West Region OPP, which includes Oxford County, charged 15 people with impaired driving to kick off the Festive RIDE season.
OXFORD COUNTY - The OPP are very discouraged by the early results of the Festive RIDE campaign.
Over the weekend, West Region OPP, which includes Oxford County conducted 78 RIDE checks. As a result, 15 drivers were charged with impaired driving and another 7 drivers received a 3 day licence suspension for registering above the warn range.
In all, there were 42 impaired driving charges laid across the province on the first weekend of the campaign. We can confirm that at least a couple of those charges happened in Oxford County.
This year's OPP Festive RIDE Campaign runs from November 23, 2019 to January 2, 2020. During the campaign, OPP officers will be highly visible as they conduct RIDE initiatives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week throughout the province.
Did YOU know that every day, on average, 4 #Canadians are killed and 175 are injured in impairment-related collisions! #FestiveRide - aimed at taking alcohol and drug impaired drivers off our roads. #ImpairedIsImpaired @NorfolkCountyCA #NorfolkOPP^es pic.twitter.com/yLIWWdfiuu
— OPP West (@OPP_WR) November 25, 2019

Christmas Lights Stolen in Ingersoll
UPDATE: Cyber Security Experts Investigating Oxford Incident
PJHL Preview - Dec. 12th to Dec. 14th
Tour of Lights Begins this Weekend
Drunk Drivers Charged in Woodstock
Week Three Results for Festive RIDE Campaign
Woodstock Passes 2026 Capital Budget
WFD Respond to Two Fires in the City
An Impaired Driver was Caught in EZT
Oxford OPP Investigating Serious Collision
Interview with the Warden - December 11th, 2025
SWOX Christmas Lights Contest Returns!
Ingersoll Choral Society Presents: Christmas Bells
UPDATE: Snow Squalls Hit Oxford
UPDATE: OPP Officers Released from Hospital
R.O.P.E. Squad Searching for Suspect
Police Investigating Highway 401 Crash
Oxford Hires Director of Financial Services
UPDATE: Air Transat Avoids Pilot Strike
Safe Community Project Zero Comes to SWOX
Comments
Add a comment