A motorist was caught driving at 149mph on the M25 in Swanley, Kent, it has been revealed.
The figure was revealed following a Freedom of Information request sent by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) to police authorities across England and Wales. Of the 39 police authorities contacted by the IAM, eighty-five per cent responded.
Another driver was caught travelling at 96mph in a 30mph zone on Leam Lane in Gateshead, while Thames Valley Police reported that a motorist was clocked at 127mph on the A413 Wendover By-Pass, a 60mph road.
The highest speed recorded on a 50mph road was on the A414 in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, where a driver clocked 119mph.
IAM chief executive Simon best said: "149 miles per hour equates to nearly two and a half miles in a minute. If anything goes wrong at that speed, you're unlikely to walk away and you are a grave danger to the innocent road users around you."
"Speed limits are a limit. They are not a target to beat. Unfortunately this message has not got through to many motorists and it's clear that efforts to make speeding as socially unacceptable as drink driving continue to fail.
"That's why we need sustained campaigning by the government, motor industry and charities to keep ramming home the message that excessive speed kills. Catching speeders at two or even three times the limit also shows the importance of keeping speed cameras at well-known black spots."
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