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Multi-agency operation takes unsafe vehicles off the road

Highways England works with HSE and police forces to tackle dangerous loads

Mark Moran
27 May 2021
A car precariously balanced on the back of a scrap van was found by Northumbria Police during Operation Brigantia
A car precariously balanced on the back of a scrap van was found by Northumbria Police during Operation Brigantia

 

Hundreds of law-breaking and dangerous drivers have been caught after all the Yorkshire, Humber and North East police forces, alongside Highways England and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) joined forces to clampdown on unsafe vehicle loading.

During a two-week operation – the first of its kind across the region – enforcement agencies discovered shocking examples of commercial vehicle drivers who have not properly secured their cargo properly, including vehicles precariously...

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