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Fewer impaired charges, fewer RIDE checks this Christmas

January 3, 2025

Lambton OPP conducted about half the RIDE Checks over the 2024 Christmas season as they did in 2023.

The OPP released RIDE statistics from across Western Ontario Friday. In all, OPP officers conducted 1,938 checks in 13 detachments laying 292 impaired driving charges and issuing 19 warnings.

That’s down from 2023, when there were 2,446 checks and over 350 impaired driving charges laid.

In Lambton this year, there were 125 RIDE checks netting 22 impaired driving charges and six warnings. That’s down from 246 checks over Christmas in 2023 and 44 charges with 12 warnings.

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TRAFFIC NOTE: Nauvoo Road between Petrolia and Rokeby closed

November 11, 2025

TRAFFIC NOTE FROM THE OPP Nauvoo Road is fully closed between Petrolia Line to Rokeby Line near Alvinston in Lambton County. Crews are working to remove a tractor trailer that rolled over yesterday evening. The closure is expected to last several hours.

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UPDATE: Highway 402 reopened; traffic problems in London area because of snow

November 11, 2025

The Independent Highway 402 between Oil Heritage Line and Kerwood Road has reopened. It reopened around 6:30 Tuesday morning. An accident involving two transports near Nauvoo Road around 3:30pm Monday initially closed the road at the Nauvoo Road exit. But around 7:30 pm, Lambton OPP closed the entire road between Oil Heritage Road and Kerwood Road because of poor road

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Highway 402 closed from Oil Heritage to Kerwood Road

November 10, 2025

Accident and poor weather conditions the cause The Independent Road conditions are poor in Eastern and Northern Lambton tonight. An accident involving two transports near Nauvoo Road around 3:30pm initially closed the road at the Nauvoo Road exit. But around 7:30 pm, Lambton OPP closed the entire road between Oil Heritage Road and Kerwood Road because of poor road conditions.

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Highway 402 closed at Watford after accident

November 10, 2025

Highway 402 eastbound is closed at Nauvoo Road after two tractor trailers collided. A streamer across Lake Huron is dumping the traditional snow belt area with about a foot of snow on the ground around Highway 402 and Arkona Road. Lambton OPP say a number of vehicles are involved but no injuries have been reported. One of the transport jackknifed.

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