Midland traffic officers issued a stark warning against drink driving as they shared a photo of a badly-mangled car involved in a recent crash. The incident occurred before 3.48am on Saturday, November 25.
Worcestershire’s Operational Policing Unit (OPU) for West Mercia Police responded to the crash during the early hours of that morning. Implying that it was caused by drink driving, officers had just two words to say on social media.
This warning comes as office Christmas parties begin, and with planned train strikes potentially leading some to choose to drive instead.
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Displaying the extent of the car damage at the side of a leafy road in Worcestershire, police officers cautioned ‘don’t drink drive’ with the comment “Enough said.”
The tweet struck a chord with many, prompting numerous likes and retweets of the image.
Over the past three years, 23 people have died and 154 have been seriously injured in crashes where alcohol played a part on roads across Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire, according to RoSPA, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.
RoSPA has urged drivers to not even risk having one alcoholic drink if driving on a night out. The charity has partnered with West Mercia Police and Wenlock Spring for the ‘Only One for the Road’ campaign.
Road safety experts at RoSPA want motorists to “stop and think” before they decide to drive. They emphasized that ahead of Christmas last year, 156 motorists were arrested for being over the drink-drive limit.
Rebecca Guy, road safety manager for RoSPA, highlighted the challenges of calculating alcohol consumption due to variations in alcoholic content in different drinks. She emphasized the importance of avoiding alcohol before driving and cautioned against trying to estimate alcohol intake and blood alcohol levels.