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Driving under the influence of alcohol up 22% in 2025 – Canton friborg: conducted under influence
Cantonal police alert on the increase in drivers under influence. For example, Driving alcohol cases climbed 22% and 16% for narcotics.
The Friborg cantonal police are calling for caution on Tuesday 1ᵉʳ July after having. noticed “a disturbing increase in the number of road users circulating under the effect of alcohol and/or drugs”.
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Friborg cantonal police are calling for caution on Tuesday after having noticed. “a disturbing canton friborg: conducted under influence increase in the number of road users circulating under the effect of alcohol and/or drugs”.
“Since the start of the year. road checks and accident observations carried out by police patrols have revealed a significant increase in positive cases to these substances,” reports the communiqué press.
Indeed. between the 1is January and June 22, the number of road users denounced to the public prosecutor for driving under the influence of alcohol is 499. Over the same period in 2024, this was 409, an increase of 22%.
Increase in accidents since 2023
As for drugs, 331 people were denounced for driving under the influence of narcotics in 2025, against 286 in 2024. The figure is therefore also increasing, by almost 16%.
If the canton friborg: conducted under influence number of accidents under this type of product remains rather stable between 2024. 2025, the figure is still up compared to 2023. That year, there were 64 accidents with driving, compared to 84 in 2025. This represents an increase of just over 30%. In terms of drugs, between 2023 and 2025, the increase is 90%, with ten cases in 2023 against 19 this year.
Cantonal police underline that “driving fatigue is also a significant accident factor, with almost a case noted every week”.
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