The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Lincolnshire is the police force area in England and Wales with the highest number of speeding offences per capita.
That’s according to research from Forbes Advisor, the price comparison and financial guidance website.
The study analysed the latest police force data from 2010 to 2020 on speeding offences for each region in England and Wales to establish where the speediest drivers commit their offences.
The data found that Lincolnshire has the highest number of speeding offences with 5.43 per 1,000 each year.
Over the years examined, on average, there were 4,164 offences committed each year in Lincolnshire, although in 2020 there was a decade high 6,734 drivers caught breaking the speed limit.
South Wales ranked second with 5.23 offences per 1,000 residents, and a total of 7,030 offences across a population of 1.34 million.
Kevin Pratt from Forbes Advisor said: “Lincolnshire is a rural county with plenty of long straight A-roads that might tempt drivers to put their foot down. But while there are few of us who can honestly say we’ve never bust a speed limit, the less we do it, the better.”
