Wide Bay Police Ramp Up Road Checks

Queensland police conducted more than 60,000 roadside breath tests across the Wide Bay Burnett District between the start of Operation Interpose in April and August 16, detecting 326 suspected drink drivers and issuing more than 5,000 traffic infringement notices.

Bundaberg Highway Patrol Officer in Charge Sergeant Gordon Hards said the figures highlighted the scale of efforts to reduce dangerous driving and serious crashes. Police said high-visibility patrols would continue day and night, targeting impaired and otherwise hazardous road behaviour.

Twenty-two people have died on roads across the Wide Bay Burnett District since the beginning of 2026, according to Queensland Police. Officers are continuing to conduct targeted operations focused on speeding, distracted and fatigued driving, drink driving and other behaviours linked to road trauma.

Police are also enforcing e-mobility laws under Operation Yankee Surety. Between July 1 and August 13, officers in the Wide Bay Burnett seized 35 non-compliant e-mobility devices and charged two riders with drink-riding offences. Across the North Coast Region, 130 devices were seized and four riders were charged during the same period.