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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11496 and Warwickshire Police 11497
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 22nd March 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
1. For the calendar year 2018, the total number of offences recorded by a speed camera or from an officer's speed radar in your force area where a motorist was found to be going over 100mph.
2. For the calendar year 2017, the total number of offences recorded by a speed camera or from an officer's speed radar in your force area where a motorist was found to be going over 100mph.
3. The top five speeds recorded by a speed camera or from an officer's speed radar that exceeded the limit in your force area in 2018. In each case can you tell me the speed, what the speed limit was, the location, the driver's age and gender?
West Mercia Police 11496
REPLY 1:
1114 offences recorded
REPLY 2:
131 offences recorded
REPLY 3:
160 mph, M5, driver details not known
139 mph, M5, driver details not known
137 mph, M5, male aged 20 years
135 mph, M5, male aged 31 years
134 mph, M5, male aged 42 years
Warwickshire Police 11497
REPLY 1:
351 offences recorded
REPLY 2:
87 offences recorded
REPLY 3:
127 mph, M42, male aged 48 years
126 mph, M42, male aged 33 years
123 mph, M42, females aged 37 years
122 mph, M42, male aged 39 years
120 mph, M42, female aged 39 years