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A car driver who crashed into a wall was recovering in hospital yesterday. The 29-year-old man, from Sandys, was thought to be seriously injured after the incident on Middle Road, Southampton, on Tuesday, at about 4.55pm. Police said he was driving e...

A motorbike rider who ignored police advice to get a taxi was stopped minutes later and found to be more than 3½ times over the legal limit for driving. Police pulled over Johannes Oosthuizen when they saw him swerve across the road on St John’s Road...

The island’s doctors have queued up to sign a petition to back The Royal Gazette’s Drive for Change campaign. More than 100 medics out of 130 have already backed the three campaign objectives and more are expected to follow. Annabel Fountain, an endo...

A woman injured in a crash at Barkers Hill roundabout was released from hospital yesterday. The 49-year-old motorcyclist was hurt when she collided with a car as both attempted to negotiate the Devonshire junction on Monday, at about 5.25pm. She was ...

A man has suffered potentially serious injuries in a crash in Southampton this afternoon. A police spokesman said emergency services were called to Middle Road, near the junction with Church Road, shortly before 5pm. He said: “Initial information sug...

A St George’s man who fell asleep at the wheel after being involved in a crash has been banned from driving for three years. Darren Pitt, 42, refused to give police a breath sample in two separate incidents last month. He was first arrested on the af...

Road safety is to come off the bench for this year’s World Rugby Classic — one of the biggest social events on the year. Roadside breath test checkpoints will be set up during the event and organisers have arranged for a free shuttle service between...

A 48-year-old motorcycle rider has died after a crash in St George’s on Saturday evening. The rider, identified by police as Arthur Wales, was fatally injured after a collision involving a truck on Cut Road in St George’s just before 7pm. It is belie...

A new round of breath test checkpoints is to start tomorrow. Officers will be manning checkpoints in Hamilton Parish, Devonshire, Pembroke and Paget until Sunday. The checkpoints will be mobile and police will pop up in any parish listed at any time ...

A man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving today after a crash between a car and a bike. A police spokesman said emergency services were dispatched to Barkers Hill roundabout in Devonshire at about 5.30pm. The spokesman said: “The rider, belie...

Dear Sir, For years, every time I read “drink-driving” or “drink-driver” in the paper, it feels to me like someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard. “Drink” is a noun. “To drink” is the verb. “Drink” is not an adjective to describe the state o...

Bar staff could be drafted in to help combat drink-driving, the Commissioner of Police has said. Steven Corbishley believes bartenders could help stop customers who might drink and drive — and even contact police if a customer got back on the road af...