Throughout January and February this year, following public concern regarding the safety of roads during this most recent lockdown, Wiltshire Police have undertaken six weeks of increased road safety activity

In a continued effort to address public concerns of the standard of driving during lockdown across the county, a proactive approach to enforcement saw 136 individuals arrested on suspicion of driving offences, including 88 drug driving offences and 84 drink driving offences*, with 20 disqualified drivers stopped.
In the last two weeks of the activity alone, 39 drivers were stopped on suspicion of having no licence or otherwise in accordance to their licence, taking the total to 81 over the course of the six weeks.

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