June 5, 2025
Parteek Mahal
Surrey: BC Highway Patrol, while releasing statistics for High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness Month, said that speed and reckless behavior remained a concern on B.C. roads during the Victoria Day long weekend.
But for the first time in six years, not a single fatal accident was recorded on British Columbia roads during the Victoria Day long weekend. These statistics were released as part of the High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Awareness campaigns run for May 2025.
Superintendent Mike Coile said, “We received a lot of positive feedback from the public about BC Highway Patrol’s high-visibility enforcement. However, we still observed many instances of reckless behavior.”
Enforcement statistics from the Victoria Day long weekend show that over 1,900 speeding tickets were issued, and 79 vehicles were impounded—most of them due to excessive speed.
According to statistics from the enforcement campaign that ran throughout May, over 9,600 speeding tickets were issued across the province. Of these, 2,200 tickets were issued in the Central or Okanagan regions, and 94 vehicles were impounded for excessive speeding.
On Vancouver Island, over 1,500 speeding tickets were issued, and 53 vehicles were impounded. In the Kootenay region, over 1,200 speeding tickets and 66 vehicle impoundments were reported. In the Northern region, more than 1,900 speeding tickets were issued and 68 vehicles were impounded. In the South Coast and Lower Mainland, over 2,500 speeding tickets were issued, and 122 vehicles were impounded for speeding.
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