Nearly 100 drivers caught speeding on Banbury road in two hours
02/06/2026
One vehicle was travelling at twice the legal limit
Almost 100 motorists were caught speeding during a two-hour police enforcement operation on a major Banbury road.
Officers carried out speed checks on Hennef Way between 6.30am and 8.30am on Monday in a 40mph zone. During the operation 97 drivers were found to be exceeding the speed limit.
The highest speed recorded was 81mph – more than double the limit. Two large goods vehicles were also detected travelling above the permitted speed.
Police said the results demonstrate the scale of speeding on the route and underline the importance of enforcement activity. Officers warned that excessive speed increases the likelihood and severity of collisions, putting both drivers and other road users at risk.
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
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Chris Harvey On 03/06/2026 at 8:47 pm
In 2024, around 217 people were killed with knives in England and Wales. Official road safety data suggests that around 250 road deaths involved speeding.
Yet while knife crime dominates the headlines, more than 2.5 million speeding offences were detected and hundreds of millions of pounds were generated through speeding fines, penalties and enforcement schemes.
Nobody is arguing that speeding should be ignored. But when the number of deaths linked to speeding is broadly similar to the number of knife homicides, it’s reasonable to ask whether police priorities and resources are balanced correctly.
The public wants safer roads and safer streets. The challenge is ensuring that enforcement focuses not only on offences that are easy to detect and process, but also on the crimes that have the greatest impact on public safety and community confidence.