There were 626 impaired drivers taken off the road this summer illustrating what police are calling "an alarming trend."

"This year’s summer impaired driving campaign is a graphic illustration of why we all need to do better staying sober while driving," Supt. Mike Coyle, operations officer of BC Highway Patrol, said in a media release.

"Impaired driving is the leading cause of criminal death in B.C. It’s simply unacceptable to think that it’s OK to drive while impaired by alcohol or drugs."

Of the 626 incidents where drivers were taken off the road during to either drugs or alcohol; there were 111 from central B.C.; 146 from northern B.C.; 150 in the Metro Vancouver, Sea to Sky, and eastern Fraser Valley; 131 from Vancouver Island; and 88 from the Kootenay region.

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