Driver caught speeding at ‘inexcusable’ 140mph on A9

The BBC obtained figures under the Freedom of Information Act on the number of speeding offences and the highest recorded speeds on the road for the last four years.

The data showed that offending drivers are getting faster every year – in 2021 the highest speed recorded was 93mph while in 2024, up until 30 June, it was 140mph.

Meanwhile the number of drivers caught speeding by average speed cameras peaked in 2023 at 13,322.

In 2021 and 2022, the figure was 3,177 and 3,123 respectively.

So far 4,885 drivers have been caught speeding on the road this year.

Laùra Hänsler, a safety campaigner with the A9 Dual Action group, called the record speed “absolutely inexcusable”.

She said: “I think these people really need to be having their licenses removed because they are a danger on the road.

“I think some people will drive the way they want to drive and they’ll get from A to B as fast as they like – they’re not thinking about their own safety and they’re certainly not thinking about the safety of other drivers on the road.

“I think safety cameras now are so widely used that people get so complacent at seeing them and think they’re infallible. We have to actually have a much harder line on these people.”