Ensure every person is safe

New Zealand police work together with Waka Kotahi NZTransport Agency and the Ministry Transport to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the road.

The road safety partnership implements new operating models and investment for road policing, and acknowledges each agency has a role to play.

The partnership enables shared research, innovation, planning, and delivery that will optimise the outcomes of all investment in road safety.

Together with our partners we have agreed on some operational Police outputs based on the outcome we want to see of a reduction of death and serious injury on the roads.

We have focused on addressing restraints, impairment, distraction and speed behaviours, as we know the work we do in that area saves lives on the road.

New Zealand Police’s purpose is to ensure every person who lives, works, or travels through New Zealand is safe and feels safe on the roads and in our communities. Road policing is an integral part of Police’s business, contributing to reducing crime and social harm, and building public trust and confidence.

Police will maintain a focus on the four behaviours we know cause the most harm to people on our roads; people driving without restraints, driving impaired due to alcohol, drugs, and fatigue, driving distracted, and speeding.

As we head into the warmer months of spring and summer we expect some Northlanders will socialise more often. The warmer evenings allows us to all stay out later. Unfortunately that also means some Northlanders will make the poor choice to drive while impaired by alcohol and/or drugs.

The number of breath tests carried out by frontline staff will now increase.

Ifyou drive while drunk or drugged you can expect to be stopped and tested.

The reason we takeafirm approach to drink

and drugged driving is that the harm caused in a crash by one of these drivers can be absolutely devastating, and is totally avoidable.

The best way to avoid the consequences of drink or drugged driving including crashes, injuries, death, criminal convictions, loss of licence, imprisonment, is to have plan before your event begins.

Always plan how you will get home safely and who will be the sober driver. Have plenty of food and non-alcoholic drinks available, and let your friends stay the night.

Police can’t make Northland roads safer on our own. We ask the community to play their part. If someone you know is about to drive while impaired stop them. You could save a life.

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