Category: Press releases

Kids need clean air! Drivers asked to switch off their engines when parked, waiting or stationary Warwickshire County Council has recently re-launched their popular ‘Kids Need Clean Air’ campaign in partnership with Warwickshire Primary Schools.   This campaign aims to educate drivers of the benefits of switching off their vehicle engines when stationary, with a… Continue reading Kids need clean air! Drivers asked to switch off their engines when parked, waiting or stationary

As part of a national campaign, drivers are being urged to park up to use their mobile phone so they can give their friends, family, work or the task they are doing their full attention.

Free Dr Bike sessions are coming to a town near you this Spring Residents looking for a safe and healthy way of traveling can find out more about safe and active travel at a series of free Dr Bike sessions in the Spring.   Warwickshire County Council’s Road Safety and Active Travel team is encouraging… Continue reading Free Dr Bike sessions are coming to a town near you this Spring

Operation Tramline: Officers record more than 100 driving offences in five day operation A five day operation by the Warwickshire Police Roads Policing Unit led to more than 100 offences being identified. The operation was run in partnership with National Highways.   The officers used a truck so they can pull up alongside other vehicles… Continue reading Operation Tramline: Officers record more than 100 driving offences in five day operation

Free Child Car Seat Checks and Vehicle Maintenance Advice Events Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership invites residents to attend free child car seat and vehicle safety check events being held throughout Warwickshire, 20th – 24th February 2023.   Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership has announced a countywide weeklong series of events for Warwickshire residents focussing on child… Continue reading Free Child Car Seat Checks and Vehicle Maintenance Advice Events

A 25 year old man from Warwick didn’t expect the driver he was overtaking at speed to submit moving footage of his driving to Warwickshire Police Op Snap but that’s exactly what they did.

Warwickshire Police’s Abnormal Loads team, National Highways, CMPG and DVSA were forced to close a multi-agency vehicle check site at the M6 Corley Services on Wednesday 25 January 2023, earlier than planned as the lorry park was full of prohibited vehicles.

A 28 year old man from Essex has been disqualified from driving for 6 months after being caught using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving in Leamington Spa on 31 May 2022.

Warwickshire Police is urging the public and commercial drivers and companies to ensure their vehicles are in a roadworthy condition after a record number of 158 PG9 prohibitions were issued in 2022.

Warwickshire Police has arrested 100 people on suspicion of drink or drug driving in a six week operation that started on 21 November to coincide with the football World Cup and continued over Christmas and New Year.