May 30, 2025

Transit Police targets dangerous vehicles near Surrey SkyTrain Station

In a Metro Vancouver Transit Police-led project near Scott Road Station, 41% of commercial vehicles stopped for inspection needed to be taken out of service after failing to meet the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s inspection standards*.

On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, Transit Police, in partnership with nine other agencies, conducted safety inspections of commercial vehicles in the area around Scott Road Station. Over the span of six hours, 95 inspections were completed, resulting in:

39 commercial motor vehicles taken out of service
41 Provincial Violation Tickets Issued
22 Notice and Orders issued
30 City of Surrey Bylaw Tickets issued
One prohibited driver was arrested

26 officers from Transit Police and nine other agencies participated in the project, including:

Commercial Vehicle Safety & Enforcement (BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit)
City of Surrey
City of Langley
Vancouver Police
Burnaby RCMP
Coquitlam RCMP
Coquitlam Bylaw
Delta Police
New Westminster Police

“This project was based in the area around Scott Road Station due to the large amounts of commercial vehicles travelling through the area and over TransLink’s Pattullo Bridge. Everyone who uses transit and the roadway deserves to have a safe journey”. – Constable Amanda Steed

*This percentage is not representative of the condition of vehicles in the commercial transport industry as a whole. Only vehicles flagged by officers trained in identifying visible or potential safety defects were pulled over for inspection.