Road safety operation sees vehicles checked across M6 corridor

A major road safety operation has taken place with West Midlands police working with colleagues from across the country.

WMP Roads Policing colleagues worked with forces across the M6 corridor.

During the operation, 47 vehicles were brought onto the DVSA site in Staffordshire.

A light commercial vehicle was pulled onto the site by officers and found to have three immediate safety prohibitions for load security, tax, and insurance.

Further enquiries found the driver only had a provisional licence and tested positive for drugs.

The vehicle was seized.

Supt Jack Hadley, head of our Roads Policing Unit, said: “This joint approach to working – both with other forces, regulatory organisations, and partners - is vital to our mission of making the roads safer for everyone and reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries.

“Focusing on commercial vehicles, and making sure they’re complying with the law, is incredibly important given their size and nature of the loads they’re carrying, as we want to minimise the impact of them being involved in a collision.

“We were joined by representatives of the Road Haulage Association and Construction Plant-hire Association to show them what our Commercial Vehicle Unit does, and it was great to see this positive collaboration between policing and private industry to improve road safety.

“Our Commercial Vehicle Unit forms a key part of our Roads Policing team, united by one mission to make our roads safer.

“They carry the latest equipment and technology to carry out proactive checks on all types of commercial vehicles, and they are focused on making sure those that aren’t safe are removed from our roads.”