Speeding drivers caught during Road Safety Week

Police have detected close to 1,000 traffic offences during a major road safety operation across Victoria earlier this week.

Operation Action was conducted on Monday 12 May as part of National Road Safety Week.

The annual initiative highlights the impact of road trauma and the importance of safe driving habits, with each day incorporating a road safety theme.

Monday’s nationwide focus on speed saw Victoria Police Highway Patrol units, Public Order Response Team officers and general duties police enforcing speed across the state’s roads.

There were a total 930 offences detected during the operation – with speeding offences making up more than half of all detections.

Of the 530 total speeding offences, 80 per cent were drivers caught speeding between 10km/h and 25km/h over the speed limit.

Police conducted 5,661 preliminary breath tests, with eight drink driving offences detected, and a further 19 drug driving offences were detected from 277 roadside drug tests.

The total 930 offences detected during Operation Action included:

• 530 speeding offences

• 50 disobey signs/signals

• 41 disqualified/suspended and unlicenced drivers

• 39 mobile phone offences

• 19 drug driving offences from 277 roadside drug tests

• 8 drink driving offences from 5,661 preliminary breath tests

• 5 seat belt offences

• 23 vehicle impounds; and

• 72 unregistered vehicles

Police will continue to be highly visible and enforcing across the state’s roads, in an effort to drive down road trauma.

It comes following a horror period on Victorian roads, with 11 lives lost since Saturday.

There have been 114 lives lost on Victorian roads in 2025, compared to 102 at the same time last year.

National Road Safety Week runs from Sunday 11 May to Sunday 18 May 2025.

Victoria Police encourages all road users to show their support for the initiative, which calls on motorists to “pledge to drive so others survive”.

For more information about National Road Safety Week, visit www.roadsafetyweek.com.au

Quotes attributable to Road Policing Assistant Commissioner, Glenn Weir:

“This terrible period on our roads should remind all of us that nobody is immune from the impacts of road trauma.

“And yet, we continue to detect far too many motorists disregarding the rules – particularly when it comes to speeding.

“Travelling even just a little bit over the speed limit significantly increases your risk of being involved in a collision, and yet the majority of those we caught speeding this week were considerably over the limit.

“We will continue to have zero tolerance for those who blatantly choose to speed on our roads – this behaviour puts not only the driver at risk of a collision, but all other road users.

“In light of National Road Safety Week, and the fact we’ve had so many deaths on our roads in a matter of days, we urge everyone to be safe on the roads and most importantly – slow down”.

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