Heavy vehicle compliance was the target of Operation IMPACT as Highway Patrol officers from the Traffic Task Force were deployed to Armidale Police Area Command (Western region) on Monday, January 14 - Friday, January 18.
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With the number of fatal truck crashes in NSW falling since June 2017, NSW Highway Patrol Chief Inspector Phil Brooks was very pleased with the results of this latest operation.
Over the five day period there were:
- 285 Random Breath Tests and 125 Mobile Drug Tests were conducted that yeilded one positive road-side drug test to Cannabis (a 45-year-old male on a P1 licence).
- Ninety heavy vehicle compliance checks and 15 engine control module downloads were conducted and all were compliant.
- Three seat belt infringements (one by a heavy vehicle), four light vehicle speeds and 18 other infringements.
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"It's quite obvious from this operation that things are getting better," Chief Inspector Brooks said.
"While there are 185,000 trucks registered in NSW, 400,000 pass through our state every day. The north west corridor of the Pacific, New England and Newell highways carried the bulk of that road traffic."
He said there were 25 less crashes and deaths during the last year than the same time in 2017.
Traffic Taskforce Officers continually work with police commands and RMS officers throughout NSW, conducting road safety operations to decrease the NSW road toll.
