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    Dec 2022

    Last Updated: 16/12/2022
    Crime
    Crime

    Harrogate district worst in county for drink driving

    by John Plummer

    | 16 Dec, 2022
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    The Harrogate district has had more drink and drug driving arrests in the last week than anywhere else in North Yorkshire.

    North Yorkshire Police said today 32 people had been arrested in the last seven days of the campaign — a big increase on 18 in the first week.

    Of the 32, 10 were from the Harrogate district. The next highest is York with seven, followed by Scarborough with six, Hambleton with four, Ryedale with three and Craven and Richmondshire with one each.

    The campaign started on December 1 and has now seen 50 arrests in total at the halfway stage. Of the 50 arrests, 38 were men and 12 were women.

    The highest reading was from a 46-year-old woman in Northallerton who was four time over the legal limit.

    Superintendent Emma Aldred, head of specialist operations at North Yorkshire Police, said:

    “It’s alarming to see that we have arrested 50 people in just over two weeks for drink or drug driving in North Yorkshire.
    “The message is clear; we will not tolerate drink and drug drivers on North Yorkshire’s roads”.


    Emmerdale actor Mark Charnock, who plays Marlon Dingle, launched this year's campaign when he participated in a mock road traffic collision.




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