An incredible 17,500 speeding offences have been recorded on the road in the last year alone.
A Nottinghamshire road has come top of the list of Britain’s top 20 speeding hotspots, clocking a whopping 17,500 offences in the last year.
Legal Expert has compiled the most up-to-date list of Britain’s most prolific speed traps via Freedom of Information requests to all 43 police forces in England and Wales, asking for the number of speeding fines issued.
The A38 in Sutton-in-Ashfield topped the list with an average of 72 speeding offences recorded every day.
Further data obtained by Legal Expert also reveals that more than 55,000 Notices of Intended Prosecution (NIPs) have been handed to Nottinghamshire drivers in the last year.
Between April 2023 and April 2024, Nottinghamshire Police issued a total of 55,561 NIPs to motorists. These could result in a £100 fine, licence points, or being required to complete a driver retraining course.
Fixed speed cameras caught 40,665 (73 per cent) of Nottinghamshire drivers in the last year, while the rest were snapped by mobile or average speed cameras.
A further 9,015 drivers were caught by mobile speed cameras, and another 5,881 were captured breaking the law by average speed cameras – which work by recording speed at different points.
According to government guidelines, the minimum penalty for speeding is a £100 fine and three penalty points added to a driver’s licence. Motorists who receive 12 or more points within three years can be disqualified from driving.
Within two weeks of a vehicle being caught speeding, the registered keeper will be sent a ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution’, issued by the police to inform the driver of the intention to prosecute for a motoring offence, and a ‘Section 172 Notice’, a legal requirement for a registered vehicle keeper to provide details regarding the alleged traffic offence.
Dangerous driving offences in England and Wales can result in up to two years in prison, an unlimited fine, driving disqualification, or penalty points.
If a death is caused by dangerous driving, it can lead to a maximum of 14 years in prison.
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