More than 120 drivers have been prosecuted and nine cars seized in just four weeks in an ongoing drive to curb illegal and dangerous driving in Kirklees.  

Police have warned drivers their Operation Trimburg road safety initiative is continuing, and that enhanced patrols remain ongoing with the support of the force’s Roads Policing Unit.  

Over the course of June, police carried out extra car based patrols on roads in Heckmondwike, Batley and Spen and Cleckheaton as part of the initiative.

Of the 122 drivers dealt with via Traffic Offence Reports, 34 were stopped for speeding offences and 37 for not wearing a seatbelt.  

Action was also taken against five drivers seen using their mobile phones while behind the wheel.

Officers also seized nine cars for document offences.

Operation Trimburg is focussed on reducing the #fatal5 offences as identified as being the main cause of serious and fatal road incidents.  

They are speeding, not wearing a seatbelt, drink and drug driving, using a mobile phone and careless driving.  

Superintendent Warren Pitman of Kirklees Police, said: “Operation Trimburg is delivering significant results in communities in Kirklees.

"I want to make it clear to drivers we are regularly patrolling our roads, and we will take action to make them safer."