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Warning over ‘chilling’ speeds as UK drivers clocked at up to 167mph
- Police recorded speeds of 161mph on the A5 in Bayston Hill, Shropshire, and the M6 between Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford last year, representing the fastest speeds recorded nationally on Britain's roads.
- An RAC investigation revealed that 32,548 motorists were caught driving at 30mph or more on 20mph roads last year, while across 33 police forces, 271,341 drivers exceeded 30mph limits by at least 33 per cent.
- Police caught a driver at 167mph on the A55 near Bangor, while another reached 114mph on a 30mph road near a primary school in Aylestone, prompting RAC senior policy officer Rod Dennis to describe such "chilling speeds" as dangerous.
- The Government's road safety strategy aims to reduce road deaths and serious injuries by 65% by 2035, though officials reject mandating speed control technology while proposing warning systems for new cars exceeding limits.
- Campaigners urge the Government to introduce Intervening Intelligent Speed Assistance technology, which physically prevents vehicles from exceeding speed limits, to address excessive speeding and repeat offending on roads.
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Driver caught travelling at 116mph in 30mph zone as motorists rack up millions of speeding offences
More than 3.7 million speeding offences have been recorded on UK 20mph and 30mph roads over the past three years.The figures, compiled from Freedom of Information data, showed offences on lower-speed roads increased by almost 26 per cent between 2023 and 2025.Police recorded 1,105,272 speeding offences on 20mph and 30mph roads in 2023, which rose to 1,243,138 in 2024 before reaching 1,391,112 in 2025. In the first three months of 2026 alone, off…
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The Business TimesDriver caught doing 114mph in a 30 near primary school and another did 161mph
More than 30,000 speeding drivers were caught last year
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30,000 drivers caught speeding including one at 114mph near school
One driver was clocked at 89mph in in 20 and one was foing 161mph
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