Millions of motorists risk £100 fine and driving ban this year as road offences soar across the UK

Fixed penalty notices for speeding carry a standard £100 charge, meaning the total value of potential fines reached £333,823,000 over the year ending March 2025.

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However, this figure could be substantially higher as some forces only provided data for cases resulting in Fixed Penalty Notices or Notices of Intended Prosecution.

The research revealed the enormous scope of speed limit violations occurring on British roads, as each speeding offence typically results in three penalty points being added to a driver's licence.

But in more serious cases, drivers could be disqualified from driving if they build up 12 or more penalty points within a period of three years. The Metropolitan Police Service recorded the highest number of violations with 776,553 offences throughout Greater London during 2024/25.

West Yorkshire Police followed with 282,122 recorded incidents, while Greater Manchester Police documented 201,697 cases.

Both West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester experienced increases exceeding 20 per cent compared to the previous year's figures. Over the past four years, these two regions combined have accumulated 1,569,896 speeding violations between them.

West Mercia Police, Avon & Somerset Police, Nottinghamshire Police and West Midlands Police also surpassed the 100,000 threshold for recorded speeding incidents.

The data demonstrated significant regional variations in enforcement activity and violation rates across different police force areas throughout England and Wales.

A speed camera positioned at the junction between the A38 and B6018 in Nottinghamshire has been identified as the nation's most active enforcement location.

This camera, situated on Kings Mill Road East between Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby in Ashfield, captured 24,311 speeding violations during the research period.

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The Nottinghamshire location exceeded all other identified problem areas across the country. Leicester's A6 St Margaret's Way at its junction with Ravensbridge Drive recorded 22,274 offences, making it the second-busiest camera site.

Surrey Police's M25 enforcement between Junctions 7-16 documented 21,989 violations, while Avon & Somerset Police caught 21,210 drivers on the M4. Surrey's A217 Dovers Green Road in Reigate completed the top five locations with 18,129 recorded offences.

Thames Valley Police documented the most extreme speeding violations recorded across all UK forces during the research period.

A driver in Bicester, Oxfordshire, was caught travelling at 147mph through a 40mph zone, representing an excess of 107mph above the legal limit.

Another shocking incident involved a motorist in Buckinghamshire who reached 136mph on a 30mph road in February, exceeding the speed limit by 106mph. Despite the severity of this violation, it ranked as only the second-worst offence in the Thames Valley region.

The data revealed that 30 police forces across the country recorded at least one incident where drivers exceeded speed limits by 50mph or more. These extreme cases highlight the dangerous speeds some motorists are willing to reach on public roads.

The introduction of 20mph speed limits across Wales and parts of England has created particular enforcement challenges for police forces.

North Wales Police caught thousands of drivers violating these reduced limits, including nearly 700 motorists who travelled at least 40mph through 20mph zones.