This year, there were no traffic fatalities in British Columbia over the three-day Victoria Day weekend in May. The BC Highway Patrol said this is the first time in six years that this has happened.
Three people lost their lives over the 2024 weekend, and an average of four people died in traffic accidents between 2019 and 2023. However, ticket numbers remain high: More than 1,900 speeding tickets were issued in British Columbia during the same period, and 79 vehicles were impounded for excessive speeding.
In May 2025, a “High-Risk Driving and Motorcycle Safety Awareness Campaign” was conducted, during which more than 9,600 speeding tickets were issued across the state.　One particularly dangerous case occurred on May 17th on Highway 3/95 in East Kootenay. A car was stopped going 166km/h on a road with a 100km/h speed limit and was also found to be drunk driving. The driver received an immediate 90-day license suspension, a speeding ticket and had his vehicle impounded for seven days.
In the third week of May, a Tesla was traveling at 191 km/h on Highway 1 near Golden, where the speed limit is 100 km/h. The driver (24 years old, resident of Alberta) was charged with a third serious speeding offense in the past two years. He was banned from driving for five months, fined $483, had his vehicle impounded for seven days, and had his license suspended by the Alberta government.
The BC Highway Patrol will be holding a “Summer Drink and Drug Driving Enforcement Campaign” from June 15 to August 31. With the increase in summer traffic, they are calling on people to think more seriously about safe driving.