MOTORISTS were urged to be safer on the road after a number of dangerous incidents during the Police’ King’s Birthday weekend operation.
Operation King’s Birthday Long Weekend 2025 was a statewide road safety blitz that ran from 12am on Friday, June 6 to 11.59pm on Monday, June 9.
Double demerit points were in force for the duration of the operation for speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt, and motorcycle helmet offences.
The Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, together with local police, patrolled roads across the state, targeting dangerous driving behaviour and risks on the roads with the aim of preventing injury and death.
During the period, police said they saw a concerning number of dangerous driving incidents, including excessive speed, high-range drink-driving, and reckless driving.
Officers issued more than 4000 speed infringements, and conducted nearly 203,000 breath tests with 275 people charged with drink-driving.
A further 655 positive roadside drug detections were made after more than 9550 random drug tests were conducted.
Police also attended 287 major crashes that resulted in 75 people being injured.
There were nearly 4000 mobile phone infringements, 220 seatbelt infringements and 6665 other tickets issued to drivers.
Traffic and Highway Patrol commander Assistant Commissioner David Driver acknowledged the majority of drivers over this long weekend did abide by the road rules but there remains a group of road users that continue to break the law, and this presents a risk to the whole community.
“Over the past few days of the King’s Birthday long weekend, we have seen three people lose their lives and 75 people injured on our roads,” he said.
“Motor vehicle crashes are preventable, however when they occur lives can be lost, and others permanently changed.
“I want to really reiterate the message that driving is a high-risk activity, and all road users need to drive their vehicle with care and attention and importantly adhere to the road rules.”
