Scrambler bike rider jailed following 50-minute police chase
A man who drove a scrambler bike for almost an hour at speed, without insurance, and mostly on the wrong side of the road has been jailed.
Steven Fisher, 25, of Chudleigh Close, Halewood, on Merseyside, was spotted by police around 7.40pm on 23 August 2025 on Whitefield Lane in Huyton in Knowsley.
He was driving a scrambler bike erratically and over the speed limit. Merseyside Police had launched an operation to crack down on the illegal use of the bikes which are being used in serious crime, firearms incidents and antisocial behaviour.
The bike was followed and seen to ride at speed, on pavements, contravening red traffic lights and driving on the wrong side of the road, towards oncoming traffic.
Two other traffic officers on motor bikes were engaged in attempts to stop Fisher whose driving was becoming increasingly dangerous to himself, other drivers and pedestrians. The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter was also engaged.
Fifty minutes after the chase had begun, police successfully managed to deploy a stinger device on the road in front of Fisher, which deflated the bike tyres. He came to a stop on the slip road at Junction 4 of the M57.
He was arrested and taken to a police station but he refused to be breathalysed or do a drug drive test.
The Crown Prosecution Service authorised the police to charge him with dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, failing to provide a specimen for analysis, failing to drive in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance.
He pleaded guilty to all five charges at a hearing at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on 28 August 2025 and today (8 January 2026) at Liverpool Crown Court he was sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment.
Senior Crown Prosecutor Amie Poole of CPS Mersey-Cheshire, said: “Steven Fisher’s driving on that day was reckless, dangerous and out of control.
“He had no regard at all for other drivers or pedestrians as he weaved in and out of residential roads, driving in to the path of oncoming cars and along pavements, narrowly missing passers-by.
“It is a miracle that no-one was seriously injured or worse.
“Scrambler bikes have no place on mainstream roads and are meant for specific tracks where they can be used at no danger to others. The arrest of Steven Fisher before he could do any serious harm is a tribute to the work of Merseyside Police’s traffic patrols on that day.”
Watch edited footage of the chase here: https://youtu.be/7Wup-U3A-3c