More than 30,000 speeding drivers were caught last yearNeil Shaw Assistant Editor (Money and Lifestyle)06:25, 08 Jul 2026More 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.‌The fastest speed recorded by police forces last year was 161mph, with incidents on both the A5 in Bayston Hill, Shropshire, and the M6 southbound between Stoke and Stafford. The RAC said the “chilling speeds” some people drive at shows they “remain oblivious to the incredibly sever