Humberside Police: 165 commercial vehicles stopped as part of intensification period

A total of 165 vehicles were stopped by the Humberside Police’s Roads Policing Commercial Vehicle Unit as part of the recent National Commercial Vehicle Intensification period.

Working in partnership with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and local council partnerships, officers have been actively engaging with commercial vehicles to ensure goods are loaded securely and the vehicles and drivers are safe to be on our roads.

From Monday 27th January to Friday 7th February, the team stopped 165 vehicles and issued a total of 38 traffic offence reports, 60 immediate prohibitions and 10 verbal warnings relating to mechanical defects, load security, drivers’ hours, and document offences.

PC Susan Scott from the Roads Policing Unit, leading the operation, said: “We are proud to have participated in the National Commercial Vehicle Intensification period, which saw us conduct stop checks across our force area to identify commercial vehicles not being used in the correct manner.

“Commercial vehicles carry a significant risk when not used in the way they were designed. Insecure loads, dangerous goods and chemicals, and those used to commit criminal activity, are at an increased risk and sadly we have seen the devastating effects these actions can have.

“We are committed to keeping the roads in our region as safe as possible and weeks of action like these are vital to make sure that vehicles are roadworthy and are being driven safely, which helps us to keep our highways safe for all that use them.”

If you have information about road traffic offences, you can call them on their non-emergency line 101 when it is safe to do so.

Alternatively, you can report road traffic incidents via their website here.