Durham Police have issued £4.5million in speeding fines in the last year alone as the 20 worst roads for speeding in the county are revealed.

The number of fines issued have skyrocketed by 57 per cent in Durham as motorists are caught by mobile and fixed cameras.

An "eye-watering" £11m worth of speeding fines have been issued to Durham drivers in the last three years, with £4.5m handed out this past year.

Between April 2023 and April 2024, 44,863 Penalty Charge Notices were handed to drivers by police, an increase of 57% compared with 2021.(Image: LegalExpert.co.uk )

New data obtained by Legal Expert via Freedom of Information requests also reveals the top 20 roads where drivers are most likely to be caught speeding in Durham.

The road branded "the worst" is on the A1(M), between Junction 61 Bowburn to Junction 60 Bradbury, where 5,906 speeding offences were recorded by Durham Constabulary in the last 12-months.

Between 2021/22, police logged a total of 28,566 speeding offences, rising to 36,599 the following year.

In the last year, 28,903 drivers were caught speeding by a mobile speed camera van and a further 316 were hit with fines by a police officer on these 20 roads in Durham.

Here are the 20 roads in Durham where drivers have been caught speeding in the last year

(Image: Contributor) According to Government guidelines, the minimum penalty for speeding is £100 fine and three penalty points added to a driver’s licence. Motorists who receive 12 or more points within three years can be disqualified from driving.

Within two weeks of a vehicle being caught speeding, the registered keeper will be send a ‘Notice of Intended Prosecution,’ issued by the police informing a driver they intend to prosecute for a motoring offence, and a ‘Section 172 Notice’, a legal requirement of a registered vehicle keeper to provide details regarding the alleged traffic offence.

Dangerous driving offences in England and Wales can mean up to two years in prison, an unlimited fine, driving disqualifications or points.

If a death is caused by dangerous driving, it can lead to a maximum of 14 years in prison.

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