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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Lancefield

Warning over ‘chilling’ speeds as drivers clocked at up to 161mph on UK roads

The RAC carried out Freedom of Information requests on all UK police forces (PA) - (PA Archive)

More than 30,000 UK motorists were caught driving at 30mph or faster on roads with a 20mph limit last year, an investigation has found.

The figures obtained by the RAC also include cases of extreme speeding, with a driver clocked at 89mph on a 20mph stretch of the B5129 in Deeside, North Wales, and another caught doing 114mph on a 30mph road near a primary school in Aylestone, Leicestershire.

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