NORTH Wales Police made close to 500 drug and drink drive arrests during 2022.
NWP's roads policing unit released a video detailing the volume of work completed by the force last year.
Two worrying statistics were that 204 drink drive arrests were made and 272 drivers were arrested for being under the influence of drugs.
In addition to the drug and drink arrests, the roads policing unit revealed that they had sadly dealt with 37 fatal road traffic collisions in North Wales last year.
As a result of that, 19 specialised family liaison officers were deployed. The officer's role is to support families who have lost loved ones during accidents on the road.
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A total of 127 investigations were conducted into serious road traffic collisions in the region, with the force stating that "the work doesn't stop when the road re-opens following a collision."
The roads policing unit also thanked the public for their support during the year and revealed that 266 motorists were stopped thanks to information supplied by the people of north Wales.
Other figures of note included 2,509 traffic offence reports being filed as well as officers travelling 650,000 miles during the year.
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