VICTORIA. — More than 6500 traffic offences were detected by Victoria Police during the four-day road policing blitz ‘Operation Scoreboard ‘, which focused on roadside alcohol and drug testing over the AFL Grand Final long weekend, and saw a rise of almost 1500 offences compared with the same operation last year, as police looked to clamp down on high-risk driving behaviour.
One in every 491 drivers who were breath tested were caught over the legal blood alcohol limit, with 246 drink driving offences detected from 120,995 preliminary breath tests. This was a rise of 28 per cent compared with last year.
A further 127 drug driving offences were detected from 3136 roadside drug tests – a strike rate of one in every 24 drivers testing positive to drugs.
From the same operation in 2025, speeding offences (up 34 per cent) and mobile phone contraventions (up 70 per cent) dominate the other notable statistics from the long weekend.
With the second week of school holidays underway in Victoria, police urge motorists to remain vigilant behind the wheel by sticking to speed limits, taking plenty of breaks on long trips and avoiding distractions like using mobile phones while driving.
The total 6558 offences detected during Operation Scoreboard included:
- 2918 speeding offences;
- 607 unregistered vehicles;
- 253 disqualified/suspended drivers;
- 188 unlicensed drivers;
- 365 disobey signs/signals;
- 246 drink driving offences from 120,995 preliminary breath tests;
- 248 mobile phone offences;
- 127 drug driving offences from 3136 roadside drug tests;
- 102 vehicle impoundments; and
- 89 seatbelt offences.
Police will continue to conduct local road policing enforcement in high-risk areas, particularly on major highways to regional areas and around holiday hotspots.
Operation Scoreboard ran from 12:01am Friday, September 25 to 11:59pm on Monday, September 28.
