65 road traffic offences were detected by officers during Project Zero patrols in the Amesbury area earlier this week.

Project Zero is a roads policing operation held every Wednesday at a different location in the county. It sees officers targeting drivers committing any of the fatal five offences in a bid to reduce the number of casualties on our roads.

While the work taking place is very much everyday work for our RPU officers, the project sees the department intensify resources to target those who are driving at excess speed, drink/drug driving, using a phone while driving, not wearing a seatbelt or driving in a careless or dangerous manner.

On Wednesday (March 17), officers from our Roads Policing Unit and associated partners including speed enforcement officers and road safety officers detected 65 offences ranging from mobile phone use while driving, lack of seat belts and speeding, with one driver caught driving at 50mph in a 30mph limit in Cholderton.