Speeding (FOI Ref: 280/26)

Request

Please provide answers to the following questions for both 1 September to 31 December 2024, and separately for 2025 (full year):

 

1. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 20mph limit:
2. What was the highest speed recorded?
3. At what time of day was this speed recorded, and on which stretch of road?
4. In total, how many drivers were recorded driving at a speed of 30mph or more, on roads in your force area with a 20mph limit?
5. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 30mph limit:
6. What was the highest speed recorded?
7. At what time of day was this speed recorded, and on which stretch of road?
8. In total, how many drivers were recorded driving at a speed of 40mph or more, on roads in your force area with a 30mph limit?
9. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area - on any road:
10. What was the highest speed recorded?
11. On which stretch of road was this highest speed recorded?

Response

Please find enclosed our response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 20mph limit:
2. What was the highest speed recorded?
3. At what time of day was this speed recorded, and on which stretch of road?

Data for 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2024 – for 20mph Limit Locations

Highest Speed Recorded	46mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	01:41:00
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	Drews Lane, Hodge Hill, Birmingham

 

Data for 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025 – for 20mph Limit Locations

Highest Speed Recorded	51mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	11:38
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	Drews Lane, Birmingham

 

2. In total, how many drivers were recorded driving at a speed of 30mph or more, on roads in your force area with a 20mph limit?

Data for 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2024 – for 20mph Limit Locations

9 drivers were recorded at driving at a speed of 30mph or more

Data for 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025 – for 20mph Limit Locations

53 drivers were recorded at driving at a speed of 30mph or more

 

3. 3. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 30mph limit:
4. What was the highest speed recorded?
5. At what time of day was this speed recorded, and on which stretch of road?

 Data for 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2024 – for 30mph Limit Locations

Highest Speed Recorded	99mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	12:39:57
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	Foleshill Road, between Eagle Street and Ringway St Nicholas (SB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data for 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025 – for 30mph Limit Locations

Highest Speed Recorded	111mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	02:27:25
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	A3400 Stratford Road

 

4. In total, how many drivers were recorded driving at a speed of 40mph or more, on roads in your force area with a 30mph limit?

Data for 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2024 – for 30mph Limit Locations

9383 drivers were recorded at driving at a speed of 40mph or more

Data for 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025 – for 30mph Limit Locations

11977 drivers were recorded at driving at a speed of 40mph or more

 

5. Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area - on any road:
6. What was the highest speed recorded?
7. On which stretch of road was this highest speed recorded?

Data for 01/09/2024 to 31/12/2024 – for any location

Highest Speed Recorded	135mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	01:47:00
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	Lydiate Ash Interchange, M5 exit 4, Birmingham

 

Data for 01/01/2025 to 30/06/2025 – for any location

Highest Speed Recorded	155mph
Time of the Day Highest Speed Recorded	12:45:00
Location of Highest Speed Recorded	A38 Sutton Coldfield Bypass

 

***Caveat to all above data – the data only includes single offences.  Where more than one offence was recorded at the time, the data has not been recorded.  For example, speeding AND no insurance, or speeding and using a mobile phone

Also – any data from the last 6 months is unreliable, as we have 6 months from the offence date to process new offences issued by officers (where the vehicle was stopped and the driver details taken down) ***

 

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data. 

 

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.  

If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.