The worst Hertfordshire roads for speeding have been revealed – and Watford drivers may be pretty familiar with the top two.
Between April 2023 and April 2024, Herts Police handed out 49,755 Penalty Charge Notices to drivers, with the county’s speeding fines over the year totalling £5million.
Hertfordshire's worst spot was the M25 between junction 17 (Maple Cross) and junction 16 (M40) anticlockwise where 4,003 NIPs were issued.
Junction 19 for Watford and 18 for Chorleywood anticlockwise was second with 3,674.
The data was obtained via a freedom of Information request from Legal Expert and shows the 20 Hertfordshire locations where motorists were caught speeding and hit with a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) the most.
- St Albans Road, Watford, among most dangerous for cyclists
- Two more M25 closures near Watford in two-week list of motorway works
- Miles of crawling traffic on M25 due to technical fault
Motorways dominated the top five but the Watford entry with the most speedsters, A412 Rickmansworth Road (northeast-bound), came in at number 12 with 1,100 NIPs.
It was closely followed by A4125 Eastbury Road, Watford, (bi-directional) with just five less.
See the full list of the 20 Hertfordshire locations where drivers have been caught speeding the most in 2023/2024:
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 17-16, Anti-Clockwise - 4003 NIPs
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 19-18, Anti-Clockwise - 3674 NIPs
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 24-23, Anti-Clockwise - 3560 NIPs
- M1 Motorway, Between Jnc 7-6A, Southbound - 3042 NIPs
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 23-22, Anti-Clockwise - 2637 NIPs
- B653 Lower Luton Road, South of Bowers Heath Lane, Southbound, Harpenden - 2572 NIPs
- M1 Motorway, Between Jnc 8-9, Northbound - 2269 NIPs
- A10 Great Cambridge Road, Northbound, Wormley - 2215 NIPs
- A414 Stanstead Abbotts By-Pass, near Briggens Park, Eastbound, Stanstead Abbotts - 1302 NIPs
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 19-20, Clockwise - 1172 NIPs
- M1 Motorway, Between Jnc 9-8, Southbound - 1143 NIPs
- A412 Rickmansworth Road, Northeast of Cassiobury Park Avenue, Northeast-bound, Watford - 1100 NIPs
- A4125 Eastbury Rd, near Manning Court, bi-directional, Watford - 1095 NIPs
- High Wych Rd, nr Rivers Hospital, Sawbridgeworth - 950 NIPs
- M25 Motorway, Jnc 21A-22, Clockwise - 930 NIPs
- A412 Scots Hill, near Copthorne Road, Eastbound, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth - 735 NIPs
- A412 Uxbridge Road, west of Money Hill Road, Bi-directional, Rickmansworth - 733 NIPs
- A414 St Albans Road, East of Wood Crescent, Westbound, Hemel Hempstead - 725 NIPs
- A414 Stanstead Abbotts By-Pass, near Briggens Park, Westbound, Stanstead Abbotts - 709 NIPs
- B4505 Chesham Road, Southwest of Hyde Lane, Bovingdon - 693 NIPs
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