A heavy goods vehicle was used by road policing officers to target unsafe activity by motorists with over 140 offences detected and two arrests made. In 2024, 267 people were killed or seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Dorset. The Force is ...
Release date: 12/05/2025
Dedicated Community Speed Watch (CSW) volunteers checked the speeds of over 31,000 vehicles during a week of action and continue to help to keep the roads of Dorset safe. Last year, 267 people were killed or seriously injured in a road traffic collision i...
Release date: 16/04/2025
A targeted road safety operation was carried out to prevent road traffic collisions occurring along a beauty hotspot road in West Dorset. Between 2020 and 2024, there were 95 road traffic collisions on the B3157 between Chickerell and Bridport. Along this...
Release date: 08/04/2025
Prolific offenders have been taken off the roads after targeted activity was carried out by the Roads Policing Team and special constables. Two intensification days took place on Tuesday 4 March and Wednesday 5 March 2025 covering the whole of the county ...
Release date: 10/03/2025
Roads policing officers have been working with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) as part of a campaign focusing on commercial vehicle safety. Officers have been proactively engaging with commercial vehicle drivers to ensure that their vehicle...
Release date: 03/02/2025
Public reporting has helped police take action on drink and drug drivers over the festive period. Dorset Police’s ‘Festive Feedback’ campaign encouraged members of the public to report impaired drivers, with every person who contacted police during Decemb...
Release date: 09/01/2025
Roads policing officers teamed up with special constables to carry out enforcement activity targeting suspected drink or drug drivers across the BCP area. On the evening of Wednesday 18 December 2024, officers carried out simultaneous static stop checks o...
Release date: 23/12/2024
The Force is launching its ‘Festive Feedback’ Christmas drink and drug drive campaign to encourage the reporting of motorists who are endangering our roads. The initiative is taking place between Monday 2 December 2024 and Wednesday 1 January 2025. Drivin...
Release date: 02/12/2024
The Force is sending out a message to motorists that there is no excuse for speeding in a bid to keep the county’s roads safe. Officers from the No Excuse Team are continuously out targeting motorists who may have committed one of the fatal five offences,...
Release date: 15/11/2024
Roads policing officers have joined forces with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) to target uninsured drivers in Bournemouth and Poole. This week marks a national campaign called ‘Op Drive Insured’ between Monday 11 November and Sunday 17 November 2024, wh...
Release date: 14/11/2024
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