Lincolnshire has the speediest drivers in England and Wales, new study finds

Lincolnshire is the police force area in England and Wales with the highest number of speeding offences per capita, 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. The year with the highest number of offences recorded was in 2018, with 8,894, which was more than three times higher than 2010 when only 2,603 drivers were charged with speeding in the region.

In third place is North Yorkshire, with an average of 3,774 speed limit offences per year from a population of 831,600, at an average of 4.54 speeding offences per 1,000.

North Wales ranks fourth with 4.34 speeding offences per 1,000 residents. This comes as a result of 3,054 average speeding offences in the area per year across a population of 703,400.

Dyfed-Powys in Wales rounds out the top five, with an average of 4.33 speeding offences being made per 1,000 residents.