Data from the Department for Transport’s network of more than 300 Automatic Traffic Counters shows that the quickest vehicles on British roads are consistently motorcycles.
Despite average speeds dropping from the pinnancle of 2020, when roads were emptier courtesy of the pandemic, two-wheelers are the fastest on both national speed limit roads and motorways. Unsurprisingly, PTWs are also the biggest offenders when it comes to breaking speed limits, with 53% of motorcycles exceeding 70mph on motorways (compared to 44% of cars). On the plus side, this is an improvement over 2018 when 60% of bikers were excessively “pressing on”. A result of the increasing number of speed cameras on the roads, one presumes.