Overview
- Essex Police reported 144 arrests in week two, taking the total to 241 since December 1, with 89 drug-driving arrests that week and a 40% annual rise in local deaths and serious injuries linked to drug driving.
- Humberside officers carried out 605 breath tests and 40 drug wipes between December 1 and 15, resulting in 70 arrests across the force area.
- Avon and Somerset recorded 117 suspected drink- or drug-driving arrests in the first two weeks, surpassing the same period last year as police underscore recent fatal-case consequences.
- Cleveland Police logged 98 arrests since December 1, detained the same 42-year-old on consecutive mornings on suspicion of drug driving in Hartlepool, and arrested a 21-year-old after a crash in Middlesbrough on December 16.
- Staffordshire’s seasonal checks have yielded more than 70 arrests and 734 roadside tests so far, with a Stoke-on-Trent checkpoint on December 16 stopping over 150 drivers.