Banned van driver is spared jail after crash

A van driver who crashed when disqualified has been handed a suspended prison term

A disqualified and uninsured driver who crashed a van while three times over the drink-drive limit has been spared jail.

Daniel Holliday, 44, of Coneygear Road, Hartford, Cambridgeshire, had put himself and others "in danger", police said.

The force added that Holliday had "left the scene" after a crash in nearby Huntingdon on Sunday.

He was handed a two-month suspended prison sentence at a hearing in Peterborough Magistrates' Court on Monday, after admitting a number of driving offences.

The police were called to the junction of Primrose Lane and Riverside Road in Huntingdon at about 1445 BST on Sunday, after reports a Vauxhall Vivaro panel van has crashed into a Fiat 500, the force said.

Holliday was arrested after he was followed by a member of the public when he left the scene, police added.

He admitted driving while disqualified, drink driving, and driving without insurance when he appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court.

Holliday was given an eight-week prison sentence - suspended for 12 months - and disqualified from driving for three years and eight months.

He was also ordered to carry out 120 hours' unpaid work.

'Knew full well'

Police said Holliday had been disqualified from driving earlier this year after admitting "failing to provide a specimen for analysis".

PC Dan Carr, who investigated, said: "Holliday had the disqualification paperwork in his van and knew full well that he was breaking the law.

"At three times the drink drive limit he was also putting himself and other road users in danger, and it was lucky the driver and passenger in the Fiat suffered only minor injuries."