TWO MOTORCYCLISTS were clocked speeding at more than 100 mph on the same stretch of a Hampshire road.

The riders were both caught by a mobile speed camera the A31 in Hampshire reaching speeds of 123mph and 122mph.

Hampshire police released the information after they were asked for the worst examples of excessive speeding caught by a speed camera in the last year.

According to the information both offences happened on the A31 at Bentley, north of Alton which, at the time, had a speed restriction of 70mph.

A 56 year old man will appear in court next month after being filmed travelling at 123mph on August 2. He has been summoned to appear at Aldershot Magistrates Court in connection with the offence.

A 45-year-old man was caught on the same camera on April 19 doing 122mph to which he pleaded guilty and was subsequently fined.

The information was requested by the Institute of Advanced Motorists as part of a country-wide survey of the worst speeding offences.

Although Hampshire was among the worst examples, Kent police clocked two motorists travelling at 146mph on the M25 in 2014.

A driver was also recorded on camera travelling at 128mph on a 30mph road in East Grinstead, exceeding the limit by 98mph.

All forces recorded at least one top speed over 110mph with the exception of City of London, Cleveland, Greater Manchester, Northumbria, West Midlands and South Yorkshire.

Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: “It is disheartening to say the least that some road users are showing such disregard for the safety of all other road users - pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and other drivers.

“At speeds of 140mph an individual is travelling at nearly two-and-a-half miles a minute. At that speed it is simply impossible to react to anything that might happen in front of you.

“It is also impossible to handle corners, gradients, street furniture and junctions with any effectiveness. In short, all these individuals are playing with their own lives and others - they are all accidents waiting to happen and it requires a major shift in the attitudes of these people to think about safety.”