MORE than 12,000 people have been caught breaking the speed limit on Hampshire's roads in one year - with one in ten of those from Andover and the surrounding areas.

Figures released as part of a crackdown on road deaths show that 230 motorists were caught in a week across the county - that's 33 per day.

Road safety charity Brake released the figures as part of its Look Out for Each Other campaign.

The initiative, launched to mark Road Safety Week, highlights the shocking statistics that there are five deaths and 61 injuries daily on Britain's roads.

Figures reveal that police issued fixed penalty notices to 12,011 drivers caught breaking the speed limit in Hampshire in 2013.

Those living in the SP10 postcode covering Andover were the biggest offenders in the Advertiser area, with 572 people caught breaking the speed limit.

They were closely followed by residents of SP11 (Ludgershall, Weyhill, Thruxton, Upper Clatford, Longparish, Enham Alamein, St Mary Bourne, Hurstbourne Tarrant) with 510 motorists stopped by police.

A further 128 offenders from SP09 (Tidworth) were caught, bringing the total number of speeding motorists from the Andover Advertiser patch to 1,210 - 10 per cent of Hampshire's total.

The data only covers those stopped by officers using speed guns and does not include the many more photographed on fixed cameras or summoned to court for high speed offences.

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