MORE than 100 speeding offences have been detected by police in Helensburgh and Lomond in just over two months, a report has said.
Officers have also reported a slight year-on-year increase in fatal road traffic collisions within Argyll and Bute, although such incidents resulting in injuries have decreased.
An increase in ‘pre-planned’ protests in Helensburgh and Lomond has also been highlighted, with officers working to deal with criminal behaviour.
The details are given in a report to go before Argyll and Bute Council’s Helensburgh and Lomond community planning group on Tuesday, May 13.
A police spokesperson said: “Overall, there continues to be a reduction in the number of casualties involved in road traffic collisions within Argyll and Bute compared to last year.
“The number of fatal road traffic collisions within Argyll and Bute has risen marginally by one year to date from April 2024 as at the end of March 2025 from seven to eight.
“Road traffic collisions involving serious and slight injuries, however, have decreased considerably from 69 to 49 and 91 to 78, respectively, across the same date period.
“Speeding and driving complaints remain prevalent within Helensburgh and Lomond. We continue to support community concerns in this area through direct action, prevention and intervention work.
“Proactive speed checks have been carried out across the area and Between February 1 and the week commencing May 7, we have detected 101 speeding offences across out local communities.
“There, drivers have been issued with fines or reported to the COPFs (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service). We have also detected five individuals who were unfit to drive through drink or drugs.
“Our preventions team continue to look for innovative ways to highlight road safety concerns and improve driver behaviour locally.
“A recent road safety partnership event was arranged and took place in Helensburgh. There was a great turn out and many within the community benefited for the advice and guidance from traffic experts.
“Our youth engagement officer recently teamed up with Toyota Helensburgh to carry our road safety inputs across all primary schools. This a very worthwhile initiative which raised awareness with our young persons.”
The report added: “In Helensburgh we have seen a recent sporadic increase in ‘pre-planned’ protests taking place within the community.
“We will always uphold people’s rights to freedom of speech and assembly; however these rights [are] not an absolute and where actions become criminal we will ensure that a proportionate response is delivered.
“The preventions team at Dumbarton are in daily contact with the ASB (antisocial behaviour) and housing teams.
“Requests can range from a single email to a full disclosure which is required when legal action is being taken against a resident. Across Argyll and Bute we have made in excess of 300 disclosures.
“The partnership work between the local authority, housing providers and Police Scotland is a very strong, effective partnership. We continue to target problematic householders who cause misery to neighbours and communities.
