Shock photo released of damaged car in Staffordshire after drink drive collision
Staffordshire Police has released a shocking image of a crashed vehicle that was damaged when the driver was over the drink limit.
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Officers attended a serious crash on the A38 on Thursday evening. Working alongside officers from Warwickshire Police.
The picture shows a damaged Seat Exeo with its window smashed and the bonnet of the car destroyed.
Officers said that while luckily no one was injured in the incident, the driver of the Seat was found to be double over the drink-drive limit and had no insurance.
Staffordshire Police said on X: "We attended a serious RTC on the A38 earlier this evening. Apart from this Seat Exeo, fortuantely no-one was injured.
"The driver was almost double the drink drive limit and had no insurance, we arrested him on behalf of Warwickshire Police as it was just over the border."
The legal drink drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland sits at 35 Micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath, 80 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of blood and 107 milligrammes per 100 millilitres of urine.
However, alcohol can affect each person differently depending on weight, age, sex, metabolism, stress levels and a range of other factors.
More information on the legal drink drive limit can be found on the Gov.uk website.
