Which days have the most impaired driving charges in St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Welland?

There is a variance in which days of the week have the most impaired driving arrests involving alcohol in Niagara Region towns such as St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Welland.

Conversely, data tallied by Niagara Regional Police Service about impaired arrests shows that the number of impaired arrests where the driver was accused of being under the influence of drugs is consistent across the week.

Have you ever wondered if certain days of the week had higher impaired arrest numbers than others?

We compiled the data for you – have a look!#ImpairedDrivingWeek pic.twitter.com/Qi9n7uTodq

— NRPS (@NiagRegPolice) March 24, 2022

The NRPS presented the data on Thursday, as part of National Impaired Driving Prevention Week. Across the entire Niagara Region, Sundays have been the busiest day for alcohol impaired arrests recently, with 84. That is almost 2½ times as many as Tuesdays, where there have been 34.

Saturday (73) and Friday (72) are second and third on the list.

There is little deviation from the mean with the daily counts for drug impaired arrests — which could involve illegal drugs, prescription drugs, over-the-counter substances and/or cannabis. Each day of the week has a total beteen 18 and 22.

Wednesday was No. 1 with 22, followed by Thursday with 21.

Impaired driving — by alcohol and/or drugs — is the biggest factor in serious crashes across Canada.

Police advise the public to call 911 when someone is too drunk or high to drive, and you cannot stop them, or if you see someone who is driving erratically