Richmond RCMP handed out tickets during a road safety check in east Richmond earlier this week.
The road safety enforcement was held on March 18 on a section of River Road.
During a two-hour road check, nine tickets under the Motor Vehicle Act were given for speeding and unsafe driving.
There was also an "immediate roadside prohibition" for impaired driving, according to Richmond RCMP's post on social media platform X,
The safety check was prompted after a serious crash on March 14 on River Road between No. 6 Road and Westminster Highway.
A crash around 9 a.m. involving two vehicles in the 21200 block, east of Cambie Road, resulted in traffic in the area being blocked in both directions for more than two hours.
It resulted in one vehicle "partially submerged in a ditch." Paramedics also attended to six people and one person was sent to the hospital in stable condition.
The accident raised concerns about speeding along this particular stretch of road, which has been nicknamed "Misery Mile" or "Road of Death" by some.
According to a city staff report in 2017, 94 crashes happened on the stretch of the road between 2011 and 2015. Data from ICBC shows the number rose to 108 between 2018 and 2022.
-With files from Vikki Hui
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