Weymouth is the leading the way when it comes to people being reported by fellow motorists for road traffic offences.

Reports of traffic offences including dangerous driving have seen an unprecedented rise, with more residents than ever helping the police identify offenders.

Eagle-eyed road users have sent in more than 5,000 reports of careless and dangerous driving to Dorset Police as part of a national police campaign over the past three years.

Police gather reports under Operation SNAP, a system designed to allow members of the public to submit photos and videos.

The SNAP reports help police identify all manner of traffic offences.

The offence captured most frequently was “failing to comply with an endorsable Section 36 traffic sign (going through red light)”.

That occurred on 404 occasions between 2021/22 and 2023/24.

A further 353 submissions led to Dorset Police citing drivers for driving “without due care or attention”.

Across Dorset, 110 different towns and villages had at least one SNAP report.

Weymouth though, was by far the top location, with police taking more submissions from here in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.

A total of 411 pieces of footage came from the resort, 175 more than Bournemouth. Poole, Wareham and Christchurch round off the top five locations for reports in the county.

The information was obtained from Accident Claims Advice from a total of 29 police forces that are taking part in the scheme.

Between them, 187,813 cases were logged between the start of 2021 and April 2024.

The increase in reports - 42,065 in 2021/22, 61,670 in 2022/23 and 78,868 in 2023/24 - highlights the public’s increasing interest in helping the police catch dangerous drivers in the act.

Dorset Police had the 26th-highest number of SNAP submissions out of the 29 police forces which took part in the initiative and provided figures.