A woman’s been banned from the roads after crashing her car whilst drunk on the A30.
Lauren Leeson, 28, pleaded guilty to drink driving when she appeared at Salisbury Magistrates Court on Friday (1 September).
It was heard that the defendant called the police to report that she had crashed her Nissan Qashqai on the A30 in Winterslow at around 2.30am on 6 August.
When officers arrived, she made full admissions, was apologetic and cooperated with procedures – confirming that she had driven whilst intoxicated, according to her solicitor Bob Scott.
Although Leeson, of Jacob Way, Warminster, did not sustain any injuries, there was significant damage to the vehicle and it was written off as a result.
Taking into account that she phoned 999 herself and remained at the scene, magistrates disqualified her from driving for 18 months and ordered her to pay a £128 fine.
A/Insp 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.”
