Transport and Logistics Network
This is the moment a serial drink driver was arrested after running over[1] and killing a “bright and funny” five-year-old boy.
Darren Jacques, 42, was serving his fourth disqualification from the roads when he caused the death of little Layton Darwood…
A tragic incident unfolded when a driver, Darren Jacques from Hutton Hill in Penrith, involved in a fatal accident while already serving a ban for drink driving, was sentenced to six years in prison. This heartbreaking event occurred on August 25, 2020…
Darren Jacques pulled away from the roadside without having made adequate checks for the presence of children playing in the vicinity, causing Layton Darwood to fall under the trailer of the Ford Transit Tipper, which drove over him, causing serious ca…
Police said they were contacted shortly after 7.30pm on November 24 by Northwest Ambulance Service (NWAS) with a report of a man suffering serious injuries in the rear car park of the Devonshire Arcade in Penrith.
The assault is believed to have happen…
Cumbria police’s road safety camera vans will be operating on the A590 between Lindale and Brettargh Holt, Grange, the A66 between Penrith & Warcop, Bowness, Windermere, the A591 between Keswick & Grasmere, Kendal, the A6 between Kendal & Penrith and…
Sitting in an unmarked police car with Inspector Jack Stabler and PC Simon Brockbank, we were able to witness high-speed approaches to drivers suspected of offences like drink driving, not wearing a seatbelt, and using a mobile phone.
Stabler (right) a…
Police were pursuing a van that had been reported stolen and that did not stop when instructed by officers to do so.
The van crashed into a car travelling north on the A1068 Fisher Lane near the Snowy Owl pub.
Fisher Lane is currently closed in both d…
By Chris Wood & Dafydd MorganBBC News5 September 2023Updated 9 hours agoImage source, Martin CavaneyA man has been killed after the car he was driving crashed with a 52-seater coach. The driver of the coach was taken to hospital with serious injuries f…
Carlisle: Police are appealing for anyone with information or relevant dashcam or doorbell footage to come forward as they investigate a driving incident in Carlisle[1] on August 18.
A Mitsubishi Shogun was driven on a number of roads in the west of th…
This is part of an international traffic safety initiative called Vision Zero, which aims to see no one killed or seriously injured within the road transport network.
Cumbria Road Safety Partnership identified a section of the A66, from junction 40 to …