better.

OPP Const. Kerry Schmidt said 56 impaired driving charges were laid – with 11 in the Greater Toronto Area – from 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 3 p.m. on Jan. 1.

In the past 24 hours during #NewYear2023 celebrations, the OPP laid 56 #ImpairedDriving charges, 11 in the #GTA.
Throughout the #FestiveRide season, the #OPP laid 1241 impaired charges, 243 in the GTA.
53 people died in 2022 in drug/alcohol related collisions. #BeABetterDriver. pic.twitter.com/Rob7TaiYup

— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) January 1, 2023

Since the campaign launched on Nov. 15, the OPP says they laid 1,241 charges, with about 20 per cent of those in the GTA.

Police say 53 people died in drug and alcohol related collisions in 2022.

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