More than 1,500 drivers caught exceeding 112mph, Volvo finds

Volvo has found that more than 1,500 UK drivers have been caught exceeding 112mph over the past 12 months.

3,082,339 breeches of the speed limit were recorded over the past year, with one driver caught at 160mph in Cheshire.

Since 2020, Volvo has fitted all of its cars with a 112mph speed limiter, as part of its Vision Zero road safety strategy, which aims to see no one seriously injured or killed in a new Volvo.

More than four drivers were caught exceeding 112mph each day.

Volvo sent Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to 45 police forces in the UK and received 32 responses.

291 drivers were caught at over 112mph in Northamptonshire, 196 were caught in Staffordshire and 117 were caught in Merseyside.

No drivers were found exceeding 112mph in Dyfed-Powys and Cleveland.

Nicole Melillo Shaw, managing director at Volvo Car UK, said: “At Volvo Cars, safety in and around your car is our number one priority.