Police still catching hundreds of impaired drivers in Sask., but there has been long-term progress: SGI

Source: CBC News, September 25, 2019 

There are about 200 to 400 impaired drivers caught each month on Sask. roads

Saskatchewan police officers have been consistently busting hundreds of impaired drivers on the road each month, but long-term data indicates a decrease in death and injuries on the road.

The SGI traffic safety spotlight for August shows that there 341 impaired drivers caught. There were 292 impaired drivers in July and another 367 in June, for comparison.

Officers typically catch between 200 to 400 impaired drivers a month but those numbers really only show police enforcement and not how many impaired drivers may be on the road, according to Tyler McMurchy, manager of media relations with SGI.

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