The last campaign (between 10 and 16 February) involved a total of 2,425 breathalyser tests, 4.1% of them positive, and 170 drug-driving tests, of which 34.7% were positive.
To reduce the number of road accidents and victims, behaviour which poses a risk needs to be corrected. This includes drink-driving and driving under the influence of drugs.
To this end, the City Police run various campaigns during the year with checks for drink-driving and drug-driving. A new campaign starts today and will end on Sunday, in accordance with planning by the Catalan Traffic Service and on this occasion coinciding with the midsummer celebrations on the eve of Sant Joan.
The checks will particularly target riders of motorbikes and mopeds with breathalyser tests and drug-driving tests, given the high accident rate among this group.
In this respect, the Local Road Safety Plan 2019-2022 sets out thirteen priority indicators for reducing accident rates. One of the goals is to get the number of positive breathalyser tests below 1% with random preventive checks.
In addition, and independently of the teams assigned specifically for the campaign, all patrols on duty in public streets will be stepping up action to detect incorrect conduct relating to this objective.