Are you wondering why last night's takeaway has still not arrived yet?

Some poor soul is still waiting for their dinner after police stopped a takeaway delivery driver with no insurance in Northampton last night.

Road Crime Team officers spotted the blue VW Polo heading along Boughton Green Road, Kingsthorpe, as part of the Force's Operation Journey road safety crackdown.

A spokesman for the team said: "The driver had no insurance and that means the car needs to be seized. The food went cold."

Norhamptonshire Police launched Operation Journey, a three-month safety campaign, earlier this month.

It focuses on the 'fatal four' traffic offences — speeding, drink-driving, not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone behind the wheel — which are the biggest contributors to deaths and serious injuries on the roads.

But it has also targeted vehicle safety plus offences such as having no insurance and driving while disqualified or without a licence,

Chief Constable Nick Adderley admitted the results so far have been "frightening" with scores of vehicles taken off the road and drivers facing fines and points on their licence.

Mr Adderely said: "Operation Journey is a sustained campaign dealing will all things roads — from people and drug trafficking to no insurance and bald tyres.

"The results so far are both frightening and impressive."

On one day last week, checks on 28 vehicles revealed 11 illegal tyres, two drivers had no licence and two more with no insurance, two driving with no seatbelt on, one vehicle in a dangerous condition and two with expired MOTs.

PC Dave Lee of the county's Safer Roads Team added: "Operation Journey was launched earlier this month and will focus on different aspects of road safety each week. But the overall aim remains the same: To reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on our roads.

"In its first week 157 road offences were successfully dealt with, 17 illegal vehicles taken of our roads and two people arrested. Making our roads and county safer!"

Last year 42 people were killed and a further 347 seriously injured across the county’s road network — the highest number recorded in eight years.