A three-month police operation to keep roads safer has been closed.
Known as Operation Sierra, police claim that fewer lives have been lost on roads in the southern part of Queensland than last year.
That’s despite 200 lives being lost on roads across Queensland.
Inspector Lukia Serafim said a three-phased approach to road safety across the region has led to twelve lives lost compared to twenty across the same period in 2019.
“We have sought to proactively engaged with targeted groups within the community, including school-aged children and elderly people,” Inspector Serafim said.
“Police have also been conducted various enforcement activities on our roads to ensure drivers are obeying the rules.”
During the three months, there were almost 105,000 random breath tests which detected 727 alleged drink drivers. More than 9200 drivers were caught speeding and nearly 200 traffic infringement notices were issued for using a mobile phone.
Police also issued 13,092 infringements for life-endangering offences such as not wearing a seatbelt, inattention and disobeying red lights.
Inspector Serafim said while police were actively patrolling the region to reduce road trauma, everyone has a role to play.
“We want people to make smart decisions on our roads knowing that one bad decision could affect your life or the lives of others forever,” Inspector Serafim said.
“It’s also important people drive to the conditions they are presented with on the roads.”
Since the closure of the operation, police have set up a multi-agency committee to discuss and implement best practices and new technologies to support road safety programs for now and into the future.
