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11

Oct 2022

Last Updated: 10/10/2022
Crime
Crime

North Yorkshire has third highest speeding offence rate, research reveals

by John Plummer

| 11 Oct, 2022
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Only motorists in Lincolnshire and South Wales are more likely to be caught for speeding offences.

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A police speed van.

A survey of all police forces in England and Wales has revealed motorists in North Yorkshire are the third likeliest to record speeding offences.

The average number of speeding offences in the county is 4.54 per 1,000 residents, according to the research.

Only Lincolnshire, where the rate is 5.43 offences per 1,000 residents, and South Wales, where the figure is 5.23, are above it in the league table of 43 police force areas in England and Wales.

At the other end of the scale, Durham has the fewest speeding offences committed on average each year, with just 0.95 per 1,000 people.

Price comparison website Forbes Advisor compiled the latest speeding offence data from data.police.uk spanning 2010 to 2020 across each police force area in England and Wales to establish an annual average of speeding offences made.

This was cross referenced with population data from ONS to find the areas with the most speeding offences per 1,000 residents.  




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North Yorkshire was found to have an average of 3,774 speed limit offences per year from a population of 831,600.

Kevin Pratt, from Forbes Advisor, said:



“Get caught speeding and, if convicted, you’ll get points on your licence, and these will likely stick for four years.
"Rack up a total of 12 or more and you could be banned from driving. On top of that, you’ll need to declare your points when applying for or renewing your car insurance, with an increase of around 5% on the cards because you’re now perceived to be a riskier prospect."