News: Roads
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Help us Promote Safer Roads: Submit Your JourneyCam Footage
Dangerous and careless driving puts lives at risk every day on our roads. To tackle this issue, Avon and Somerset Police encourage the public to play an active role in promoting road safety by submitting JourneyCam footage of potential traffic offences.
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Man who sadly died following Taunton collision named
A 68-year-old man sadly died following a collision on the A38 Wellington New Road, Taunton.
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Tributes paid to man, 74, following fatal collision in Clifton
Paul Adams died in hospital following the collision in Bristol on Saturday 21 December.
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241 drink and drug drive arrests made in December operation
Hundreds of motorists across Avon and Somerset were arrested during December after being found to be over the limit for alcohol and/or drugs.
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Police urge public to report drink- and drug-drivers as Operation Limit begins
December marks the start of Operation Limit, a dedicated winter campaign to combat drink- and drug-driving.
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Nowhere to hide for uninsured and intoxicated drivers: 14 arrests and 18 vehicles seized in 5 days
A co-ordinated policing operation on 11–15 November targeted dangerous road users and illegal driving.
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Tributes paid to girl who died in M5 collision
Amy Hall described Tamzin, who died earlier this month in a collision on the M5, as her 'best friend'.
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It’s 30 for a reason: Lorraine’s Story
Lorraine Barrow's life was tragically cut short in a collision just outside her home near Blackford, Somerset, on the evening of 17 September 2020, leaving behind a devastated family and community.
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Man dies following collision on the A370
The man, in his twenties, passed away in hospital after the collision at Flax Bourton earlier this month
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M5 closed following fatal collision
A 17-year-old tragically died after the collision on Monday 11 November.