Operation Safe Driver Week is a safe-driving awareness and outreach initiative aimed at improving the driving behaviors of passenger vehicle drivers and commercial motor vehicle drivers through educational and traffic enforcement strategies and interactions with law enforcement.
The next Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 12-18, 2026.
Throughout Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personnel will be on the lookout for commercial motor vehicle drivers and passenger vehicle drivers engaging in risky driving. Identified unsafe drivers will be pulled over and issued a citation or warning.
Data shows that traffic stops and interactions with law enforcement help reduce problematic driving behaviors. By making contact with drivers during Operation Safe Driver Week, law enforcement personnel aim to make our roadways safer by targeting high-risk driving behaviors.
- In the U.S., speeding has been a factor in more than a quarter of crash deaths since 2008. (Source)
- Speeding of any kind was the most frequent driver-related crash factor for drivers of commercial motor vehicles and passenger vehicles in the U.S. (Source)
- Speeding was a factor in 29% of all U.S. traffic fatalities in 2024, killing 11,288 people. (Source)
- Speeding was a factor in 21.9% of all traffic fatalities in Canada in 2022. (Source)
- Distracted driving claimed 3,208 lives in 2024 in the U.S. (Source)
- Distracted driving contributed to an estimated 22.5% of fatal collisions and 25.5% of serious injury collisions in Canada in 2021. (Source)
- In 2024, 22,713 passenger vehicle occupants were killed in the U.S. Nearly 50% of those killed were not buckled. Seat belts saved an estimated 14,955 lives and could have saved an additional 2,549 people if they had been wearing seat belts, in 2017 alone. (Source)
- Every day in the U.S., about 32 people die in drunk-driving crashes — that’s one person every 44 minutes. In 2024, 11,904 people lost their lives due to drunk driving. (Source)
- Police in Canada police reported 71,602 incidents of impaired driving in 2023. (Source)