Christmas drink-driving figures in Burnley and Pendle

Forty-eight people in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale were caught drink driving by police over the festive period.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Feb 2014, 08:17 BST

Officers carried out 2,844 breath tests in Pennine Division as part of Lancashire Constabulary’s annual Christmas drink-drive campaign.

Of those, 48 were positive or were refused by drivers. A total of 221 drink-drivers were caught across the county as part of the campaign.

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Chief Insp. Debbie Howard said: “It is pleasing to see the number of people drink-driving on Lancashire’s roads has reduced. I hope that the message is getting through to people that drink-driving is extremely dangerous and the consequences are high.

“221 people caught drink-driving is still too many though. We are not complacent and will continue to carry out regular enforcement to take action against those who continue to break the law.”