Woman disqualified following Winterslow car crash
28 year old Lauren Leeson was charged with drink driving
A woman's been given an 18 month driving disqualification, following a crash near Winterslow, which left her car with significant damage.
28 year old Lauren Leeson, from Jacob Way in Warminster, was charged with drink driving and has appeared before Salisbury Magistrates Court.
She was arrested on the A30 at Winterslow, after a single vehicle collision in the early hours of August 6th.
Leeson admitted to police that she'd been drinking and failed a roadside breath test.
As well as the disqualification, she's been fined £128 and ordered to pay CPS costs of £85 and a £48 victim surcharge.
Acting Inspector Will Ayres, of the Roads Policing Unit, said:
“This case just proves exactly why we have been running a road safety campaign over the summer - we have spent the past few weeks trying to educate drivers on the importance of road safety and the fatal five offences which are the main contributing factors to serious or fatal collisions on our roads. Drink driving is one of the fatal five and it is extremely frustrating that people like Leeson get behind the wheel of the car when they are in no fit state to drive.
“It is fortunate that nobody was injured in this collision – Leeson’s actions were both selfish and reckless and put other road users at risk.
“I cannot stress enough the importance of planning your journey home if you are intending on drinking alcohol. We will continue to target drivers who commit driving offences of this nature in a bid to keep Wiltshire’s roads as safe as possible.”