THE Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department recorded 2,133 traffic-related cases during the period August 30 to September 5, 2026, with speeding, leaving vehicles in dangerous positions and failure to comply with vehicle fitness requirements among the most prevalent offences.
According to the Traffic Department’s latest weekly report, speeding accounted for the highest number of recorded offences, with 533 cases.
This was followed by 144 cases of leaving a motor vehicle in a dangerous position, while 90 motorists were charged for seatbelt-related offences and another 90 cases were recorded for failure to wear safety helmets.
The department also recorded 80 cases involving breaches of prescribed fitness conditions and 56 cases each for unlicensed driving and unlighted motor vehicles at the rear.
A total of 41 cases of driving under the influence were recorded during the reporting period, while police also dealt with 30 tinted motor vehicle offences and 29 cases involving breaches of traffic light signals.
There were also 29 cases of carrying a pillion rider without a safety helmet, 22 cases involving unlighted motor vehicles at the front, and 10 cases of faulty parking.
Meanwhile, the Traffic Department continued its road safety education campaign in schools across the country, conducting lectures at 32 schools between August 31 and September 4.
The outreach programme reached schools in several regions, including Regions One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight and Nine.
Among the schools visited were Calcutta Primary and Nursery in Region Five; Blankenburg Primary, La Adventure Secondary, La Retraite Nursery and Primary, and Hague Back Nursery and Primary in Region Three; and several institutions in Region One, including Karaburi Primary, Port Kaituma Secondary, North West Secondary, Hosororo Secondary, Mabaruma Primary and Kamwatta Primary.
Students in Regions Eight and Nine also benefitted from the road safety sessions, with lectures conducted at Campbelltown Primary and Mahdia Nursery in Region Eight, as well as Tabatinga Secondary and Nursery and St Ignatius Primary in Region Nine.
The programme also extended to schools in Regions Two, Four, Six and Seven as the Traffic Department continued efforts to promote greater awareness of road safety among young people.
The Guyana Police Force has continued to combine enforcement with public education as part of wider efforts to encourage safer behaviour among road users and reduce traffic-related incidents across the country.