Worst Speeders In England And Wales Hit 146 mph . . .

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Worst Speeders In England And Wales Hit 146mph

Safety Charity Reveals Worst Speeders By Police Region

Cited at:

http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/worst-speeders-in-england-and-wales-hit-146mph_66043

A motorist was clocked at 146mph making him/her one of the most prolific speeders of 2014 in England and Wales, the Institute of Advanced Motorists has revealed. The life threatening incident took place on the M25 – where the speed limit was 70mph – while the offender was travelling clockwise at Swanley. A second driver was recorded at the same speed travelling anti-clockwise by Junction 5.

The 140mph barrier was exceeded by other offenders too: 145mph on the M6 toll road (70mph limit), 141mph on the A1 Great Ponton Northbound Road (70mph limit) and 140mph on the A5 (60mph limit).

Institute Discusses Extreme Speeding

Institute of Advanced Motorists Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Sillars, said: “At speeds of 140mph, an individual is travelling at nearly two-and-a-half miles a minute. At that speed it is simply impossible to react to anything that might happen in front of you.”

She added: “It is also impossible to handle corners, gradients, street furniture and junctions with any effectiveness. In short, all these individuals are playing with their own lives and others – they are all accidents waiting to happen and it requires a major shift in the attitudes of these people to think about safety.”

128mph In 30mph Zone

Wales’ top speeder hit 136mph on the A5 in Conway where the limit was 60mph. Equally terrifying, a vehicle reached 128mph in a 30mph zone on London Road (East Grinstead). The highest figure in a 50mph zone was 120mph on the A631 Beckingham Road - and an offender hit 115mph on the A10 Great Cambridge Road in Cheshunt (40mph limit).

Sillars added: “It is disheartening to say the least that some road users are showing such disregard for the safety of all other road users – pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and other drivers.”

Highest Speed Recorded By Police Area

The highest speeds recorded by police region were:

Location	Speed (mph)	Limit (mph)
Avon and Somerset Police M4 J20 – 19 Eastbound	138	70
Bedfordshire Police M1 J 13 & 12 Southbound	116	60
Cambridgeshire Constabulary A14 Eastbound	128	70
Cheshire Constabulary A556 Chester Road	128	70
City of London Upper Thames Street Stew Lane	86	30
Cumbria Constabulary M6 Todhills	136	70
Cleveland Police A171	99	50
Derbyshire Constabulary M1 Northbound, Tibshelf	110	50
Dorset Police A35 Tolpuddle Bypass eastbound	110	70
Durham Police A66 Galley Bank, Barnard Castle	111	70
Essex Police A127 Arterial Road Rayleigh	111	50
Gloucestershire Constabulary A417 Dartley Bottom	121	70
Greater Manchester Police A5103 Princess Rd, Manchester	104	excess speed (40mph)
Hampshire Constabulary A31	123	70
Hertfordshire Constabulary A10 Great Cambridge Rd, Cheshunt, Herts	115	40
Humberside Police A180 Great Coates	125	70
Kent Police M25 anti-clockwise Clacket Lane Services Jn 5	146	70
M25 clockwise Swanley	146	70
Lancashire Constabulary A683 Lancaster/Morecambe By-Pass, Heysham	115	60
Leicestershire Police M1 Southbound, Swinford	119	50
Lincolnshire Police A1 Great Ponton Northbound	141	70
Merseyside Police M62	112	50
Metropolitan Police Not revealed	123	30
Norfolk Constabulary A11 Ketteringham	120	70
Northamptonshire Police A5 Crick Eastern Verge	140	60
Northumbria Police A1 Western Bypass	103	50
North Wales Police A5 Ty Nant to Dinmael, Conwy	136	60
Nottinghamshire Police A631 Beckingham	120	50
South Wales Police M4 between J35 Pencoed and J34 Miskin	125	70
South Yorkshire Police M1 s bound J31 Woodhall Services	100	50
Suffolk Constabulary A140 Coddenham	119	50
Surrey Police A3 Burntcommon	127	70
Sussex Police London Road, East Grinstead	128	30
Thames Valley Police A4146 Leighton Buzzard to Bletchley Road	121	70
Warwickshire Police M6 Toll Gantry 1165b	145	70
West Mercia Police A41 Tern Hill towards Whitchurch	118	60
West Midlands Police M6 J5 to J8	106	50

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