Shocking speeds recorded on Canterbury roads

The Canterbury roads with the highest speeding offences have been revealed.

Roads across the city have become hotspots for drivers going up to four times over the speed limit, according to figures for the past four years obtained from Kent Police through Freedom of Information.

Rheims Way, along the outskirts of the city near Canterbury East, was the most common road for speeding for 11 months of last year.

The speed limit is 30 mph but speeds of up to 130 mph have been recorded there by the police in the past three years.

Pin Hill, a road which joins to Rheims Way by the Wincheap Roundabout,  also has a speed limit of 30 mph.

Drivers have been caught speeding at 104 mph.

Rough Common Road in Harbledown, a village just outside of Wincheap, has a speed limit of 30 mph.

The highest speed recorded by the police was 91 mph.

St Martin’s Hill, on the other side of the city near Longport, is another road with a speed limit of 30mph.

The police have caught drivers speeding at 36 mph.