'Incredible danger' of 90mph speeding in a 30mph limit

Driving too fast 'top cause of deaths'

- Neil Lancefield

NEARLY half of police forces have caught drivers racing at over 90mph on 30mph roads, findings show.

The RAC said the figures demonstrated "incredibly dangerous actions" and called on the Government to use its forthcoming road safety strategy to tackle "avoidable casualties" in crashes involving speeding.

Of the data collected over 20 months, the fastest a driver travelled in a 30mph area was 122mph, clocked by South Yorkshire Police. And North Wales Police recorded 88mph in a 20mph zone.