Kent has one of the biggest speeding hotspots in the country - and police here bagged one of the oldest speeding drivers going last year.

Figures out today from LV= reveal the county has a dubious honour when it comes to drivers flouting the law.

It ranks high in a number of categories, according to a Freedom of Information request from the car insurer.

The M25 at J5 is ranked the second in the country for speeding hotspots.

In 2015 it recorded a massive 12,330 drivers exceeding the speed limit at the junction for Sevenoaks and the A21.

Only Cheshire police saw more speeding drivers at any one spot - with 12,442 last year on the M6.

It also saw one of the oldest speeders recorded last year.

But, at an amazing 96 years old, the Kent driver was only the joint fifth oldest in the UK to be caught flouting the speeding laws.

This was on the A259 Seabrook Road, Hythe, with the driver travelling at 37mph.

The oldest was a staggering 103 years old. The driver was recorded by North Wales police doing 36mph in a 30mph zone.

The Kent driver was younger than three other drivers dealt with by police for speeding - who were 98 and 97 years old.

Police in the county also clocked one of the highest recorded speeds in the country last year.

The driver notched up a scary 142mph on the M25 - at more than double the national speed limit.

But the appalling driving only ranks third in the country for the highest speed recorded last year.

Cheshire Police caught the fastest driver. They recorded a driver travelling 147mph on the A556 dual carriageway

Figures show the number of speeding offences across Britain has increased by 20% in two years.

On average, about 56,000 were recorded by each police force last year.

A Kent Police spokesman said: "Educating drivers continues to be fundamental in our efforts to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on Kent’s roads.

"One of the key messages we promote is around the dangers of speeding, as driving at an inappropriate speed can sometimes be the difference between getting home and ending up in a hospital, prison cell or even the morgue.

"Quite simply, the faster you are driving, the quicker that hazards become a problem and the harder they are to deal with.

"Speeding can also put pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists in danger so we are urging all road users to play their part in helping keeping our roads safe."