Drivers clocked doing over 100mph on M40 and A46 during police speeding crackdown

Drivers were clocked doing more than 100mph on the M40 and the A46 during a speeding crackdown.

Warwickshire Police reported 93 drivers to the courts, arrested three people and seized six vehicles during the first four days of a national speeding campaign.

Another 24 drivers were given warnings for behaviour observed by officers on the county’s roads.

One vehicle was stopped after doing more than 130mph on the M40 and another doing 126mph on the A46.

Two cars were seized from the county’s motorways for having no insurance after they were both caught travelling more than 100mph.

Another car was stopped undertaking other vehicles at 104mph on the M40.

Three more speeding motorists had their vehicles seized for not having driving licences.

Another vehicle was caught doing 49mph in a 30mph zone.

Of the three people who were arrested, one was a man from Coventry who ended up colliding with a hedge in Rugby,

A 23-year-old man was arrested on May 28 after it is alleged a speeding car failed to stop for police, and collided with a hedge in Back Lane in Rugby.

The man was later charged with drink driving, driving without insurance and speeding. He will appear at Warwickshire Magistrates’ Court on July 10.

Officers have been supporting the national campaign led by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).

The campaign has been run in response to the relaxing of lockdown measures and was timed to coincide with the easing of travel restrictions with the aim of keeping people safe as people returned to the roads.

Commenting on the operation in Warwickshire, Chief Inspector Ross Campbell from the roads policing team said: “We expected to see an increase in road use as travel restrictions eased and with that an increase in road traffic offences, but we have been genuinely shocked by some of speeds we have seen people travelling at over the last few days.

“Speeding kills, it is that simple, and the subsequent impact that has on people’s lives is devastating.

"Drivers need to slow down, think about what they are doing and consider the consequences for themselves and others.”