More than 1,500 drivers were caught breaching 112mph on UK roads over the past year, according to new research by Volvo Car UK.
In all, there were in excess of three million breaches of the speed limit recorded in the 12-month period from September 2024 to August 2025.
Since 2020, as part of its Vision Zero road safety strategy, Volvo has fitted all its cars with a 112mph electronic speed limiter.
Such technology would have prevented more than 1,500 drivers breaching 112mph on UK roads over the last 12 months alone.
Volvo’s study used data obtained via 45 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted to police forces across the UK and analysed findings from 32 responses.
The data includes all incidents where a breach of the speed limit was detected using in-car, fixed speed cameras, mobile speed camera vans and average speed cameras.
Northamptonshire saw the highest number of drivers (291) who exceeded 112mph during the past 12 months – perhaps because both the M1 and M45 motorways pass through the county – followed by Staffordshire (196) and Merseyside (117).
Top 10 areas for drivers exceeding 112mph
| Police force | Above 112mph speeding count | Total speeding count |
| 1. Northamptonshire Police | 291 | 74,507 |
| 2. Staffordshire Police | 196 | n/a |
| 3. Merseyside Police | 117 | n/a |
| 4. Warwickshire Police | 104 | 183,430 |
| 5. Greater Manchester Police | 89 | 160,798 |
| 6. South Yorkshire Police | 75 | n/a |
| 7. West Midlands Police | 74 | 222,488 |
| 8. Kent Police | 63 | 92,720 |
| 9. Hertfordshire Constabulary | 60 | 89,746 |
| 10. Nottinghamshire Police | 60 | 95,189 |
Sep 2024-Aug 2025
