15/10/2026
| Officers from our Transports Policing and Crime Command, neighbourhood teams and partner agencies stopped 92 vehicles during a targeted road safety operation in Wythenshawe on Tuesday 13 October.
The operation resulted in:
- 5 vehicles seized for no insurance or no driving licence
- 2 arrests on suspicion of drug-driving
- 9 immediate DVSA prohibitions, meaning the cars couldn’t leave until repairs were made (including five vehicles with tyre-related defects)
- Multiple traffic offences identified, including mobile phone, seatbelt and insurance offences
Police Sergeant Keiron Richardson, from our Roads Policing Unit said: “Operations like this help keep our roads safe by tackling dangerous driving, removing unsafe vehicles from the road and educating motorists about safer driving habits”.