Over 40 cars seized in a week during insurance blitz

MORE than 40 cars were seized in one week during an insurance blitz in Warwickshire.

Police have said that 41 drivers had their uninsured vehicles taken from them between November 21 and 27.

Warwickshire Police said that 12 of the uninsured drivers were also found to have no driving licences. During the week, one disqualified driver was also reported.

Also during the operation, three drivers were arrested; one for taking a vehicle without consent, one person for shoplifting and another for failing to provide any details.

Last year in Warwickshire officers issued 816 Traffic Offence Reports for the use of a motor vehicle on a road/ public place without third party insurance. 85 per cent of the drivers were male with the highest number of offences being between the ages of 26-29 years old.

Inspector Jem Mountford said: “This week of action is really important to protect the vast majority of good law abiding drivers using our roads in Warwickshire. In 2020 officers removed 1,970 vehicles under S165 of which 1148 were disposed of via scrapping or auctioning.

“We will continue to target uninsured drivers as part of our regular patrols of Warwickshire’s road network because uninsured drivers are significantly more likely to cause a death or injury on the road and are also often involved in wider road crime.”

If you know someone who is driving uninsured, please report them to the police on 101 the non emergency number or report anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.