Drink-driver hit bollards in Cleveleys

A drink-driver swerved to miss a dog which ran out into the road and ended up smashing through concrete bollards onto the tram tracks.
A motorist was arrested after a silver Audi A5 hit the wall separating Kelso Avenue in Cleveleys from the tram-track at around 9pm on Sunday, March 11, 2018, police said. Picture: Jay Johnson-AllenA motorist was arrested after a silver Audi A5 hit the wall separating Kelso Avenue in Cleveleys from the tram-track at around 9pm on Sunday, March 11, 2018, police said. Picture: Jay Johnson-Allen
A motorist was arrested after a silver Audi A5 hit the wall separating Kelso Avenue in Cleveleys from the tram-track at around 9pm on Sunday, March 11, 2018, police said. Picture: Jay Johnson-Allen

Robert Bond, a 43-year-old sign fitter, of Gresham Road, Anchorsholme, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

He was banned from the road for 12 months, fined £575 with £85 costs and ordered to pay £57 victims’ surcharge by Blackpool magistrates.

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Prosecutor, Pam Smith, said two other drivers saw Bond’s silver Audi A5 smash through several concrete bollards and end up on the tram tracks on March 11, about 9pm.

A breath test showed 47 micrograms of alcohol in his body - 35 is the limit.

When interviewed Bond told police he had just left the Tramway pub and been driving home when a dog ran in front of him and he swerved.

Steven Townley, defending, said his client had drunk three pints of beer.