Nearly half of drivers admit to having driven above the 60mph speed limit on rural roads, which are the most dangerous type of road in the UK, last year.
The RAC surveyed 3,102 drivers for its Report on Motoring survey; 48 per cent admitted to having broken a 60mph rural limit in 2022, up from 44 per cent in 2021 and the highest proportion on record. Eight per cent of respondents said they broke such limits frequently, while 40 per cent have done it occasionally.
Non-built-up, rural national speed limit roads are the most dangerous in the UK. A total of 514 people were killed on these roads in 11,827 collisions in 2021, making the fatality rate four per cent higher than on motorways.
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