NUMBERS of drivers caught speeding have fallen in Cumbria during the Covid lockdown.

The road safety charity Brake wants to avoid a rebound in dangerous driving now that more drivers are back out on the roads.

Cumbria Constabulary officers enforced 850 speeding offences during April, according to data obtained by the PA news agency through a Freedom of Information request.

This was a decrease of 71% on the same month the year before.

The majority of forces who provided data also observed a decrease, with offences dropping by 55% across England and Wales.

Director of campaigns at road safety charity Brake, Joshua Harris said: “Any drop in speeding on the road is positive news but this must be tempered by the fact that lockdown dramatically reduced the number of vehicles on the road. As traffic increases, post-lockdown, we need to see measures introduced to avoid a rebound in dangerous driving and to minimise crashes.”