FOI 917-2024 / Oct 2024 / Speeding
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 917-2024
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 17th October 2024, please find your questions, and the Warwickshire Police responses, set out below:
Please provide answers to the following questions for both 2023 (full year), and separately for 2024 up to and including 31 August:
- Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area, what was the highest speed recorded?
Q1 response:
2023 – 158 mph
2024 (to 31/8) – 150 mph
- What was the speed limit of the road where this highest speed was recorded?
Q2 response:
2023 – 70 mph
2024 (to 31/8) – 70 mph
- At what time of day was this highest speed recorded?
Q3 response:
2023 – morning, between 6:30 and 07:30
2024 (to 31/8) – morning, between 01:30 and 02:30
- On which stretch of road was this highest speed recorded?
Q4 response:
2023 – M6
2024 (to 31/8) – M6
- Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 20mph limit, what was the highest speed recorded?
Q5 response: No information held. Please be advised that Warwickshire does not have any roads with a speed limit of 20mph, there are only 20mph zones.
Outside of the Act as a gesture of goodwill, I can advise that, due to the above, Warwickshire does not have any dedicated 20mph speed cameras, the only time a speed camera may be enforcing at 20mph would be in the event that a variable speed camera on the motorway is set to 20mph, but this is very unlikely.
- Of all the speeding offences recorded in your force area on roads with a 30mph limit, what was the highest speed recorded?
Q6 response:
2023 – 83 mph
2024 (to 31/8) – 70 mph
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
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Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
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