MOTORISTS have been caught speeding in excess of 115 miles per hour on a "highly dangerous" stretch of road, new evidence claims.

There have been calls for immediate action by the police to deter speeding in Tisbury and the Donheads in light of the revelations.

A speed indicator device was installed outside the Rising Sun pub on August 31 and since then there were more than 2,000 instances of traffic breaking the speed 40 miles-per-hour speed limit.

The most severe case clocked a motorist travelling 116mph along the road at 3.30pm.

Traffic speeds of more than 100mph were measured on 14 occasions on the A30 in Donhead St. Mary during August.

Data of Hindon Lane in the centre of Tisbury, collected over two and a half years, shows speeds up to and exceeding 65mph on a stretch of road within the 20mph zone that is too narrow for two vehicles to pass, and with no pedestrian footway.

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Until now the neighbourhood policing team has reportedly declined to carry out routine speed checks in these two locations, arguing it is short of manpower and referring to national policies on enforcement.

Wiltshire Councillor Richard Budden, for Tisbury, has called for far more energetic enforcement by the police of road speed limits.

Councillor Richard Budden stood next to the A30.Councillor Richard Budden stood next to the A30. (Image: Elizabeth Charles)

Cllr Budden said: "This recently compiled data confirms what we already knew: these roads are highly dangerous.

"The speeds of traffic on the A30 are sickening. I’ve heard from local residents that motorcyclists use the stretch of the A30 east of Shaftesbury as a kind of racetrack, aiming to hit 100mph before they reach the 5 Square garage.

"Similarly, local residents in the congested centre of Tisbury observe road users showing complete disregard for the local limit when they consider the urgency of whatever task they are on, whether on the school run or to meet a train at the station - or whatever - seems to demand it."

Cllr Budden said the behaviour shows a "total disregard for the hazards to themselves and to others".

"The police have failed to take these issues with the seriousness they deserve and I call on representatives of Wiltshire Police and of the Swindon and Wiltshire Road Safety Partnership to come to this meeting with proposals for immediate action," he added.

Wiltshire South West Area Board will be held on Wednesday, September 11, where Cllr Budden will call on the Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner and the neighbourhood policing team based in Trowbridge to introduce routine speed checks in these locations as a matter of urgency.