Speeding

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004796/X

Version Date: 08/07/2026

The Road Safety Team has provided the following information:

Please note that the figures supplied represent the number of vehicles detected contravening a 60mph speed limit.

The figures provided include both:

The detection of a contravention of a 60mph speed limit on roads subject of a 60mph speed restriction.

The detection of a contravention of a 60mph speed limit on roads subject of a 70mph speed restriction by vehicles subject of a 60mph restriction by virtue of the classification of the vehicle.

The FOI covers the period 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

For each of the following calendar years: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, please can you provide the following:

1) The total number of motorists detected travelling above the 60mph speed limit on roads with a 60mph speed limit
2021–1660
2022–943
2023–810
2024–514
2025–1334

2) A breakdown of the number of motorists detected in the following speed bands:
- 61-70mph: 2021–563, 2022–313, 2023–385, 2024–228, 2025–581
- 71-80mph: 2021–908, 2022–495, 2023–341, 2024–219, 2025–621
- 81-90mph: 2021–167, 2022–112, 2023–78,   2024–59,   2025–115
- 91-100mph: 2021–20, 2022–21,   2023–5,     2024–8,     2025–14
- Over 100mph: 2021–2, 2022–2,   2023–1,     2024–0,     2025–3

3) The single highest speed recorded on a road with a 60mph speed limit during the entire period covered by this request (2012-2015), together with the road name/location and date of the offence, if held.

As the previous questions were asking for the years 2021 to 2025, we assume the above is a typo and have provided details for 2021–2025. We do not hold figures for 2012–2015.

The single highest speed was 112mph which was recorded on 18/07/2025 on A37 Bubbdown Hill.