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Hundreds of 'fatal four' dangerous driving offences committed in July
More than 600 dangerous driving offences called the "fatal four" by police were identified across the Thames Valley in July alone.
The "fatal four" offences are speeding, drink and drug driving, mobile phone use and failing to wear a seatbelt, with the latest statistics on each revealed.
Across July in the Thames Valley, police arrested 163 people for drink driving and 165 for drug driving, totalling 328 arrests.
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The force issued 690 tickets, 337 for speeding offences, 76 tickets for being on a mobile phone while driving and 277 tickets to people not wearing their seatbelts.
Detective chief inspector Justin Thomas, head of the roads policing unit for Thames Valley said: "The figures during last months' operation are tragically clear.
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"These fatal four offences ruin lives every year and they are avoidable.
"If you commit any of these offences, you are increasing the likelihood of killing or seriously injuring not only yourself but others.
"We want everyone to be safe on our roads, please think twice and remind others to do the same, call them out."
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Thames Valley Police shared the latest statistics as part of Operation Spotlight which is aiming to reduce injury and deaths on the roads.
In Oxfordshire, dangerous driving kills multiple people every year.
Recently, Barry Archer, a lorry driver, was sentenced to six years in prison after causing the death of milkman Tom Glancy by dangerous driving on the A420 between Buckland and Pusey in 2020.
