Driver who hit 110mph among 250,000 caught speeding

More than 250,000 drivers were reported for speeding on the roads of the West Midlands last year - a rise from 111,000 in 2024.

One driver was caught at 110mph on the Hagley Road main route into Birmingham, with drivers recorded at more than 100mph on other streets, the Freedom of Information (FoI) request by the BBC also shows.

It also shows the busiest speed camera in the region is on New John Street West, Aston, where 11,545 motorists were caught in 2025.

Jack Hadley, head of roads policing at West Midlands Police, said he was "disgusted by those kinds of speeds", explaining the sharp rise in offenders being prosecuted was due to the force "increasing its enforcement operations".

After Hagley Road, the two roads where the next highest speeds were Leebank Middleway / Belgrave Middleway, with a driver recorded at 107mph and the A38 Bristol Road where 106mph was reached.

Over the last five years, the total number of speeding offences have gradually increased from 74,000 in 2020, before the big jump in 2025.

People directly affected by the actions of speeding drivers have described the new figures as "horrifying".

Harriet Barnsley was hit by a speeding driver while waiting for a bus on Hagley Road in 2014.

Her friend Rebecca McManus was killed and Barnsley has been left with life changing injuries.

Twelve years later, Barnsley said she was "disappointed, really angry and not surprised" that a driver was caught at 110mph, less than a mile up the road from where the crash happened.

"I have all sorts of emotions, it makes me frustrated," she explained.

"Why am I having to have this conversation? I will keep talking about it because someone needs to shout about this. It just can't be accepted like it's normal."

Lucy Harrison, whose brother Peter was killed by a speeding driver on Hagley Road West in 2014, said the rise in prosecutions was "just the cultural shift that we need, but it isn't happening quick enough".

"How people can have such disregard for the law, for safety, for other road users, is baffling," she said.

"My brother was 39, in the prime of his life. We still miss him terribly. The thought of another family going through what we have gone through is awful."

West Midlands Police said enforcement of speeding was a priority and it has invested in "resources, the number of camera vans, the back office functions in the ticket office and increased staffing".

Of the force stepping up its prioritising of dealing with speeding drivers Jack Hadley, head of roads policing at West Midlands Police, said: "It is important to point out, because of comments we get on social media.

"The police don't benefit from increased enforcement, we don't get the revenue from fines, it all goes to the government, to the treasury.

"So our sole objective is about saving lives on our roads."

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