Police crackdown on 100mph boy racers on A10 stretch of road

Eight people have been killed on the A10 in north east London in the past two years (police file photo)
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A blitz is being launched on boyracers who have turned a suburban stretch of a London road into a racetrack driving at speeds of more than 100 mph.

Eight people have been killed on the A10 in north east London in the past two years, some in speeding-related accidents.

Police say young drivers travel in from the Home Counties to joyride and race each other along the 40mph road making life a misery for local residents.

The cars involved are often unlicensed or uninsured and, in some cases, are hired for the night.

There have been reports of boyracers using the A10 as a “dragstrip” for several years with claims that racers compete to see who can post the fastest time on a stretch between Carterhatch Lane and the M25 junction.

Now traffic police are deploying marked patrol cars and mobile speeding cameras along the A10 focusing on Saturday and Sunday nights in a two month campaign.

Detective Superintendent Andy Cox, of the Roads and Transport Policing Command, said cars were routinely travelling along the A10 at speeds of more than 100mph.

He said: “The A10 has been experiencing reckless and dangerous drivers with a total disregard for themselves and other road users for some time. It must stop before there are any more fatalities or serious injuries. Therefore we are ramping up policing enforcement to deter such offending.

“There is a joyriding element to this with young drivers coming in from the Home Counties. We will be targeting them with significant resources.”

Det Supt Cox, who is leading the Vision Zero drive to eliminate roads detahs in London by 2041, added: “Every road death or serious injury is devastating for the victim’s family and friends. It is not worth the risk. If you are involved in a collision the penalties will be severe: it could cost you your driver’s licence, your job, your limbs or your life.”

The A10 runs through Hackney, Haringey and Enfield. There have been six fatal road collisions in Enfield and two in Haringey between April 2017 and March 2019.

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