The North West has recorded the most speeding offences on motorways in the last year.
According to analysis by Alternative Route Finance, 16,859 motorway speeding penalties were issued in 2014 in the North West of England, although this is down from 19,264 in 2013.
Offences were also down in the South East, West Midlands and Yorkshire, though the South West saw in increase in penalties issued - up by over 3000 to 11,293.
| x | 2013 speeding on motorway | 2014 speeding on motorway |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 19264 | 16859 |
| South East | 16358 | 14420 |
| West Midlands | 15775 | 13089 |
| South West | 8144 | 11293 |
| Yorkshire | 11661 | 11072 |
| London | 10535 | 10513 |
| Scotland | 15132 | 10064 |
| East Midlands | 7177 | 8080 |
| Wales | 8611 | 5972 |
| East Anglia | 3446 | 3194 |
| North East | 3291 | 3070 |
| Unknown | 426 | 378 |
| Northern Ireland | 74 | 64 |
| TOTAL | 119894 | 108068 |
Road safety officer Keith Baldock said “Speed reduces your time/distance to react and increases the energy in a collision, which is why speed limits are set as they are. Not just because you, as a driver, can make a mistake but because other road users can as well and you need time to react.”
Whilst speeding is improving with the majority of cases, it will be interesting to see how this continues to play out- whether there will continue to be dramatic changes from one year to the next or whether it will be a steady decline.
David Nicholls - 05/05/2015 17:37
totally irrelevant without reference to A, number of motorway miles in the network B, the number of cars using the network each day too i use the NW motorway network everyday, and given its consistently high volumes, i'd say that proportionately the number of offenders is rather low in the NW worthless piece of research