This weekend, the Bellevue Police Department will kick off the fourth annual “100 Safe Days of Summer” effort to prevent, intervene, and enforce impaired and distracted driving-related road incidents in Bellevue and across Washington State.
The formal launch of the summer campaign comes as Bellevue has seen a 21-percent spike in impaired-driving incidents compared to 2024. According to police data, there have been 122 DUI incidents so far in 2025, a jump from 101 impaired incidents from a similar time frame last year.
As a continuing partner of the King County Target Zero Task Force, Bellevue Police will host Washington State Patrol’s Mobile Impaired Driving Unit (MIDU) at the northwest corner of Bellevue Way NE and NE 8th Street in Bellevue where officers will take individuals suspected of impaired driving for routine procedures used in DUI-related cases – including breath test processing and lawful blood draws and screenings. Media wishing to attend must RSVP with Drew Anderson at daanderson@bellevuewa.gov.
Bellevue Police is a part of the King County Target Zero Task Force, a collaboration from stakeholders such as law enforcement, city/regional/state/tribal governments, community organizations, and schools to create equitable traffic safety programs that would reduce collisions, injuries, and fatalities across King County. It is also part of the city of Bellevue’s Vision Zero initiative, adopted in 2016, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious-injury collisions on city streets by 2030. Enforcing traffic laws and educating people about the danger of driving under the influence are part of Bellevue’s Safe System approach to road safety and keeping the city a safe place to live, work, and visit.
DUI and impaired-driving arrests are always preventable. The Bellevue Police Department urges residents to take advantage of many other options to ensure a safe ride home and a safe community – including taking public transit, ridesharing opportunities available on smartphones, carpooling and vanpooling, walking, or calling a friend or family member.
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