Britain's top 10 speeding capitals revealed

2023-01-02

Britain’s speeding capitals revealed: Police forces that have slapped motorists with the most fines for breaking the limit are named by new study..so how does YOURS compare?

A new Heald study has named West Yorkshire as the speeding capital of the UK
The county issued the most camera and officer-issued speeding tickets last year
Avon and Somerset, Thames Valley and West Midlands ranked the next worst
Five people die and 84 are seriously injured every day on UK roads
Police report excessive speed was a contributory factor in 19 per cent of deaths

The ten police forces which have handed out the most speeding tickets in Britain have been revealed with West Yorkshire topping the list.

West Yorkshire Constabulary slapped drivers with the largest number of camera and officer-issued speeding tickets last year, according to a new study.

Avon and Somerset, Thames Valley and West Midlands also ranked highly for dishing out speeding offences.

But the country’s worst drivers overall, based on the number of driving licence points received, are located in Bradford.

Analysts have determined the top 10 speeding capitals in the UK, with West Yorkshire ranking the worst for reckless drivers. Regional police constabularies in the north England county issued the largest number of camera and officer-issued speeding tickets last year

Researchers argue last year’s large sum of speeding citations across the UK is ‘very worrying’ because every 16 minutes, someone is either killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads.

Heald, which manufacturers innovative hostile vehicle mitigation systems, obtained the information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Only 23 police forces – out of the 44 contacted – responded to the FOI request so the information is not complete.

But based on the data provided, the worst offending region in the UK for speeding, according to the total number of speeding tickets issued, is West Yorkshire.

The metropolitan county’s police constabulary issued 224,160 speeding tickets last year.

The majority of the tickets – 220,545 to be exact – were captured by the county’s 402 fixed speeding cameras. Only 3,615 tickets were actually captured by officers.

Within the county, the Bradford district had the highest number of ‘bad drivers’ in the region – based on the number of driving licence points received.

In Bradford, license pointed averaged at 643.3 per 1,000 drivers, Heald reported. Researchers argued this is two-and-a-half times the average.

MailOnline previously revealed that Bradford was home to a zebra crossing which might be the most dangerous in Britain.

The crossing saw at least four accidents in the last year where drivers ploughed into pedestrians after failing to stop.

West Yorkshire’s police constabulary issued 224,160 speeding tickets last year. The majority of the tickets – 220,545 to be exact – were captured by the county’s 402 fixed speeding cameras

MailOnline previously revealed that Bradford was home to a zebra crossing which might be the most dangerous in Britain. The crossing saw at least four accidents in the last year where drivers ploughed into pedestrians after failing to stop

Avon and Somerset ranked second for speeding offences, reporting a total of 173,428 tickets issued between January 2021 and January 2022.

It is unclear how many of those tickets were captured by cameras. However, the region uses 36 fixed cameras, 24 red light cameras and 1,033 mobile cameras to catch speeding motorists.

Thames Valley ranked third worst for speeding drivers, followed by West Midlands and Surrey.

Police in Thames Valley totalled 151,501 speeding tickets last year. Of those, 147,411 were captured by speed cameras and 4,090 by police officers.

West Midlands police issued 95,093 speeding tickets during the course of 2021, but it is unclear how many were captured by cameras.

The region has only 78 cameras monitoring drivers’ speed, which is the least amount of fixed speed cameras out of the nine UK regions.

Surrey – which borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire – issued the fifth most speeding tickets last year after amassing 87,270 citations. Only 2,196 were detected roadside by a police officer.

Five people die every day on UK roads and 84 are seriously injured, data revealed. Last year 1,608 people were killed on the roads in the UK and 26,701 were seriously injured

Police say excessive speed was a contributory factor in 19 per cent of deaths. Travelling too fast or exceeding the speed limit was also a contributory factor in 25 per cent of deaths

Five people die and 84 are seriously injured every day on UK roads, data by road safety charity Brake revealed.

Last year 1,608 people were killed on the roads in the UK and 26,701 were seriously injured.

Police reported that excessive speed was a contributory factor in 19 per cent of deaths. Travelling too fast or exceeding the speed limit was a also contributory factor in 25 per cent of deaths.

Researchers argue death and serious injuries increased by 15 per cent in 2021, after having fallen in 2020 during lockdown.

Officials say there had been little change in the number of deaths and serious injuries annually between 2012 and the start of the pandemic.

Where am I most likely to get a speeding citation in the UK?

Twenty-three police constabularies provided Heald Ltd with speeding citation data under the Freedom of Information Act.

The constabularies are ranked from having issued the most to least citations last year, based on the reported data.

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