Eighty drivers have been arrested for being over the limit for drink or drugs during a road safety campaign this month.
Cumbria police joined the national campaign, which targeted traffic offences known as the fatal four -speeding, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not wearing a seatbelt and driving under the influence of drink and/or drugs.
Officers, including from the county’s dedicated Roads Policing Unit, target these offences 365 days a year, including through use of statistics and analytics which identify hotspot locations for killed and serious injury collisions in the county.
Highlights of the April operation include:
- 89 drivers arrested for being over the limit
- 57 for drug driving
- 32 for drink driving
- 30 traffic offence reports for using mobile phone while driving
- 14 for seat belt offences
- 2,672 speeding offences (via the safety camera van and police officers)
Inspector Jack Stabler leads Cumbria police’s roads policing unit. He said: “Ourselves and our road safety partners are committed to driving down the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads.
“We are on the roads every day targeting fatal four offences and using analytics to target road safety hotspots so that our officers are in the best position possible to bring about positive outcomes.”
Officers working on the operation also recorded other motor offences including three fail to stop, two disqualified drivers and two for driving without due care and attention, as well as others for driving without a license, driving without insurance, driving without a valid MOT and driving with a defective tyre.
Officers working on the operation also made non-motoring interventions including for offences such as money laundering, assault, being drunk and disorderly, theft, and five arrests for possession of a controlled substance.
During the month, officers also made use of the specially equipped HGV as part of Operation Tramline and Cumbria Fire and Rescue began a series of motorbike safety sessions.
