Saskatchewan RCMP and Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan officers stopped 5,271 vehicles across the province during Canada Road Safety Week, finding safety concerns in roughly two out of every five vehicles checked.
The province-wide blitz ran May 12 to 18, 2026, with RCMP detachments joining Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services for check stops and traffic patrols focused on removing dangerous drivers from the road.
Of the 2,013 drivers and passengers charged, suspended, ticketed or warned during the campaign, impaired driving accounted for the largest share of criminal charges.
Officers charged 45 drivers with impaired driving by alcohol and five with impaired driving by drugs. Another 58 drivers had their licences suspended for consuming alcohol prior to driving; 39 others were suspended for consuming drugs.
Aggressive driving – speeding, unsafe passing, stunting and following too closely – generated the most enforcement action overall. Officers issued tickets or warnings to 1,594 drivers for those behaviours.
Distracted driving resulted in tickets or warnings for 167 drivers. Officers also issued 105 tickets or warnings to drivers and passengers for failing to wear a seatbelt properly.
“Our police officers found safety concerns in about two out of every five vehicles they stopped,” said Inspector Lee Knelsen, Operations Officer of Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services. “This is too high. That’s why initiatives like Canada Road Safety Week are as important as ever.”
Knelsen credited drivers who demonstrated safe behaviours during the campaign as well.
“While we charged, suspended, ticketed or warned 2,013 drivers, we also saw a lot of drivers who were demonstrating safe driving behaviours – thank you for helping to keep our roads safe,” he said.
Saskatchewan RCMP Traffic Services partnered with CTSS police services, Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers and Conservation Officers with the Provincial Protective Services Branch for the campaign.
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